County profile
Baraga County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#2587 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$374.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,778
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
173
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,169
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$55.3k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
15.2%±2.3%
Business applications
69 · 2025
Retail establishments
28
34.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing40%
Health care19%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,169
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $45.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+171
International migration+3
Natural change−138
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$294.4M2019
$290.2M2020
$321.5M2021
$337.8M2022
$364.9M2023
$374.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$138.1k±$9.9k
Median gross rent
$616/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
32.0%±2.2%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$2.7M
12 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 72Hail 69Winter weather 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1002016
962017
992018
1042019
1032020
1122021
1562022
1602023
1642024
1702025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 50% since 202182021
142022
162023
132024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
219.1 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
CN
Nearest port
53.4 km
NATIONAL PARK SER R S MISC
Nearest commercial airport
57.1 km
HOUGHTON COUNTY MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Baraga?
Baraga's economy produced $374.5M in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.