VITAL STATISTICS

• Population of Escanaba: 13,659 (1990 Census)
• Population of Delta County: 37,780 (1990 Census)
• Altitude: 612 feet above sea level
• Climate: average July temperature - 75 F (maximum), 52.2 F (minimum)
  

  Average January temperature - 25.4 F (maximum), 10.9 F (minimum)
  Average annual precipitation - 29.8 inches
  Average annual snowfall - 50.7 inches

CITY SERVICES

• PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT
  Combined police-fire service
  
  
• LIBRARIES
  Escanaba Public Library
  Bay de Noc Community College Learning Resources Center
  
  
• UTILITIES
  Water: from Lake Michigan; capacity 8 million gallons per day; average daily consumption 2.5 million gallons; storage capacity 1 million gallons; water hardness 135 p.p.m.
  
  Electricity: City-owned generating plant supplemented by power purchased from Upper Peninsula Power Company-40MW
  
  Sewage treatment: Municipal plant; capacity 3.2 million gallons per day; activated sludge treatment; present flow 1.7 million gallons per day
  
  Garbage collection: Municipal
  
  Natural Gas: Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
  

GOVERNMENT

• City Manager-Council form since 1921
  
• Tax rate: 17.00 mills (city) per $1,000 equalized valuation; 5.45 mills (county); 35.32 mills (schools)
  
• City/county zoning and building code in effect
  
• City plan underway
  

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

• 6 banks (11 branches) with deposits exceeding $167.6 million
• 4 credit unions
• 1 savings and loan agency
  

BUSINESS

• 290 businesses; 2,400 employees; $205 million annual retail sales; 75-mile trading area
  

CHURCHES

• 29 Protestant and Catholic
  

EDUCATION

• PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  9 elementary: 2,140 students, 85 teachers;
  1 junior high: 540 students, 30 teachers;
  1 senior high: 1,173 students, 55 teachers
  
  
• PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
  2 elementary: 525 students, 30 teachers
  
  
• VOCATIONAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
  Through Escanaba Public Schools and the Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District
  
  
• POST-SECONDARY
  Bay de Noc Community College: 2,300 students
  

HEALTH CARE

• FACILITIES
  St. Francis Hospital, a new 127-bed facility
  3 extended-care facilities with a total of 239 beds
  
  
• PERSONNEL
  30 physicians; 14 dentists; 4 optometrists; 4 chiropractors
  Upper Peninsula Medical Education Program of Michigan State University School of Human Medicine is based here
  
  
• AMBULANCE SERVICE
  Rampart Ambulance Service provides emergency transportation and rescue service throughout the county
  

TRANSPORTATION

• AIRPORT
  Delta County Airport: 4 flights daily by Northwest Airlink and American Eagle; two fixed-base operators offering charter services; 3,800-and 6,500-foot runways
  
  
• RAILROADS
  3 freight-only rail lines: Chicago & Northwestern, Wisconsin Central, and Escanaba & Lake Superior; 8-10 trains per day
  
  
• MOTOR FREIGHT
  2 company terminals, one headquartered here; United Parcel Service terminal
  
  
• BUS
  Greyhound terminal
  Delta Area Transit Authority provides local bus service
  
  
• HIGHWAYS
  US-2, US-41, and M-35
  

COMMUNICATION

• NEWSPAPERS
  1 daily, 1 weekly, 1 monthly
  
  
• RADIO
  2 AM, 2 FM stations
  K-Rock
  
• TELEVISION
  WJMN, channel 3 (Green Bay satellite)
  Cable Service
  
  
• INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
  3 ISP's
  

RECREATION

• ON WATER
  Escanaba Municipal Marina with 145 boat slips for seasonal and transient boaters
  Small boat launch facility with ample parking and support facilities
  Public swimming beach at Ludington Park
  Fishing from miles of publicly owned shoreline
  Some of the finest walleye, perch, trout, and salmon fishing on the Great Lakes
  Charter fishing services
  Water skiing
  Sailing lessons and racing
  Canoeing and canoe racing
  Skin diving
  Ice fishing on Little Bay de Noc
  Ice boating
  Smelt dipping in the spring on the area's many rivers
  
  
• ONLAND
  412 acres of parks and recreation facilities within the city
  Picnic grounds, playgrounds, bike paths, horseshoe courts, and fitness circuit
  Soccer fields, baseball/softball fields, tennis courts, outdoor basketball courts
  Finest concentration of golf courses in the Upper Peninsula: three 18-hole courses, two 9-hole courses
  Community recreation center for young and old
  Bowling lanes and commercial fitness centers
  Bay de Noc College/YMCA pool
  Gymnasiums in schools and at community recreation center
  Horse show arena
  Roller rink
  Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds: events scheduled year-round
  BMX track, motocross
  Children's wading pool
  Groomed snowmobile trails; access to U.P.-wide trails
  Alpine skiing nearby
  Figure skating and ice hockey
  Deer, waterfowl, and small game hunting
  Youth and adult baseball and softball leagues
  Youth soccer program
  Tennis lessons and adult tennis leagues