Census Data for Balsam

As far as we can tell, Balsam has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Balsam, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Crystal Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Crystal Falls is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Falls
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• Alpha
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Alpha is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpha <1>
• Gaastra
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gaastra is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaastra
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaastra <1>
• Iron River
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron River is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iron River <1>
• Mineral Hills
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mineral Hills is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hills
• Stambaugh
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Stambaugh is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stambaugh
• Caspian
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Caspian is located in Iron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspian
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caspian <1>
• Michigamme
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Michigamme is located in Marquette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigamme
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Michigamme <1>
• Iron Mountain
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Iron Mountain is located in Dickinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iron Mountain <1>
• Kingsford
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingsford is located in Dickinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsford <1>

Iron County ...

Balsam is located in Iron County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Iron County.

Miscellaneous Information for Balsam ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Iron County or the community of Balsam:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Balsam:
  • GNIS ID for Balsam: 1617430
  • GNIS ID for Iron County: 1622978
  • GNIS ID for State of Michigan: 1779789

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 26 (Michigan)
  • County Code: 071 (Iron County)
  • Place Code: 04980 (Balsam)
  • State & County Code: 26/071 (Michigan / Iron County)
  • State & Place Code: 26/04980 (Michigan / Balsam)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Balsam is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Balsam.