Ontonagon County

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

Personal Income (In thousands of dollars)

Components by Type
Personal Income 164,031 169,955 184,188 190,676
Population (persons) 7,692 7,583 7,488 7,330
Per Capita peronal income (dollars) 21,325 22,413 24,598 26,013
Components by Industry
Farm Earnings -255 0 204 476
Private Earnings 60,436 64,554 67,576 70,766
Forestry, Fishing, Etc 3,012 3,449 3,118 3,026
Mining 86 117 169 196
Utilities 0 0 0 0
Construction 6,249 7,677 9,614 7,664
Wholesale Trade 0 0 0 0
Retail Trade 7,249 7,215 7,701 7,870
Government and Government Enterprise 26,015 26,771 28,499 28,387

Employment by Industry

Components by Type
Total Employment 3,250 3,250 3,305 3,373
Wage and Salary employment 2,433 2,433 2,432 2,471
Proprietors Employment 817 817 873 902
Farm Employment 131 131 129 127
NonFarm Employment 3,119 3,119 3,176 3,246
Components by Industry
Private Employment 2,425 2,425 2,491 2,582
Forestry, Fishing, Etc 141 141 125 113
Mining 0 0 0 0
Utilities 0 0 0 0
Construction 232 232 325 272
Wholesale Trade 0 0 0 0
Retail Trade 445 445 448 464
Government and Government Enterprise 694 694 685 664
Child Population ages 0-17 1,438 1,357 1,306 1,265
Children in Poverty ages 0-17 201 204
Poverty (US Census Bureau)
11.80%
Jobless Rate (in percent) 7.4
7.90
7.7 7.3 7.8

Principle Employers (Top 4) - 2003

Company Name
Location
Employees
Stone Container Corp Ontonagon 281
Weekly Bulletin Ontonagon 18
Ontonagon Herald Co Ontonagon 8
Double D Printing Inc Blue Crossing 7

Funding 02-03

Local
State
Fed
Total
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated Schools

1970.00

5752.00

1232.00

8974.00

Ontonagon Area Schools

1616.00

5412.00

390.00

7978.00

White Pine School District

Funding 03-04

Local
State
Fed
Total
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated Schools 1168.00 6144.00 471.00 7847.00
Ontonagon Area Schools 8941.00 6951.00 98.00 15990.00
White Pine School District 2501.00 5585.00 1374.00 9501.00

Funding 04-05

Local
State
Fed
Total
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated Schools 2621.00 5171.00 1277.00 9069.00
Ontonagon Area Schools 2550.00 5690.00 421.00 8862.00
White Pine School District 4628.00 4191.00 681.00 9499.00

Funding 05-06

Local
State
Fed
Total
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated Schools 2829.00 4977.00 1396.00 9202.00
Ontonagon Area Schools 2358.00 5602.00 341.00 8301.00
White Pine School District - - - -