Gratiot County

administration
Gratiot County Courthouse
US state :	Michigan
Administrative headquarters :	Ithaca
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 214 East Center Street Ithaca, MI 48847-0000
Foundation :	1831
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 989
Demographics
Residents :	42,476 (2010)
Population density :	28.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1480 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.co.gratiot.mi.us

Gratiot County is a county in the state of Michigan in the United States . The county seat is Ithaca .

geography

The county is located slightly southeast of the geographic center of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and has an area of 1,480 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Midland County , Saginaw County , Clinton County , Montcalm County, and Isabella County .

history

Gratiot County was formed as the original Free Territory county in 1831. It was named after Charles Gratiot , an officer who built Fort Gratiot on the site of what is now the city of Port Huron .

Nine structures 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	4042	-
1870	11,810	192.2%
1880	21,936	85.7%
1890	28,668	30.7%
1900	29,889	4.3%
1910	28,820	-3.6%
1920	33,914	17.7%
1930	30,252	-10.8%
1940	32.205	6.5%
1950	33,429	3.8%
1960	37.012	10.7%
1970	39,246	6%
1980	40,448	3.1%
1990	38,982	-3.6%
2000	42,285	8.5%
2010	42,476	0.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Gratiot County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Gratiot County had 42,285 people in 14,501 households and 10,397 families. The population density was 29 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.01 percent white, 3.72 percent African American, 0.55 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.76 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.60 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.43 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 14,501 households, 34.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers, and 28.3 percent were non-families. 23.7 percent were single households and 10.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.02.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 11.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.5 percent between 25 and 44 years, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 108.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 109.1 men.

The median income for a household in the 37,262 USD , and the median income for a family 43,954 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,442 versus $ 22,333 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,118. 7.3 percent of families and 10.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line.