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About Houghton County. Houghton County is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Bordered to the east and west by Lake Superior, and with over 900 miles of rivers and streams, 139 inland lakes and miles of motorized and non-motorized recreation trails, Houghton County is a year-round recreational playground.
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Houghton County ( / ˈhoʊtən /; HO-tən) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,361. [2] The county seat and largest city is Houghton. [3] [4] Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor Douglass Houghton.
Houghton ( / ˈhoʊtən /; HOH-tən) is the largest city and county seat of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [4] Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton is the largest city in the Copper Country region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, with a population of 8,386 at the 2020 census.
Houghton County has no shortage of winter fun. Join the party at the wacky Heikinpaiva Festival or marvel at huge snow sculptures at Michigan Tech’s famed Winter Carnival. Learn more: www.visitkeweenaw.com or 800/338-7982. Houghton County is home to Michigan Tech University, a world-class science and engineering college.
Houghton County, which is comprised of 1,044 square miles, is named after Douglas Houghton, Michigan's first State Geologist. In that capacity, Houghton conducted a survey of the Keweenaw Peninsula in 1840 and his resulting report of 1841, which discussed the area's rich deposits of copper ore, helped trigger the first great mining boom in American history.
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In 2022, Houghton County, MI had a population of 37.4k people with a median age of 31.9 and a median household income of $52,736. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Houghton County, MI declined from 37,485 to 37,414, a −0.189% decrease and its median household income grew from $48,623 to $52,736, a 8.46% increase.
Houghton County, Michigan. Houghton County is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,361. [1] The county seat and largest city is Houghton. [2] [3] Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor Douglass Houghton. [4]
