Menominee County, Michigan

Menominee County
County
Menominee County Courthouse, Menominee
Location within the U.S. state of Michigan
Michigan's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 45°31′N 87°32′W / 45.52°N 87.53°W / 45.52; -87.53
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Founded	1861 (established) 1863 (organized)[1]
Named for	Menominee tribe
Seat	Menominee
Largest city	Menominee
Area
• Total	1,338 sq mi (3,470 km2)
• Land	1,044 sq mi (2,700 km2)
• Water	294 sq mi (760 km2)  22%
Population  (2020)
• Total	23,502
• Density	23/sq mi (9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	menomineecounty.com

Menominee County (/məˈnɒməni/ mə-NAH-mə-nee) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,502.^[2] The county seat is Menominee.^[3] The county's name comes from an American Indian word meaning "wild rice eater" used to describe a tribe. The county was created in 1861 from area partitioned out of Delta County, under the name of Bleeker. When county government was organized in 1863, the name was changed to Menominee.^[1]

Menominee County is part of the Marinette, WI–MI micropolitan statistical area.