13,230 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.8% since 2020)
659 square miles of land · 20 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 Presque Isle County in the area they serve, reporting 4,992 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ROGERS CITY, CITY OF groundwater · local government · MI0005770 | 2,827 served |
| ONAWAY, CITY OF groundwater · local government · MI0005010 | 880 served |
| PRESQUE ISLE HARBOR WATER CO. groundwater · private · MI0005575 | 845 served |
| POSEN, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · MI0005543 | 234 served |
| MILLERSBURG, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · MI0004397 | 206 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 15 people were held in Presque Isle County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 213 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 25.
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 Presque Isle County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $8.7 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $15,715 per student, plus $171,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $7.3 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $14,571 per student, plus $621,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $908,000 federal. Long-term debt: $90,000.
Spent $3.1 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $13,472 per student, plus $155,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $347,000 federal.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Presque Isle County about $5.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
37 bridges in Presque Isle County: 16 in good condition, 17 fair, and 4 poor (10.8%). “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.
| SCHUBERT HIGHWAY over MONAGHAN CREEK · built 1960 | 302 vehicles a day |
| RIVERROAD over OCQUEOC RIVER · built 1935 | 210 vehicles a day |
| SPILE DAM RD over OCQUEOC RIVER · built 1930 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 638 HWY over LITTLE TROUT RIVER · built 1930 | 30 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Presque Isle County in fiscal 2025, about $253 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 Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Alpena County (25 mi) · Montmorency County (37 mi) · Alcona County (42 mi) · Oscoda County (52 mi) · Cheboygan County (54 mi) · Otsego County (58 mi).