County · Michigan

Alger County, Michigan

Alger County, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 66 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,061 of 3,143 US counties. Within Michigan it ranks #25 of 83 counties. It ranks best on hot days (low), job growth (high) and mammography screening (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), unemployment rate (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

66High

Quality-of-life score: #1,061 of 3,143 counties
Michigan: #25 of 83 in MI
Population: 8,641 (2025)
Land area: 915 mi²
Density: 9.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 26003

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety67#1,019/3,096
Economy40#1,897/3,143
Housing61#1,234/3,140
Health60#1,271/3,144
Healthcare82#558/3,143
Environment90#318/3,108
Education24#2,394/3,144
Infrastructure40#1,888/3,144
Community71#922/3,144
Leisure & amenities80#628/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Alger County, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
98/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Job growth · high9.4%
98/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Mammography screening · high60.0%
97/100Michigan 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Restaurants and bars · high24.3 /10k
97/100Michigan 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.0%
97/100Michigan 6.2%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Drought exposure · low1%
95/100Michigan 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low20.4%
0/100Michigan 23.1%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Unemployment rate · high8.5%
1/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Distance to an Amtrak station · high237 mi
2/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an airport · high171 mi
6/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Math scores · low2.54
9/100Michigan 2.85United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Reading scores · low2.65
10/100Michigan 2.99United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child care cost burdenImproving
48.4% (2020 & 2021) → 27.3% (2023 & 2024)
−21 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
1.1 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
52.2% (2015-2019) → 35.8% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Hot daysImproving
0 days (2011-2020) → 0 days (2016-2025)
−75%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Mammography screeningImproving
45.0% (2019) → 60.0% (2023)
+15 pts4 yearsUS 43.0% → 46.0%
New business applicationsImproving
5.4 /1k (2020) → 9.5 /1k (2025)
+75%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Alger County, Michigan improved on 11 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 16 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Rent / income−8.9 points30.8% → 21.9%
Property crime−65%744 /100k → 257 /100k
Uninsured−3.3 points8.3% → 5.0%
New businesses+75%5.4 /1k → 9.5 /1k
Airport−73 mi245 mi → 171 mi

Declined1

Students / teacher+2.0×15.1× → 17.1×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Alger County, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.7 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	44%
Average commute time	25.3 min2015-2019	22.9 min2020-2024	−2.4 min	Within the margin of error	91%
Average weekly wage	$8662020	$9892025	+14%	Improved	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	65%
Broadband subscriptions	74.4%2015-2019	85.4%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	58%
Child poverty rate	17.4%2019	14.0%2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Distance to an airport	245 mi2020	171 mi2025	−73 mi	Improved	100%
Effective property tax rate	1.09%2015-2019	0.89%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	76%
Grocery stores	3.4 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	10%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	89.9%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$38,9502019	$52,6382024	+35%	Improved	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4022015-2019	0.4042020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$52,2852019	$63,9592024	+22%	Improved	36%
New business applications	5.4 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+75%	Improved	81%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	78%
Poverty rate	12.6%2019	12.2%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Property crime rate	744 /100k2020	257 /100k2025	−65%	Improved	92%
Public libraries	1.1 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	+4.3%	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Improved	97%
Rent-burdened households	52.2%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	−16 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Restaurants and bars	22.6 /10k2020	24.3 /10k2025	+7.5%	Within the margin of error	69%
Students per teacher	15.1×2019	17.1×2024	+2.0×	Declined	3%
Suicide rate	23.9 /100k2020	29.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+25%	Within the margin of error	16%
Traffic deaths	21.9 /100k2015-2019	16.0 /100k2020-2024	−27%	Within the margin of error	84%
Unemployment rate	11.3%2020	8.5%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	58%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.3%2019	5.0%2024	−3.3 points	Improved	86%
Violent crime rate	320 /100k2020	222 /100k2025	−31%	Within the margin of error	69%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Alger County, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Alger County, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Alger County, Michigan itself moved +3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,762 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,531 households (±166)

Alger County, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k18%624
$25k–50k22%774
$50k–75k23%826

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,531 households (±166)

Alger County, Michigan
Michigan share

Own86%3,047
Rent14%484

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,906 workers (±174)

Alger County, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone72%2,083
Carpool13%383
Public transit0.8%†22

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Alger County has 220 employer establishments, 251 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Michigan's), with 1,733 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,430. The Census Bureau also counts 607 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 220; 607 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 251; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 1,733
Average annual pay: $49,430; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Alger County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	22	25.1	1.37×More than typical	175	$33,086	7
Traveler accommodation	19	21.7	12.0×More than typical	125	$32,240	18
Specialty trade contractors	15	17.1	1.11×About typical	25	$72,920	50
Full-service restaurants	10	11.4	1.49×More than typical	137	$28,285	—
Gasoline stations	10	11.4	3.52×More than typical	66	$23,955	—
Limited-service restaurants	9	10.3	1.28×Too few to compare	25	$57,280	—
Religious organizations	9	10.3	1.85×Too few to compare	30	$11,967	—
Ambulatory health care services	8	9.1	0.44×Too few to compare	70	$46,029	15
Banks and credit unions	8	9.1	2.83×Too few to compare	51	$50,627	—
Construction of buildings	7	8	1.06×Too few to compare	61	$60,902	21
Grocery and convenience stores	6	6.9	2.31×Too few to compare	107	$17,673	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	5	5.7	1.81×Too few to compare	16	$68,125	6

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,753 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4.7M on contracts performed in Alger County, Michigan: $547 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.7M; +89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $547; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.8%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Park Service$3M63%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$941.1K20%
Forest Service$780.9K17%
Federal Acquisition Service$30.8K0.7%

Top recipients

MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC$2.8M60%
SYCAMORE CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS LLC$1.2M26%
JAKE'S EXCAVATING AND LANDSCAPING, LLC$295.5K6.3%
INTEGRIWARD, LLC$73.4K1.6%
STEMA WELDING LLC$52.6K1.1%

Spending by fiscal year

860.3KFY2017
1.3MFY2018
1.2MFY2019
1MFY2020
2.2MFY2021
11.7MFY2022
2.7MFY2023
3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$4.1M86%
Utility system construction · 2371$319.7K6.8%
Facilities support services · 5612$73.4K1.6%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$52.6K1.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$39.3K0.8%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$32K

Largest awards

CONSTRUCT NEW VISITOR'S CENTER AT SENEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE$10.1M
ADDON SERVICES LLC· Alger County, MI· Construction & real property· Sep 16, 2022 – Jun 12, 2026· 140F0822F0016
MUNISING TRAIL REHABILITATION - PIRO$2.8M
MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC· Alger County, MI· Construction & real property· Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· 140P6426C0012
PROJECT MI NP PIRO 11(2) THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. THE WORK INCLUDES THE REMOVAL AND RECONSTRUCTION OF MINERS RIVER BRIDGE, GUARDRAIL REPLACEMENT, PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS WORK.$2M
WR CONSTRUCTION LLC· Alger County, MI· Construction & real property· Mar 12, 2024 – Jul 27, 2026· 693C7324C000007

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $84.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Alger County, Michigan: $9,814 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $84.8M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,814; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$51.9M61%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$7.4M8.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.5M7.7%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$4.1M4.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$3.7M4.4%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$2.5M2.9%
84.367 · Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (Formerly Improving Teacher Quality State GRANTS)$1.4M1.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.1M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS$6.7M7.9%
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI
TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF$3.1M3.6%
LANSING, MI
CITY OF MARQUETTE$425K0.5%
MARQUETTE, MI
MUNISING HOUSING COMM$359.2K0.4%
MUNISING, MI
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$63.3M75%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$8.3M9.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$6.7M7.9%
Department of the Interior
Federal Highway Administration$3.1M3.6%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

78.9MFY2021
75.4MFY2022
83.2MFY2023
77MFY2024
95.2MFY2025
84.8MFY2026

County aggregates

85%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Alger County, Michigan compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Alger County, Michigan
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alger County, Michigan	United States
FY2017	$94.00	$1,436
FY2018	$138	$1,552
FY2019	$133	$1,654
FY2020	$115	$1,880
FY2021	$256	$1,810
FY2022	$1,332	$1,917
FY2023	$314	$2,079
FY2024	$346	$2,047
FY2025	$289	$2,165
FY2026	$547 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alger County, Michigan	United States
FY2017	$56.11	$93.28
FY2018	$53.88	$105
FY2019	$22.75	$128
FY2020	$60.83	$145
FY2021	$186	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alger County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$1,603	$5,748
FY2022	$1,752	$5,221
FY2023	$1,780	$5,364
FY2024	$750	$5,501
FY2025	$1,240	$5,732
FY2026	$1,052

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alger County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$1,283	$298
FY2022	$297	$357
FY2023	$1,136	$301
FY2024	$192	$319
FY2025	$138	$360
FY2026	$356

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alger County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$67.08	$239
FY2022	$49.86	$185
FY2023	$125	$229
FY2024	$108	$229
FY2025	$97.92	$249
FY2026	$79.62

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alger County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$43.40	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Alger County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$779	$1,186
FY2022	$180	$465
FY2023	-$12.36	$76.52
FY2024	$208	$120
FY2025	$112	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Alger County, Michigan
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Alger County, Michigan and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	−2.2%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/26003

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Alger County, Michigan is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jack BergmanR-MI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Alger County

Places whose residents live mostly in Alger County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/26003

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	−3.3%	−4.2%
2015	+1.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	0.0%	+3.3%
2018	+4.9%	+6.8%
2019	+5.0%	+10.5%
2020	+14.1%	+19.4%
2021	+17.7%	+26.1%
2022	+20.8%	+30.6%
2023	+24.5%	+35.0%
2024	+25.3%	+41.0%
2025	+30.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	−6.8%	−5.5%
2015	−2.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+4.1%
2018	+7.6%	+8.9%
2019	+10.1%	+13.5%
2020	+22.6%	+20.8%
2021	+34.6%	+32.1%
2022	+34.2%	+35.4%
2023	+41.4%	+42.9%
2024	+49.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	3.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	−3.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	0.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−1.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+1.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	−5.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+11.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+15.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+26.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+23.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+28.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+34.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	4.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	6.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.5/1k	16.6/1k

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	10.4%	6.2%
2015	8.5%	5.3%
2016	8.0%	4.9%
2017	8.1%	4.4%
2018	7.9%	3.9%
2019	7.8%	3.7%
2020	11.3%	8.1%
2021	7.7%	5.4%
2022	7.3%	3.7%
2023	7.7%	3.6%
2024	8.6%	4.0%
2025	8.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	+3.7%	−6.9%
2015	−0.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.5%	+4.7%
2018	+8.6%	+7.5%
2019	+19.7%	+14.0%
2020	+17.0%	+16.9%
2021	+24.8%	+21.0%
2022	+35.9%	+29.7%
2023	+43.1%	+34.9%
2024	+46.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	15.5%	15.5%
2015	14.6%	14.7%
2016	13.9%	14.0%
2017	13.0%	13.4%
2018	12.6%	13.1%
2019	12.6%	12.3%
2020	12.1%	11.9%
2021	12.6%	12.8%
2022	11.3%	12.6%
2023	12.9%	12.5%
2024	12.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Alger County, Michigan	United States
2014	11.6%	13.5%
2015	9.5%	10.9%
2016	7.9%	10.0%
2017	7.6%	10.2%
2018	7.6%	10.4%
2019	8.3%	10.8%
2020	8.2%	10.4%
2021	5.8%	10.2%
2022	6.0%	9.5%
2023	5.2%	9.5%
2024	5.0%	9.8%

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