Clinton County, Michigan

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Clinton County Courthouse
Clinton County Courthouse
administration
US state : Michigan
Administrative headquarters : St. Johns
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
100 E. State Street
Saint Johns, MI 48879-1582
Foundation : 1831
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 989
Demographics
Residents : 75,362  (2000)
Population density : 50.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1488 km²
Water surface : 8 km²
map
Map of Clinton County within Michigan
Website : www.clinton-county.org

Clinton County is a county in the state of Michigan in the United States . The county seat is St. Johns .

geography

The county is located just south of the geographic center of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and has an area of ​​1,488 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Gratiot County , Shiawassee County , Ingham County , Eaton County, and Ionia County .

history

Clinton County was formed as the original Free Territory County in 1831. It was named after DeWitt Clinton , a governor of New York who was responsible for building the Erie Canal .

Five buildings in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 23, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 1014 -
1850 5102 403.2%
1860 13,916 172.8%
1870 22,845 64.2%
1880 28,100 23%
1890 26,509 -5.7%
1900 25,136 -5.2%
1910 23,129 -8th %
1920 23,110 -0.1%
1930 24,174 4.6%
1940 26,671 10.3%
1950 31,195 17%
1960 37,969 21.7%
1970 48,492 27.7%
1980 55,893 15.3%
1990 57,883 3.6%
2000 64,753 11.9%
2010 75,362 16.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Clinton County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Tributary of the Looking Glass River
Memorial stone to the Bath School Massacre

Clinton County had a population of 64,753 people as of the 2000 census . 805 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 23,653 households and 17,976 families. The population density was 44 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.40 percent white, 0.63 percent African American, 0.44 percent Native American, 0.52 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.81 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.17 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.61 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 23,653 households, 37.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.3 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers, and 24.0 percent were non-families. 19.8 percent were single households and 7.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.12.

28.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 10.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 95.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 52,806 , and the median income for a family is $ 60,491. Males had a median income of $ 42,379 versus $ 31,065 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,913. 3.3 percent of families and 4.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

Commons : Clinton County (Michigan)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1622961. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Facts about the County (English) ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.migenealogy101.com
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
  7. ↑ Clinton County, Michigan , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 42 ° 56 ′  N , 84 ° 37 ′  W