# Mohawk, Michigan

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**Mohawk** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) and [census-designated place](/source/Census-designated_place) (CDP) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Michigan](/source/Michigan).[1] As of the [2020 census](/source/2020_United_States_census), Mohawk had a population of 388.[2] Located in [Keweenaw County](/source/Keweenaw_County,_Michigan), it is within [Allouez Township](/source/Allouez_Township,_Michigan). As an unincorporated community, Mohawk has no legally defined boundaries but does have its own post office with the 49950 ZIP Code.[3] The ZIP includes most of mainland Keweenaw County and also uses the [Eagle Harbor](/source/Eagle_Harbor,_Michigan) and [Eagle River](/source/Eagle_River,_Michigan) designations.[4]

Mohawk is centered along [U.S. Highway 41](/source/U.S._Route_41_in_Michigan) just north of the village of [Ahmeek](/source/Ahmeek,_Michigan) in the [Keweenaw Peninsula](/source/Keweenaw_Peninsula). It is the site of the [Mohawk Mining Company](/source/Mohawk_Mining_Company), which conducted copper mining in the early 1900s.[5] [Mohawkite](/source/Mohawkite) is a rare mineral that is believed to be found only in the Mohawk Mine.[6]

## Demographics

According to the [2020 U.S. census](/source/2020_United_States_census), Mohawk had a population of 388.[7] In 2020, more than 90% of its population was [non-Hispanic white](/source/Non-Hispanic_whites).

Culturally, the majority of its population has [English](/source/English_Americans) ancestry (17.2%), though [German](/source/German_Americans) (13.9%) and [Irish](/source/Irish_Americans) (11%) were the second and third-largest ancestries.[8] Through the 2021 American Community Survey, the median age of its population was 38.4.[9]

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.[10]

## References

1. ["2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)"](https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A54820&in=state%3A26). *United States Census Bureau*. 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2026.

1. UnitedStatesZipCodes.org (2021). ["ZIP Code 49950: Mohawk"](https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/49950/). Retrieved January 11, 2021.

1. ["Mohawk"](https://www.michigan.org/city/mohawk#?c=44.4299:-85.1166:6&tid=227&page=0&pagesize=20&pagetitle=Mohawk). *Michigan.org*. November 16, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

1. ["Mohawkite"](https://www.gemdat.org/gem-2740.html?id=2740). *Gemdat.org*. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

1. ["2020 Race and Population Totals"](https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2654820&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1). *United States Census Bureau*. Retrieved 2023-08-01.

1. ["2021 Ancestry Estimates"](https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2654820&tid=ACSDP5Y2021.DP02). *United States Census Bureau*. Retrieved 2023-08-01.

1. ["2021 Age and Sex Estimates"](https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2654820&tid=ACSST5Y2021.S0101). *United States Census Bureau*. Retrieved 2023-08-01.

1. ["Mohawk CDP, Michigan"](https://data.census.gov/profile/Mohawk_CDP,_Michigan?g=160XX00US2654820). *United States Census Bureau*. Retrieved 2023-08-01.

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