Presque Isle County

Presque Isle County is located in the northeastern part of the lower peninsula, bordered on the northeast and east by Lake Huron and traversed by US-23. The county's beaches, harbor facilities, and state parks make it a major recreation destination. The county contains 656 square miles and is the state's 32nd largest. The county seat is Rogers City. Farms occupy 20 percent of the land, about equally divided between crops and livestock. Lumber and wood products dominate the county's manufacturing activities. Hunting, fishing, boating, and other outdoor activities are widely available.

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General Data

DISTANCE	MILES	KM
Chicago	420	675
Cleveland	430	691
Detroit	270	434
Indianapolis	490	788
Lansing	240	386

YEARS	POPULATION
2002	14,334
2003	14,319
2004	14,332
2005	14,330
Source:Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, March 16, 2006

WORKFORCE
LABOR	2006
Total Workforce	6,278
Number Employed	5,551
Number Unemployed	727
Unemployment Rate	11.6
Source:Michigan Employment Service Agency, 2006

CHARACTERISTICS OF LABOR FORCE
LABOR	2000
Workers 16 years and over	5,298
Percentage who work outside of county	34.9%
Percentage who work at home	5.3%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
CLASSIFICATION	2000
Persons 25 years of age or older	10,463
Percentage with high school diploma	77.0%
Percentage with bachelor's degree	11.48%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

TRANSPORTATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
Main Highways	US-23, M-68, M-65, M-211, M-33
Bus Lines	Indian Trails, Straits Regional Ride
Truck Lines	4
Rail Lines	0
Ports	Calcite, Stoneport
Airports	Leo E. Goetz County Airport, Presque Isle County / Rogers City
Airlines	United flys out of Alpena County Regional Airport
Source: Local Economic Development Contact, 2004

Economy

PERSONAL INCOME (In Thousands of Dollars)
Components by Type	2002	2003	2004	2005
Personal income	300,518	306,607	323,037	334,813
Population (persons)	14,332	14,308	14,290	14,219
Per capita personal income (dollars)	20,968	21,429	22,606	23,547
Farm proprietors' income	-216	1,753	802	1,631
Nonfarm proprietors' income	6,316	6,603	7,429	7,830
Components by Industry	2002	2003	2004	2005
Farm earnings	1,127	2,802	2,044	2,699
Nonfarm earnings	124,199	125,504	125,353	130,118
Private earnings	97,259	97,913	97,146	100,760
Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other	0	0	0	0
Mining	0	0	0	0
Utilities	0	0	0	0
Construction	6,749	6,314	7,087	7,493
Manufacturing	7,358	7,406	7,073	8,084
Durable goods manufacturing	2,738	2,920	0	3,195
Wholesale trade	0	0	0	0
Retail Trade	13,917	14,106	13,437	12,678
Transportation and warehousing	8,107	8,176	9,241	12,483
Information	1,683	1,466	825	522
Finance and insurance	4,311	4,384	4,527	4,537
Real estate and rental and leasing	988	963	1,283	1,367
Professional and technical services	1,716	1,634	1,548	1,637
Government and government enterprises	26,940	27,591	28,207	29,358
Federal, civilian	3,399	2,981	3,240	3,232
Military	607	860	929	1,055
State and local	22,934	23,750	24,038	25,071
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, Issued May 2007

EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY (Number of Jobs)
Components by Type	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total employment	5,227	5,140	5,052	5,052
Wage and salary employment	4,060	3,926	3,797	3,742
Proprietors employment	1,167	1,214	1,255	1,310
Farm employment	393	387	387	385
Nonfarm employment	4,834	4,753	4,665	4,667
Components by Industry	2002	2003	2004	2005
Private employment	4,094	4,030	3,963	3,960
Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other	0	0	0	0
Mining	0	0	0	0
Utilities	0	0	0	0
Construction	313	299	297	292
Manufacturing	249	241	232	277
Wholesale trade	0	0	0	0
Retail Trade	774	752	702	660
Transportation and warehousing	152	149	160	199
Finance and insurance	184	181	183	177
Real estate and rental and leasing	129	148	165	183
Professional and technical services	104	104	96	100
Government and government enterprises	740	723	702	707
Federal, civilian	60	60	59	57
Military	29	28	28	26
State and local	651	635	615	624
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, Issued May 2007

PRINCIPLE EMPLOYERS
NAICS	FIRM	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT
212311	O-N Minerals Co	Rogers City	200	Dimension limestone mining; wholesales limestone; crushed & broken limestone mining
322121	Cadillac Products Inc	Rogers City	137	Paper mill; manufactures motor vehicle parts & accessories; manufactures plastic bags; manufactures unsupported plastics film & sheet; wholesales fabrics, yarns & knit goods
623110	Tendercare Inc	Rogers City	120	Skilled Nursing Care Facility Medical Doctor's Office
611110	Onaway Area Community Schools	Onaway	100	Elementary School
611110	Rogers City Area Schools	Rogers City	100	Elementary/Secondary Sch
221122	Presque Isle Electric & Gas	Onaway	65	Electric Services Electrical Repair
442110	Brewbaker Furniture Co	Onaway	55	Ret Furniture Ret Household Appliances Ret Radio/Tv/Electronics Ret Floor Covering
611110	Posen Consolidated School Dist	Posen	50	Elementary/Secondary School
611110	Rogers City Area Schools	Rogers City	42	Elementary/Secondary School
722110	Buoy Inc	Rogers City	40	Eating Place Drinking Place
561720	Custodian	Rogers City	40	Building Maintenance Services
522130	Onaway Community Federal	Onaway	35	Federal Credit Union
611110	Rogers City Area Schools	Rogers City	35	Elementary/Secondary School
921190	County of Presque Isle	Rogers City	32	General Government
237130	Great Lakes Power & Pipe Inc	Onaway	32	Water/Sewer/Utility Construction
922120	County of Presque Isle	Rogers City	30	Sheriff's Department
444110	Great Lakes Franklin Inc	Rogers City	30	Ret Lumber/Building Materials Trucking Operator-Nonlocal
921110	City of Rogers City	Rogers City	28	Executive Office
484121	Tulgestka Transport Inc	Rogers City	27	Long-Distance Trucking
722110	Kortmans Restaurant	Rogers City	27	Eating Place
722110	Lighthouse Restaurant Inc	Rogers City	26	Eating Place
531110	Posen Area Fire & Rescue	Posen	21	Dwelling Operator
623990	Boysville of Michigan Inc	Onaway	20	Residential Care Srvcs
621910	Onaway Area Ambulance	Onaway	20	Local Passenger Transportation
813319	Presque County Council On	Posen	20	Social Services
522110	Huron National Bancorp Inc	Rogers City	19	National Commercial Bank
624310	Northeast Michigan Consortium	Onaway	18	Job Training/Related Services
444110	Roger City Do It Center	Rogers City	16	Ret Lumber/Building Materials
423120	Northern Auto Jeep	Rogers City	15	Whol Auto Parts/Supplies Ret New/Used Automobiles
113310	Clarence Hincka Sr & Sons Inc	Posen	15	Logging
445110	Spartan Stores Inc	Rogers City	15	Ret Groceries
111211	Erwin Styma	Posen	15	Potato Farm
113310	E H Tulgestka & Sons Inc	Rogers City	15	Logging Contractor Sawmill & Long-Distance Trucking
321999	Michigan Bark Products Inc	Posen	14	Mfg Wood Products Trade Contractor
522130	Calcite Credit Union	Rogers City	13	State Credit Union
511110	Presque Isle Newspapers Inc	Rogers City	13	Newspaper Publishing
446110	Rite Aid Of Michigan Inc	Rogers City	12	Drug Storesprop Strs
444130	Keo Court Holdings LLC	Rogers City	11	Ret Hardware
441110	Doug Potter Chevrolet-Olds	Rogers City	10	New & Used Automobiles & Pickup Trucks
452990	Family Dollar Stores Of MI	Rogers City	10	Variety Store
424470	Plath's Meats Inc	Rogers City	10	Wholesales & Retails Meats
442110	Rogers City Home Furnishings	Rogers City	10	Ret Furniture Ret Floor Covering
321113	Saw Prells Mill Inc	Hawks	9	Sawmill/Planing Mill Hardwood Dimension/Floor Mill
621111	Alpena General Hospital	Rogers City	9	Medical Doctor's Office Health Practitioner's Office
444110	Nowak's Window, Door & Cabinet	Rogers City	8	Ret Windows & Doors & Kitchen Cabinets & Mfg Wood Windows & Doors
111211	Krueger Seed Farm Inc	Hawks	8	Irish Potato Farm Repair Services
444110	Albert Ellenberger Lumber Co	Onaway	8	Lumber & Building Supplies
441110	AP Super Service Inc	Rogers City	8	Ret New/Used Automobiles
447190	Shell Oil Co Inc	Onaway	7	Filling Stations Gas
522110	Citizens National Bank	Onaway	7	National Commercial Bank
522110	Independent Bank Corp	Rogers City	7	State Commercial Bank
441320	Triple M Tire Inc	Presque Isle	7	Ret/Whl Tires
Source: Harris Publishing Company, 2008 InfoSource

OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYERS
SIC	FIRM	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT
	Tendercare Michigan		194
	LaFarge Presque Isle Quarry	Presque Isle	150
8211	Rogers City Area Schools	Rogers City	150	Education
	Michigan Limestone Operations		150
	Cadillac Products Inc.	Cadillac	137
8211	Onaway Community Schools	Onaway	110	Education
	Presque Isle Electric Co-Op	Presque Isle	65
	Presque Isle County	Presque Isle	65	Government
	Northeast MI Community Mental Health		56
	Posen Consolidated Schools	Posen	55
5712	Brewbaker Furniture Co.	Onaway	55	Furniture stores
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2004

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
Type of Service	2004
Total	392
Forestry, fishing, hunting, and agriculture support	14
Mining	3
Utilities	3
Construction	65
Manufacturing	11
Food mfg	1
Apparel manufacturing	1
Wood product mfg	5
Printing & related support activities	1
Chemical mfg	1
Plastics & rubber products mfg	1
Fabricated metal product mfg	1
Wholesale trade	14
Retail trade	71
Transportation & warehousing	10
Information	6
Publishing industries	1
Finance & insurance	20
Real estate & rental & leasing	9
Professional, scientific & technical services	17
Management of companies & enterprises	3
Admin, support, waste mgt, remediation services	13
Educational services	1
Health care and social assistance	30
Arts, entertainment & recreation	8
Accommodation & food services	44
Other services (except public administration)	48
Unclassified establishments	2
Source:Source:U.S. Department of Commerce and Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, Issued July 2006

Quality of Life

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION
COMMUNITY	SCHOOL DISTRICT	STUDENTS	INSTRUCTORS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Onaway	Onaway Area Schools	1,018	56	1
Posen	Posen Community Schools	375	23	1
Rogers City	Rogers City Area Schools	935	47	1
Source: MI Department of Education, 1997

TWO YEAR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
none in county

FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
Alpena Community College	Alpena (Alpena Co.)	2,125
Source: MI Department of Education, 1996

MEDICAL FACILITIES
TYPE OF FACILITY	# IN COUNTY	# OF BEDS
Hospitals	1	36
Source: MI Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 1998

HOUSING (2000)
OWNER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN VALUE	RENTER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN RENT
3,605	$77,800	799	$345
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

CLIMATE
MONTH	AVG. MIN TEMP	AVG. MAX TEMP.
January	10F./-12C.	27F./-3C
July	55F./13C.	81F./27C.
PRECIPITATION	RAINFALL	SNOWFALL
Average Annual	31in./79cm.	89in./226cm.
GROWING SEASON	DAYS ABOVE 90F/32C	DAYS BELOW 0F/-18C
129	8	22
Source: NOAA Climate Summary, 1995

RECREATION

COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

P. H. Hoeft State Park; Onaway State Park; cross-country skiing (4 trails near Rogers City); 36 miles of snowmobile trails; recreational harbor facilities at Presque Isle, Hammond Bay, and Rogers City on Lake Huron; Onaway Speedway; Onaway Courthouse Museum; Old Presque Isle Lighthouse and Museum; Dancing Hippopotamus Arts/Crafts Festival, Huron Beach (July); Nautical City Festival, Rogers City (August); Ocqueoc Falls; Posen Potato Fest (September).

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2004

Municipal Services

UTILITIES
Township	GAS Supplier
Allis, Bearinger, North Allis Townships	Aurora Gas Company
Allis, Belknap, Case, Metz, Ocqueoc, Rogers Townships	Presque Isle Electric & Gas Cooperative
Belknap, Krakow, Posen, Presque Isle, Pulawski, Rogers	DTE Energy (Michcon)
Township/City	ELECTRIC Supplier
Allis, Bearinger, Belknap, Case, Krakow, Metz, Moltke, North Allis, Ocqueoc, Posen, Presque Isle, Pulawski, Rogers	Presque Isle Electric & Gas Cooperative
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2004

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Incumbent Telephone Companies

Upper Peninsula, Verizon North

Competitive Telephone Companies

1-800-Reconnex, ACD Telecom, Access One, ACN, Allegiance Telecom, Advent Telecommunications, Affinity Telecom, Alticomm, American Fiber Network, AT&T, Budget Phone, Call Giant, Choice One, Comm South Companies, dPi Teleconnect, Emergent, Excel Telecommunications, EZPhone, First Communications, France Telecom, Free Network, Globalcom, IG2, Inc., Joy Lines, Inc., Level 3 Communications, MCI Metro Access, Max-Tel, McLeodUSA, Metro Teleconnect, Midwestern Telecommunications, NOW, Omniplex, OnePoint Communications, Preferred Carrier Services, QuantumShift Communications, RACC, Tel Com Plus, Telnet Worldwide, Trophy Technologies, TruComm Corp., USXchange, United Telecom, Universal Access, Universal Telecom, VarTec Local Networks, WilTel Local Networks, Z-Tel Communications.

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2004

LICENSED LANDFILLS
COMMUNITY	OWNER/MANAGER
Allis	BFI or Northern Michigan, Inc.
Rogers City	City of Rogers City
Source: MDEQ Waste Management Division, 1998

PROPERTY TAX (2004)
Agriculture	Commercial	Industrial	Residential	Other
5.50%	9.10%	8.20%	72.10%	2.50%
Source:MI Department of Treasury State Tax Commission, 2006

GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER	COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER
Allis Twp	(989) 733-2036	Bearinger Twp	(989) 733-8484 (Clerk)
Belknap Twp	(989) 766-8167	Bismark Twp	(989) 734-8256
Case Twp	(989) 733-4101	Krakow Twp	(989) 766-8203
Metz Twp	(989) 766-8087	Millersburg (Village of)	(989) 733-6337
Moltke Twp	(989) 734-2213	North Allis Twp	(989) 733-4585
Ocqueoc Twp	(989) 733-8238 (Clerk)	Onaway (City of)	(989) 733-8313
Posen Twp	(989) 766-2768	Posen (Village of)	(989) 766-2534
Presque Isle County	(989) 734-3288 (Clerk)	Presque Isle Twp	(989) 595-2752
Pulawski Twp	(989) 766-2547	Rogers City	(989) 734-2191
Rogers Twp	(989) 734-4240
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2004

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

Contact: Ms. Janis Kellog Business: Northeast Michigan Council of Governments Address: P. O. Box 457 Gaylord, MI 49734

Phone: (989) 732-3551 Fax: (989) 732-5578 E-mail: jkellogg@nemcog.org

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2004