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Population (year 2000): 1,285. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,252 (-2.6% change)
Males: 600 (46.7%), Females: 685 (53.3%)
Baraga County
Zip code:
49908
Median resident age: 36.9 years
Median household income: $26,290 (year 2000)
Median house value: $63,500 (year 2000)
Races in Baraga:
- White Non-Hispanic (68.7%)
- American Indian (29.8%)
- Two or more races (6.1%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
Ancestries: French (12.7%), German (12.2%),
French Canadian (8.0%), Irish (5.2%), English (5.0%), Italian
(4.0%).
Elevation: 614 feet
Land area: 2.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Baraga
- High school or higher: 77.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.2%
- Unemployed: 10.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Baraga village
- Never married: 29.2%
- Now married: 44.0%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 14.9%
- Divorced: 10.5%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +47 (+3.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Baraga:
- BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; L'
ANSE, MI)
- PORTAGE HEALTH SYSTEM (about 26 miles; HANCOCK, MI)
- KEWEENAW MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 32 miles;
LAURIUM, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Baraga:
- HOUGHTON COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 27 miles; HANCOCK,
MI; ID: CMX)
- FORD (about 72 miles; IRON MOUNTAIN KINGSFORD, MI;
ID: IMT)
- SAWYER INTERNATIONAL (about 82 miles; MARQUETTE, MI;
ID: SAW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Baraga:
- PRICKETT-GROOMS FLD (about 25 miles; SIDNAW, MI; ID:
6Y9)
- STAMBAUGH (about 50 miles; STAMBAUGH, MI; ID: Y73)
- IRON COUNTY (about 56 miles; CRYSTAL FALLS, MI; ID:
50D)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Baraga:
- MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles;
HOUGHTON, MI; Full-time enrollment: 5,779)
- NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles;
MARQUETTE, MI; FT enrollment: 7,374)
- NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 150 miles;
WAUSAU, WI; FT enrollment: 2,039)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (about 163 miles;
GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,794)
- NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 163
miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,198)
- SAINT NORBERT COLLEGE (about 165 miles; DE PERE, WI;
FT enrollment: 2,031)
- FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 169
miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)
Public high school in Baraga:
- BARAGA AREA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 279;
Location: 210 LYONS STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Baraga:
- PHILIP LATENDRESSE SCHOOL (Students: 286;
Location: 210 LYONS STREET; Grades: KG - 06)
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