City in Gogebic County
Ironwood
- Population
- 5,042
- County
- Gogebic County
- Location
- 46.452, -90.150
Ironwood is Michigan's westernmost city, an incorporated city in Gogebic County in the far-western Upper Peninsula, sitting on U.S. Highway 2 directly across the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It covers about 6.58 square miles; the 2020 Census counted 5,045 residents (down from 5,387 in 2010), the ACS 2019-2023 five-year estimate is 5,004, median household income is about $37,191, and the median age is 50.4. Ironwood runs on a City Commission-Manager government (Mayor Kim Corcoran, City Manager Paul Anderson, Clerk Jen Jacobson), is served by Ironwood Area Schools (Luther L. Wright K-12) and Gogebic Community College, and anchors a four-season outdoor-recreation economy built on the Gogebic Iron Range's mining heritage, Copper Peak (the world's largest ski jumping hill), and nearby downhill ski resorts.
What the records show
- Population: 5042 (2020 census), 4957 (latest official estimate) via www2.census.gov
- Area: 6.578 sq mi land, 0. sq mi water, at 46.452209, -90.150432 via www2.census.gov
- Gogebic County holds 291 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
- Name: City of Ironwood via www2.census.gov
- Inctype: city via www2.census.gov
- County: Gogebic County, Michigan via www2.census.gov
- Fips place: 2641060 via www2.census.gov
- Census 2020: 5045 via data.census.gov
In memory, from Ironwood
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