Census Data for Beacon

As far as we can tell, Beacon 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 Beacon, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Michigamme
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Michigamme is located in Marquette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigamme
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Michigamme <1>
• Ishpeming
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ishpeming is located in Marquette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishpeming
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ishpeming <1>
• Negaunee
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Negaunee is located in Marquette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negaunee
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Negaunee <1>
• L'Anse
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • L'Anse is located in Baraga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Anse
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for L'Anse <1>
• Marquette
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Marquette is located in Marquette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marquette <1>
• Baraga
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Baraga is located in Baraga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraga
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baraga <1>

Marquette County ...

Beacon is located in Marquette County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Beacon ...

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 Marquette County or the community of Beacon:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Beacon:
  • GNIS ID for Beacon: 620806
  • GNIS ID for Marquette County: 1622994
  • 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: 103 (Marquette County)
  • Place Code: 06300 (Beacon)
  • State & County Code: 26/103 (Michigan / Marquette County)
  • State & Place Code: 26/06300 (Michigan / Beacon)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Beacon 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 Beacon.