Lapeer County

administration
The Lapeer County Courthouse in Lapeer, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Michigan
Administrative headquarters :	Lapeer
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 255 Clay Street Lapeer, MI 48446-2205
Foundation :	1822
Made up from:	Oakland County St. Clair County
Area code :	001 810
Demographics
Residents :	88,319 (2010)
Population density :	52.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1717 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

Website : lapeercountyweb.org

The Lapeer County is a county in the State of Michigan of the United States . The county seat is Lapeer .

Lapeer County is part of Metro Detroit , the metropolitan area around the city of Detroit .

geography

The county is located in the southeast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, about 45 km to the northeast from Lake Huron , one of the Great Lakes , and has an area of 1717 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Tuscola County		Sanilac County
Genesee County		St. Clair County
Oakland County		Macomb County

history

Lapeer County was formed in 1822 from parts of Oakland County and St. Clair County. It was named after the French name La Pierre .

24 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 30, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	4265	-
1850	7029	64.8%
1860	14,754	109.9%
1870	21,345	44.7%
1880	30,138	41.2%
1890	29,213	-3.1%
1900	27,641	-5.4%
1910	26,033	-5.8%
1920	25,782	-1 %
1930	28,348	10%
1940	32,116	13.3%
1950	35,794	11.5%
1960	41,926	17.1%
1970	52,317	24.8%
1980	70.038	33.9%
1990	74,768	6.8%
2000	87.904	17.6%
2010	88,319	0.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Lapeer County (as of 2000)

Peter Van Dyke House , listed on the NRHP

Rodney G. Hart House , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Lapeer County had 87,904 people in 30,729 households and 23,876 families. The population density was 52 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.17 percent white, 0.82 percent African American, 0.38 percent Native American, 0.39 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.07 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.16 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 3.11 percent of the population.

Of the 30,729 households, 38.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 65.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.1 percent were single mothers, and 22.3 percent were non-families. 18.5 percent were single households and 6.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.19.

28.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 31.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 years and 9.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. Statistically, there were 102.4 males for every 100 females. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 101.1 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 51,717 , and the median income for a family is $ 57,817. Males had a median income of $ 47,506 versus $ 26,385 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,462. 3.8 percent of families and 5.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line.