Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: |  12.4% | | Whole state: |  10.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 3.4% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Laurium, MI
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Laurium compared to Michigan state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Houghton County Michigan:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (88%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Religion statistics for Laurium
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church | Assemblies of God |
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| Adherents | 55.3% | 19.2% | 7.1% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
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| Congregations | 20.0% | 14.5% | 12.7% | 5.5% | 1.8% |
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| Name | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Episcopal Church | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Muslim Estimate | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
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| Congregations | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 32.7% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| 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 | $376 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $3,086 | $37,032 | 2 | $1,326 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
4 | $13,685 | $41,055 | 3 | $1,581 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 15 | $927 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $11,985 | $28,764 | 3 | $797 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $590 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
1 | $1,868 | $22,416 | 1 | $1,362 |
| Totals for Government |
11 | $30,624 | $33,408 | 27 | $6,959 |
Laurium government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $101,000
All Other: $52,000
Parks & Recreation: $49,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $296,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $554,000
General - Other: $322,000
Police Protection: $182,000
Parks & Recreation: $68,000
Solid Waste Management: $52,000
Central Staff Services: $33,000
Fire Protection: $32,000
General Public Buildings: $23,000
Water Utilities: $12,000
Financial Administration: $6,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Highways: $242,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Solid Waste Management: $60,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $186,000
General Revenue, NEC: $99,000
Interest Earnings: $30,000
Property Sale Other: $9,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $4,000
General - Other: $3,000
Police Protection: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,102,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $30,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $338,000
Highways: $248,000
All Other: $1,000
- Tax - Property: $317,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $423,000
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:
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Laurium:
- WCCY (1400 AM; 1 kW; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: TU-MAR BROADCASTING, INC)
- WMPL (920 AM; 1 kW; HANCOCK, MI)
- 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)
- WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Laurium:
- 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.)
- WKMJ-FM (93.5 FM; HANCOCK, MI; Owner: VICTOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WGGL-FM (91.1 FM; HOUGHTON, MI; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WCUP (105.7 FM; L'ANSE, MI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY)
- WVCN (104.3 FM; BARAGA, MI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Laurium:
- WBKP (Channel 5; CALUMET, MI; Owner: SCANLAN TELEVISION, INC.)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- 136 S Florida St, Call Sign: WQJ45, Licensee ID: L00055337
Assigned Frequencies : 153.695 MHz
Grant Date: 01/16/2002, Expiration Date: 02/13/2012, Cancelation Date: 08/13/2002
Registrant: Upper Peninsula Power Company, 600 Lakeshore Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, Phone: (906) 487-5000
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 26 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Laurium)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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