23,050 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
1,044 square miles of land · 22 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.
5 active community water systems list Menominee County in the area they serve, reporting 10,140 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MENOMINEE surface water · local government · MI0004250 | 8,583 served |
| STEPHENSON groundwater · local government · MI0006380 | 862 served |
| POWERS-SPALDING WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · MI0005563 | 459 served |
| CARNEY-NADEAU WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · MI0001125 | 200 served |
| HERMANSVILLE HOUSING COMM. groundwater · private · MI0003120 | 36 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 36 people were held in Menominee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 256 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2015 it was about 39.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Menominee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $28.7 million — $16.5 million to run schools, about $14,391 per student, plus $11.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.9 million local (mostly property tax), $11.9 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.3 million.
Spent $10.4 million — $9.5 million to run schools, about $13,025 per student, plus $591,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 million.
Spent $14.2 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $15,007 per student, plus $625,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $567,000 federal.
Spent $5 million — $4.9 million to run schools, about $15,150 per student, plus $59,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 million.
Spent $4.7 million — $4 million to run schools, about $14,789 per student, plus $474,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $925,000 local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $660,000 federal. Long-term debt: $295,000.
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 Menominee County about $11.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
96 bridges in Menominee County: 46 in good condition, 41 fair, and 9 poor (9.4%). “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.
| ROUTE 581 over LITTLE RIVER · built 1962 | 1,283 vehicles a day |
| ROUTE 342 over MENOMINEE RIVER · built 1967 | 749 vehicles a day |
| 3.5 MI ROAD over LITTLE RIVER · built 1981 | 292 vehicles a day |
| DEERPARK DRIVE over LITTLE RIVER · built 1928 | 292 vehicles a day |
| ROUTE 577 over LITTLE RIVER · built 1920 | 216 vehicles a day |
| CAPPAERT ROAD over BIG BAIRD CREEK · built 1957 | 116 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8.4 million of work in Menominee County in fiscal 2025, about $358 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 Menominee 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 Menominee County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Marinette County, WI (27 mi) · Delta County (34 mi) · Dickinson County (37 mi) · Door County, WI (38 mi) · Florence County, WI (50 mi) · Oconto County, WI (50 mi).