25,995 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.3% since 2020)
761 square miles of land · 34 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
7 active community water systems list Dickinson County in the area they serve, reporting 19,124 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| IRON MOUNTAIN groundwater · local government · MI0003400 | 7,500 served |
| KINGSFORD groundwater · local government · MI0003640 | 5,480 served |
| NORWAY groundwater · local government · MI0004860 | 3,314 served |
| BREITUNG TWP.-EAST KINGSFORD buys groundwater · local government · MI0001980 | 1,200 served |
| QUINNESEC groundwater · local government · MI0005590 | 1,200 served |
| WHITE BIRCH MOBILE HOME VILLAGE groundwater · private · MI0040516 | 250 served |
| RIVERSBEND MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · MI0040515 | 180 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 48 people were held in Dickinson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 306 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2015 it was about 70.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Dickinson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $26.3 million — $24.8 million to run schools, about $12,556 per student, plus $956,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $19.9 million state, $3.2 million federal.
Spent $11.8 million — $10.3 million to run schools, about $13,668 per student, plus $432,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $7.7 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $8.4 million — $8 million to run schools, about $13,438 per student, plus $110,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.1 million state, $985,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Dickinson County about $20.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
42 bridges in Dickinson County: 14 in good condition, 21 fair, and 7 poor (16.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| M-95 over FORD RIVER · built 1928 | 3,051 vehicles a day |
| M-95 over PRIVATE RR (ABN) · built 1968 | 3,033 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY HWY 569 over E BR STURGEON RIVER · built 1945 | 453 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY HWY 581 over E BR STURGEON RIVER · built 1927 | 406 vehicles a day |
| RIDEOUT ROAD over E BR STURGEON RIVER · built 1945 | 135 vehicles a day |
| WALKER ROAD over N BRANCH OF FORD RIVER · built 1957 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $12.1 million of work in Dickinson County in fiscal 2025, about $465 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Michigan are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Dickinson County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Dickinson County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Florence County, WI (28 mi) · Iron County (34 mi) · Menominee County (37 mi) · Marinette County, WI (46 mi) · Marquette County (46 mi) · Delta County (48 mi).