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Gogebic County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 69 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26053

Within Michigan
Gogebic County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Bessemer, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
14,285
-64 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,102
square miles. A further 25.4% of the total area is water
Population density
13.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bessemer
Seat of county government.
Established
1887
138 years ago
Largest city
Ironwood city
Population 4,950.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Gogebic County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Gogebic County, Michigan from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 571 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Gogebic County ranks

Position among the 83 counties of Michigan, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MichiganNationally
Population14,28569th of 832,138th of 3,144
Land area1,102 sq mi7th of 83576th of 3,144
Population density13.0 per sq mi75th of 832,457th of 3,144
Median household income$52,73277th of 832,617th of 3,143

Full data for Gogebic County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,285Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,349Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,379Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,102 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area374.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,477 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,732American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$107,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,989American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,394American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-108
98 births, 206 deaths
Net migration
+141
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Gogebic County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Ontonagon CountyMichigan100 mi5,823
Iron CountyWisconsin67 mi6,127
Vilas CountyWisconsin47 mi23,761
Ashland CountyWisconsin18 mi16,203
Iron CountyMichigan16 mi11,757

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 83 counties of Michigan

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.