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Population (year 2000): 2,539. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,386 (-6.0% change)
Males: 1,194 (47.0%), Females: 1,345 (53.0%)
Alger County
Zip code:
49862
Median resident age: 43.8 years
Median household income: $33,899 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,500 (year 2000)
Races in Munising:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.3%)
- American Indian (4.9%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
Ancestries: French (14.7%), German (14.3%),
Irish (12.9%), Polish (10.8%), Swedish (9.9%), French Canadian
(7.4%).
Elevation: 201 feet
Land area: 5.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Munising
- High school or higher: 81.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 8.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 13.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Munising city
- Never married: 21.1%
- Now married: 51.6%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 15.6%
- Divorced: 10.0%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -259 (-9.3%).
Hospital/medical center in Munising:
- MUNISING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (1500 SAND POINT
RD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Munising:
- SCHOOLCRAFT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 34 miles;
MANISTIQUE, MI)
- MARQUETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 55 miles;
MARQUETTE, MI)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (about 55 miles; ESCANABA, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Munising:
- SAWYER INTERNATIONAL (about 52 miles; MARQUETTE, MI;
ID: SAW)
- DELTA COUNTY (about 57 miles; ESCANABA, MI; ID: ESC)
- FORD (about 109 miles; IRON MOUNTAIN KINGSFORD, MI;
ID: IMT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Munising:
- HANLEY FIELD (about 5 miles; MUNISING, MI; ID: 5Y7)
- SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY (about 46 miles; MANISTIQUE, MI;
ID: ISQ)
- BONNIE FIELD (about 49 miles; ROCK, MI; ID: 6Y4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Munising:
- NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles;
MARQUETTE, MI; Full-time enrollment: 7,374)
- NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE (about 139 miles;
TRAVERSE CITY, MI; FT enrollment: 2,343)
- MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 142 miles;
HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (about 159 miles;
GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,794)
- LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY (about 161 miles;
SAULT STE MARIE, MI; FT enrollment: 2,677)
- NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 164
miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,198)
- SAINT NORBERT COLLEGE (about 169 miles; DE PERE, WI;
FT enrollment: 2,031)
Public high school in Munising:
- MUNISING HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 355;
Location: 810 HIGHWAY M-28 WEST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Munising:
- WILLIAM G. MATHER SCHOOL (Students: 289;
Location: 411 ELM AVENUE; Grades: 05 - 08)
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 284;
Location: 124 E. CHOCOLAY STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
Private primary/middle school in Munising:
- MUNISING SDA SCHOOL (Students: 14; Location:
PO BOX 68 M-28 WEST; Grades: 2 - 10)
Library in Munising:
- MUNISING SCHOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $72,715; Location: 810 STATE HIGHWAY M-28 WEST
SUITE A; 21,083 books; 742 audio materials; 863 video
materials; 47 serial subscriptions)
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