Grand Traverse County

administration
Grand Traverse County Courthouse
US state :	Michigan
Administrative headquarters :	Traverse City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 400 Boardman Avenue Traverse City, MI 49684-2542
Foundation :	1851
Made up from:	Omeena County
Area code :	001 231
Demographics
Residents :	86,986 (2010)
Population density :	72.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1557 km²
Water surface :	352 km²
map

Website : www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us

Grand Traverse County is a county in the state of Michigan in the United States . The county seat is Traverse City .

geography

The county is located in the northwest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, is about 35 km to the west from Lake Michigan , one of the 5 great lakes , and has an area of 1,557 square kilometers, of which 352 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Antrim County , Kalkaska County , Wexford County , Benzie County, and Leelanau Counties .

history

Grand Traverse County was formed from the defunct Omeena County in 1851. It was named after Grand Traverse Bay .

13 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 23, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1286	-
1870	4443	245.5%
1880	8422	89.6%
1890	13,355	58.6%
1900	20,479	53.3%
1910	23,784	16.1%
1920	19,518	-17.9%
1930	20,011	2.5%
1940	23,390	16.9%
1950	28,598	22.3%
1960	33,490	17.1%
1970	39,175	17%
1980	54,899	40.1%
1990	64.273	17.1%
2000	77,654	20.8%
2010	86,986	12%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Traverse County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Perry Hannah House , listed on the NRHP

The South Union Street - Boardman River Bridge , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Grand Traverse County's population was 77,654. 1,823 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 30,396 households and 20,730 families. The population density was 64 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.51 percent white, 0.40 percent African American, 0.93 percent Native American, 0.49 percent Asian, 0.03 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.54 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.09 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.49 percent of the population.

Of the 30,396 households, 32.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers, and 31.8 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent were single households and 9.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.9 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.7 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 92.1 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 43,169 , and the median income for a family is $ 51,211. Males had a median income of $ 34,796 versus $ 24,139 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,111. 3.8 percent of families and 5.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.