The Menominee Tribe is the largest employer in Menominee County, employing approximately 701 people ( Source: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development). The Menominee Tribe has no additional trust land outside of their contiguous boundaries. Approximately 98 percent of acreage is trust land and two (2) percent of acreage is fee land. The size of the reservation is 235,524 acres or approximately 357.96 square miles, and contains roughly 223,500 acres of heavily forested lands, representing the largest single tract of virgin timberland in Wisconsin. The Menominee Reservation and Menominee County share nearly identical boundaries, with the area known as Middle Village being the exception.
