Moving to Marquette, Michigan

About Marquette, Michigan
Marquette

Marquette ( mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port, known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range. The city is partially surrounded by Marquette Township, but the two are administered autonomously.

Marquette is named after Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary who had explored the Great Lakes region. Marquette had a population of 20,629 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Michigan north of the Tri-Cities. Marquette is also the third-largest American city on Lake Superior, behind Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin. Marquette's urban area extends south toward the community of Harvey, and west toward Negaunee and Ishpeming, at the base of the Huron Mountains.

Marquette is the home of Northern Michigan University (NMU), a four-year public university. NMU's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats, and compete primarily in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). The men's ice hockey team, which competes in the NCAA Division I Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), won the Division I national championship in 1991.

Gender
Gender Marquette Michigan Country
Female 49.6% 50.8% 50.8%
Male 50.4% 49.2% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Marquette Michigan Country
Less than $10,000 9.9% 6.4% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 7% 4.1% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.7% 9.2% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 15% 9.6% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 13.8% 13.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 19.7% 18.2% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 9.6% 12.9% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 8.7% 14.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 3% 5.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 3.6% 5.7% 8.3%
Education


Education Marquette Michigan Country
< 9th Grade 3% 2% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 3% 6% 7.0%
High School or GED 21% 29% 27.0%
Other College 18% 23% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 9% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 32% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 10% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Marquette Michigan Country
White 90% 74.5% 60.1%
African American 3.2% 13.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0.4% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 0.5% 3.2% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 3% 2.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.7% 5.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity