| Mohawk, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Mohawk |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
| Coordinates: | 47.3039°N -88.3647°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Keweenaw |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Allouez |
| Elevation Ft: | 1014 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 388 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 315.45 |
| Timezone1: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49950 |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 632544 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.20 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.23 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.19 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.23 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Km2: | 121.81 |
Mohawk is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Keweenaw County, it is within Allouez Township. As an unincorporated community, Mohawk has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own but does have its own post office with the 49950 ZIP Code. The ZIP includes most of mainland Keweenaw County and also uses the Eagle Harbor and Eagle River designations.[2]
Mohawk is centered along U.S. Highway 41 just north of the village of Ahmeek in the Keweenaw Peninsula. It is the site of the Mohawk Mining Company, which conducted copper mining in the early 1900s.[3] Mohawkite is a rare mineral that is believed to be found only in the Mohawk Mine.[4]
According to the 2020 U.S. census, Mohawk had a population of 388.[5] In 2020, more than 90% of its population was non-Hispanic white, though multiracial Americans constituted its second-largest racial and ethnic constituency; according to the U.S. Census Bureau, its multiracial population was White and Native American.
Culturally, the majority of its population has English ancestry (17.2%), though German (13.9%) and Irish (11%) were the second and third-largest ancestries.[6] Through the 2021 American Community Survey, the median age of its population was 38.4.[7]
As of 2021's census estimates, the community had a median household income of $47,188 and 23.8% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.[8]