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Houghton County

Population in July 2007: 193. Population change since 2000: -5.4%
 

Males: 95  (49.3%)
Females: 98  (50.7%)

Median resident age:  39.8 years
Michigan median age:  35.5 years

Zip codes: 49917.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $27,642 (it was $24,500 in 2000)
Copper City:  $27,642
Michigan:  $47,950

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $50,541 (it was $35,000 in 2000)
Copper City:  $50,541
Michigan:  $153,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $53,275; Detached houses: $52,760

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Races in Copper City:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.0%)
  • Asian Indian (1.0%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Copper City: 76.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (13.2%), English (10.7%), United States (6.8%), Irish (6.3%), Italian (4.4%), French (3.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 877 feet

Land area: 0.08 square miles.

Population density: 2285 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Copper City

  • High school or higher: 77.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
  • Unemployed: 0.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 17.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Copper City village

  • Never married: 17.5%
  • Now married: 66.9%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 6.5%
  • Divorced: 7.8%

2 residents are foreign born

This village:  1.0%
Michigan:  5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this village in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Copper City:  1.4% ($490)
Michigan:  1.3% ($1,461)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Duluth, MN (179.2 miles , pop. 86,918).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (278.0 miles , pop. 287,151).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (378.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Ahmeek, MI (1.0 miles) , Calumet, MI (2.0 miles ), Laurium, MI (2.0 miles ), Lake Linden, MI (2.5 miles ), Hubbell, MI (2.8 miles ), Houghton, MI (3.8 miles ), Hancock, MI (3.8 miles ), South Range, MI (4.4 miles ).

Latitude: 47.28 N, Longitude: 88.39 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 906

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Population change in the 1990s: +7 (+3.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (23%)
  • Metal and metal products (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Mining (9%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Wood products (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (19%)
  • Health care (19%)
  • Other direct selling establishments (12%)
  • Personal and laundry services (12%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Computer and electronic products (7%)
  • Food (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Metal workers and plastic workers (20%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
  • Top executives (9%)
  • Business operations specialists (9%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (9%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (19%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (14%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)



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Hospitals/medical centers near Copper City:
  • KEWEENAW MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; LAURIUM, MI)
  • PORTAGE HEALTH SYSTEM (about 12 miles; HANCOCK, MI)
  • BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; L' ANSE, MI)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Copper City:
  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; Full-time enrollment: 5,779)
  • NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; MARQUETTE, MI; FT enrollment: 7,374)
  • NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 175 miles; WAUSAU, WI; FT enrollment: 2,039)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 177 miles; DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 8,224)
  • LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 182 miles; DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 2,512)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 183 miles; SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
  • WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 189 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Copper City and their reported violations in the past:

COPPER CITY (Population served: 210, Purch_groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and JUN-01-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUN-01-2002)

Average household size:
This village:  2.5 people
Michigan:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  69.5%
Whole state:  68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  6.1%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 1.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  24.5%
Whole state:  10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  0.0%
Whole state:  4.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Copper City, MI



Copper City compared to Michigan state average:
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Houghton County Michigan:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
  • Wood (19%)


Religon statistics for Copper City

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaUnited Methodist ChurchLutheran ChurchAssemblies of God
Adherents55.3%19.2%7.1%3.7%2.8%
Congregations20.0%14.5%12.7%5.5%1.8%
NameWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodEpiscopal ChurchGeneral Association of Regular Baptist ChurchesMuslim EstimateOther religions
Adherents1.9%1.5%1.5%0.9%6.2%
Congregations3.6%3.6%3.6%1.8%32.7%
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.


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 0$0 1$380
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$475
Sewerage 0$0 2$520
Water Supply 0$0 2$490
Totals for Government 0$0 13$1,865



Copper City government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $66,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $22,000
    Solid Waste Management: $12,000
    All Other: $1,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $425,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $34,000
    Sewerage: $17,000
    Solid Waste Management: $10,000
    General - Other: $9,000
    Central Staff Services: $8,000
    Financial Administration: $4,000
    General Public Buildings: $4,000
    Regular Highways: $4,000
    Fire Protection: $2,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $447,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $4,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Regular Highways: $9,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $68,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $66,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $2,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $4,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
    Rents: $1,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $4,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $168,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $38,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $24,000
    Highways: $15,000
  • Tax - Property: $13,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $27,000

6.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,824 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.22%
Michigan average:  5.24%

0.87% of residents moved from foreign countries ($607 average AGI)
Houghton County:  0.87%
Michigan average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Marquette County, MI  0.40% ($31,936 average AGI)
from Baraga County, MI  0.21% ($26,760)
from Keweenaw County, MI  0.16% ($27,474)


7.38% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,003 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.38%
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:
to Marquette County, MI  0.63% ($23,573 average AGI)
to Keweenaw County, MI  0.27% ($58,688)
to Oakland County, MI  0.23% ($23,963)


Strongest AM radio stations in Copper City:
  • WMPL (920 AM; 1 kW; HANCOCK, MI)
  • WCCY (1400 AM; 1 kW; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: TU-MAR BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
  • WZAM (970 AM; 5 kW; ISHPEMING, MI)
  • WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WDBC (680 AM; 10 kW; ESCANABA, MI; Owner: KMB BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDMJ (1320 AM; 5 kW; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Copper City:
  • WGLI (98.7 FM; HANCOCK, MI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY)
  • WOLV (97.7 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: TU-MAR BROADCASTING, INC)
  • W260AC (99.9 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: GOSPEL OPPORTUNITIES, INC.)
  • WHKB (102.3 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: TU-MAR BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WGGL-FM (91.1 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • WKMJ-FM (93.5 FM; HANCOCK, MI; Owner: VICTOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCUP (105.7 FM; L'ANSE, MI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY)

TV broadcast stations around Copper City:
  • WBKP (Channel 5; CALUMET, MI; Owner: SCANLAN TELEVISION, INC.)


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 6
Total length: 55 meters (180ft)
Total average daily traffic: 375,040
Total average daily truck traffic: 7,896

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1
  • Call Sign: KB8VZV, Previous Call Sign:
    Grant Date: 12/20/1994, Expiration Date: 12/20/2004, Cancelation Date: 12/21/2006
    Registrant: Lawrence H Blahnik, Copper City, MI 49917


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