| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:30 PM |
| Population: | 7,607 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 26013 |
| Land Area: | 726 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 46 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 46.6745, -88.4041 |
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7,607 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 726 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,219 to 7,607 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 49908 (Baraga, $63,281 median) and poorest ZIP 49919 (Covington, $49,423) are 19.4 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.0× across this county — from $112,500 in 49970 (Watton) to $220,600 in 49962 (Skanee).
Density varies 32× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 49919 (Covington) to 38 in 49908 (Baraga).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.9% bachelor's+ in 49908 (Baraga) to 25.6% in 49962 (Skanee) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Michigan, this is the #79 most populous of 83 counties and ranks #67 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $58,978 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
14.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (830 of 5,790 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Baraga County lost 7.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024.