YOOPER CITIES, TOWNS, TOWNSHIPS, AND VILLAGES

Updated August 24, 2020

The Upper Peninsula has very few large towns.  The largest is Marquette with a population of 21,355.  It is the home to Northern Michigan University and has a lot of secure government jobs.

Marquette, MichiganMarquette, Michigan

Some of the 15 counties in the U.P. are so small that people identify the township they live in more than the county

MAJOR YOOPER TOWNS AND CITIES

Here are the 19 largest Yooper cities.

The population numbers below come from Wikipedia.  The links are to either the Wikipedia article about the city or our own article.

CITY & POPULATION (2013)

Marquette                   21,355
Sault Ste Marie           14,144
Escanaba                    12,616
Menominee                   8,599
Houghton                      7,708
Iron Mountain               7,624
Ishpeming                     6,470
Ironwood                       5,387
Kingsford                       5,133
Gladstone                      4,973
Hancock                        4,634
Negaunee                      4,568
Manistique                    3,097
Iron River                       3,029
Norway                          2,845
St.Ignace                       2,452
Munising                        2,365
Baraga                            2,053
L'Anse                             2,011

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