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Notable locations in Baraga: Sand Point Light (A), Baraga Marina (B), Baraga Station (C), Ojibwa Campground (D), Bay Ambulance (E), Baraga Police Department (F), Michigan Department of Natural Resources Baraga Forest (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Baraga include: Jehovah's Witnesses (A), Baraga Full Gospel Church (B), Solid Rock Baptist Church (C), Saint Ann's Church (D), Victory Christian Assembly (E), Holy Cross Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Baraga Village Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotels: Carla's Lake Shore Motel & Restaurant (North US41), Best Western Baraga Lakeside (900 South US 41).
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Baraga County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Baraga and their reported violations in the past:
LAKESHORE CAFE & MOTEL, LTD. (Population served: 75, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-1996 and DEC-1996, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-20-1996), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-20-1996), St Compliance achieved (JAN-03-1997)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Baraga that have no violations reported:
- BARAGA (Population served: 2240, Primary Water Source Type: Surface_water)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 12.9%
(11.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 16.5% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 10.4% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.3 people | | Michigan: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 58.8% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 7.2% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Baraga, MI
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Baraga compared to Michigan state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Baraga (2011 data):
- Superior National Bank & Trust Company: Baraga Branch at 201 Superior Avenue, branch established on 1966/02/10. Info updated 2009/03/03: Bank assets: $511.7 mil, Deposits: $439.5 mil, headquarters in Hancock, MI, positive income, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Keweenaw Financial Corporation
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Baraga, Michigan:
- Ojibwa Resort Motel, Rt 1 M-38, Baraga, MI 49908
, Phone: (906) 353-7611
- Super 8 Motel - Baraga, 790 Michigan Ave, Baraga, MI 49908
, Phone: (906) 353-6680
- Best Western Barage Lakeside, 900 S US 41, Baraga, MI 49908
, Phone: (906) 353-7123, Fax: (906) 353-7799
All 3 fire-safe hotels and motels in Baraga, Michigan
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Baraga County Michigan:
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Religion statistics for Baraga (based on Baraga County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 56.09%
| Here |  | 56.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran Church | United Methodist Church | Other |
| Adherents | 50.5% | 33.9% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Congregations | 21.4% | 35.7% | 7.1% | 14.3% | 21.4% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 3 | Baraga County: | 3.47 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 7 | Baraga County: | 8.09 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 4 | This county: | 4.62 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Baraga County: | 10.8% | | Michigan: | 9.7% |
Adult obesity rate: | Baraga County: | 30.6% | | State: | 29.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,817 | $33,804 | 1 | $1,134 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $4,354 | $52,248 | 9 | $6,201 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $10,302 | $41,208 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 20 | $1,329 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $8,973 | $35,892 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,251 | $39,012 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $5,811 | $34,866 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $2,883 |
| Totals for Government |
11 | $35,508 | $38,736 | 32 | $11,547 |
Baraga government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $938,000 ($457.78)
- Charges - Sewerage: $107,000 ($52.22)
Parks & Recreation: $15,000 ($7.32)
All Other: $8,000 ($3.90)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $984,000 ($480.23)
General - Other: $672,000 ($327.96)
Water Utilities: $221,000 ($107.86)
Regular Highways: $189,000 ($92.24)
Police Protection: $113,000 ($55.15)
Sewerage: $113,000 ($55.15)
Natural Resources - Other: $100,000 ($48.80)
Parks & Recreation: $60,000 ($29.28)
Fire Protection: $38,000 ($18.55)
Central Staff Services: $35,000 ($17.08)
Financial Administration: $5,000 ($2.44)
Health Services - Other: $2,000 ($0.98)
- General - Interest on Debt: $81,000 ($39.53)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $99,000 ($48.32)
Housing & Community Development: $6,000 ($2.93)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $129,000 ($62.96)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,308,000 ($638.36)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,289,000 ($629.09)
Water Utilities: $105,000 ($51.24)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $24,000 ($11.71)
Other, NEC: $19,000 ($9.27)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $345,000 ($168.37)
Interest Earnings: $62,000 ($30.26)
- Other Capital Outlay - Electric Utilities: $38,000 ($18.55)
Police Protection: $8,000 ($3.90)
General - Other: $7,000 ($3.42)
Fire Protection: $3,000 ($1.46)
Regular Highways: $3,000 ($1.46)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,305,000 ($1612.98)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,360,000 ($663.74)
Water Utilities: $281,000 ($137.14)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $159,000 ($77.60)
Highways: $105,000 ($51.24)
- Tax - Property: $160,000 ($78.09)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $542,000 ($264.52)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $8,000 ($3.90)
4.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,769 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.52% | | Michigan average: | 5.24% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.93% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,286 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.93% | | Michigan average: | 5.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Baraga:
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WZAM (970 AM; 5 kW; ISHPEMING, MI)
- WMPL (920 AM; 1 kW; HANCOCK, MI)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
- WDBC (680 AM; 10 kW; ESCANABA, MI; Owner: KMB BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
- WDMJ (1320 AM; 5 kW; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- WCCY (1400 AM; 1 kW; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: TU-MAR BROADCASTING, INC)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Baraga:
- WCUP (105.7 FM; L'ANSE, MI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY)
- WVCN (104.3 FM; BARAGA, MI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGLI (98.7 FM; HANCOCK, MI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY)
- WGGL-FM (91.1 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WOLV (97.7 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: TU-MAR BROADCASTING, INC)
- WHKB (102.3 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: TU-MAR BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W224AV (92.7 FM; COVINGTON, MI; Owner: GOSPEL OPPORTUNITIES, INC.)
- WKMJ-FM (93.5 FM; HANCOCK, MI; Owner: VICTOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- W260AC (99.9 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: GOSPEL OPPORTUNITIES, INC.)
- WNMU-FM (90.1 FM; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- WUPY (101.1 FM; ONTONAGON, MI; Owner: S & S BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Baraga:
- WBKP (Channel 5; CALUMET, MI; Owner: SCANLAN TELEVISION, INC.)
- W41CA (Channel 41; HERMAN, MI; Owner: ERIC MCBRIDE)
- W48CA (Channel 48; HERMAN, MI; Owner: DAN LOFLIN)
- W16BL (Channel 16; HERMAN, MI; Owner: DON RAYBURN, SR.)
- W22BZ (Channel 22; HERMAN, MI; Owner: DON RAYBURN, SR.)
- W24CD (Channel 24; HERMAN, MI; Owner: DON RAYBURN, SR.)
- W29BZ (Channel 29; HERMAN, MI; Owner: DAN LOFLIN)
- W31BJ (Channel 31; HERMAN, MI; Owner: DAN LOFLIN)
- W38CG (Channel 38; HERMAN, MI; Owner: ERIC MCBRIDE)
- W44BM (Channel 44; HERMAN, MI; Owner: ERIC MCBRIDE)
- W46CM (Channel 46; HERMAN, MI; Owner: MARTHA RAYBURN)
- W50BZ (Channel 50; HERMAN, MI; Owner: DAN LOFLIN)
- W60CJ (Channel 60; HERMAN, MI; Owner: ERIC MCBRIDE)
Baraga fatal accident list:
Dec 17, 2003 04:25 AM, Sr-38, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Apr 13, 1992 02:48 AM, Krolik Rd, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
Mar 14, 1987 00:35 AM, Buckland, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
May 10, 1985 10:15 AM, 38, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Sep 28, 1984 11:17 PM, 41, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Dec 17, 1983 11:13 PM, 38, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
May 15, 1975 05:00 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3 - Harry E Warer, Eilola (Lat: 46.853667 Lon: -88.656000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 117.3 m, Overall height: 121.9 m
Registrant: MI - Harry Warner, Eilola (Lat: 46.853667 Lon: -88.656000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 117.3 m, Overall height: 121.9 m
Registrant: MI - Alexander Nowakowski, Eilola (Lat: 46.853667 Lon: -88.656000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 117.3 m, Overall height: 121.9 m
Registrant: Michigan Dept. Of Information Technology - Mpscs, 4000 Collins Road, Lansing, MI 48909-8131, Phone: (517) 333-5010, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - 2 Mi Nw (Lat: 46.774944 Lon: -88.547361), Call Sign: WNFT353, Licensee ID: L00303229
Assigned Frequencies: 151.655 MHz Grant Date: 12/05/2000, Expiration Date: 02/12/2011
Registrant: Baraga Telephone Company, 204 State St, Baraga, MI 49908, Phone: (906) 353-6644 - 211 Pennock (Lat: 46.776611 Lon: -88.494583), Type: Building, Structure height: 3 m, Overall height: 4 m, Call Sign: WPMB526
Assigned Frequencies: 467.225 MHz Grant Date: 05/14/1998, Expiration Date: 05/14/2003, Cancellation Date: 08/17/2003, Certifier: Havey Filppula
Registrant: El Com Services, Marquette, MI 49855, Fax: (906) 228-2621 - 8802, Eilola (Lat: 46.853667 Lon: -88.656000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 117.3 m, Overall height: 121.9 m, Call Sign: WPUX828
Assigned Frequencies: 866.012 MHz Grant Date: 05/23/2002, Expiration Date: 05/23/2012, Certifier: Harry E Warner
Registrant: Michigan Dept. Of Information Technology - Mpscs, 4000 Collins Road, Lansing, MI 48909-8131, Phone: (517) 333-5010, Fax: (517) 336-6499, Email:
- Lat: 46.801500 Lon: -88.512667, Call Sign: WPYH905
Assigned Frequencies: 173.225 MHz Grant Date: 08/13/2003, Expiration Date: 08/13/2013, Certifier: Arlan Friisvall
Registrant: Cara Enterprises Inc, Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 4 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 5 - Call Sign: KC8CDE, Licensee ID: L01096334
Grant Date: 12/20/2005, Expiration Date: 01/22/2016
Registrant: Susan B Ruddy, Rt 1 Box 202, Baraga, MI 49908 - Call Sign: N8SRL, Licensee ID: L00439324
Grant Date: 12/27/2001, Expiration Date: 03/24/2012
Registrant: Brian J Ruddy, Rt 1 Box 202, Baraga, MI 49908 - Call Sign: N8XJQ
Grant Date: 02/23/1993, Expiration Date: 02/23/2003, Cancellation Date: 02/24/2005
Registrant: Kristine K Kuker, Rt 1 Box 202, Baraga, MI 49908 - Call Sign: WD8ODP, Licensee ID: L00517075
Grant Date: 02/22/2008, Expiration Date: 03/05/2018, Certifier: Erik P Vachon
Registrant: Erik P Vachon, 425 S Us 41, Baraga, MI 49908-9670 - Call Sign: KD8GBK, Licensee ID: L01276866
Grant Date: 04/26/2007, Expiration Date: 04/26/2017, Certifier: Ralph K Bemis
Registrant: Ralph K Bemis, 15404 Mission Rd, Baraga, MI 49908
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: PALADIN INDUSTRIES INC GOLDEN EAGLE MK 4 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: HIRTH F-23 (50 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 5518F , Serial Number: 0003-14, Year manufactured: 1998, Airworthiness Date: 01/26/2008
Registrant (Individual): Dennis R Coppler, 15131 Hamar Rd, Baraga, MI 49908
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Baraga, MI among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 35 | 76.9 years |
| William | 29 | 72.4 years |
| Mary | 22 | 78.1 years |
| Edward | 19 | 77.0 years |
| James | 15 | 67.7 years |
| Joseph | 14 | 76.7 years |
| Robert | 10 | 74.5 years |
| Helen | 9 | 78.6 years |
| Elizabeth | 9 | 73.7 years |
| Lillian | 8 | 72.1 years |
| Most common last names in Baraga, MI among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Johnson | 24 | 80.4 years |
| Anderson | 12 | 73.9 years |
| Ross | 12 | 75.1 years |
| Maki | 10 | 76.1 years |
| Tangen | 7 | 81.9 years |
| Morin | 7 | 74.9 years |
| Vizina | 7 | 87.7 years |
| Miron | 7 | 71.7 years |
| Carlson | 7 | 73.4 years |
| Kunick | 6 | 74.3 years |
Businesses in Baraga, MI
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