Iron County

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

Personal Income (In thousands of dollars)

Components by Type
Personal Income 280,943 291,519 305,810 316,057
Population (persons) 12,792 12,728 12,493 12,415
Per Capita peronal income (dollars) 21,962 22,904 24,479 25,458
Components by Industry
Farm Earnings -275 -214 -493 -289
Private Earnings 91,614 99,332 105,246 108,740
Forestry, Fishing, Etc 0 0 0 0
Mining 0 0 0 0
Utilities 2,611 2,991 2,495 2,237
Construction 10,903 10,176 10,996 11,571
Wholesale Trade 1,954 2,169 2,456 2,630
Retail Trade 11,970 10,543 10,900 10,997
Government and Government Enterprise 44,295 45,904 43,347 45,559

Employment by Industry

Components by Type
Total Employment 5,612 5,779 5,675 5,625
Wage and Salary employment 4,327 4,423 4,261 4,148
Proprietors Employment 1,285 1,414 1,414 1,477
Farm Employment 113 111 112 110
NonFarm Employment 5,499 5,668 5,563 5,515
Components by Industry
Private Employment 4,239 4,403 4,471 4,414
Forestry, Fishing, Etc 0 0 0 0
Mining 0 0 0 0
Utilities 35 35 32 27
Construction 366 397 396 404
Wholesale Trade 75 78 105 107
Retail Trade 747 745 744 729
Government and Government Enterprise 1,260 1,265 1,902 1,101
Child Population ages 0-17 2,410 2,356 2,328 2,240
Children in Poverty ages 0-17 356 400
Poverty (US Census Bureau)
12.90%
Jobless Rate (in percent) 7.1
7.40
7.5 7.3 7.1

Principle Employers (Top 4) - 2003

Company Name
Location
Employees
Lake Shore Inc Iron River 200
Iron County Medical Care Fclty Crystal Falls 190
West Iron Co Pub School Dist. Iron River 175
Iron County Community Hospital Iron River 150

Funding 02-03

Local
State
Fed
Total
Forest Park School District

2914.00

4460.00

225.00

7816.00

West Iron County School District

1797.00

5914.00

628.00

8481.00

Keweenaw County
Grant township Schools

18754.00

880.00

0.00

20174.00

Funding 03-04

Local
State
Fed
Total
Forest Park School District 3040.00 4320.00 349.00 7737.00
West Iron County School District 1942.00 5518.00 545.00 8006.00
Keweenaw County
Grant township Schools 30160.00 21.00 0.00 30181.00

Funding 04-05

Local
State
Fed
Total
Forest Park School District 3393.00 4025.00 267.00 7705.00
West Iron County School District 2001.00 5282.00 529.00 7826.00
Keweenaw County
Grant township Schools 26829.00 231.00 310.00 27369.00

Funding 05-06

Local
State
Fed
Total
Forest Park School District 3642.00 3701.00 236.00 7672.00
West Iron County School District 2003.00 5506.00 788.00 8405.00
Keweenaw County
Grant township Schools 58135.00 0.00 717.00 58852.00