Livingston County, Michigan

administration
The Livingston County Courthouse in Howell, listed on NRHP No. 76001031
US state :	Michigan
Administrative headquarters :	Howell
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 East Grand River Howell, MI 48843-7041
Foundation :	1836
Made up from:	Shiawassee County Washtenaw County
Area code :	001 517
Demographics
Residents :	180,967 (2010)
Population density :	122.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1516 km²
Water surface :	44 km²
map

Website : co.livingston.mi.us/default.asp

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

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

geography

The county is located in the mid-southeast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and has an area of 1516 square kilometers, of which 44 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Shiawassee County		Genesee County
Ingham County		Oakland County
Jackson County	Washtenaw County

history

Edward Livingston

Livingston County was formed in 1836 from parts of Shiawassee County and Washtenaw County. It was named after Edward Livingston (1764-1836), a former US Secretary of State .

The county is one of the so-called Cabinet Counties , as it was named after a member of the cabinet of US President Andrew Jackson like some others .

14 structures 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	7430	-
1850	13,485	81.5%
1860	16,851	25%
1870	19,336	14.7%
1880	22,251	15.1%
1890	20,838	-6.4%
1900	19,664	-5.6%
1910	17,736	-9.8%
1920	17,522	-1.2%
1930	19,274	10%
1940	20,863	8.2%
1950	26,725	28.1%
1960	38,233	43.1%
1970	58,967	54.2%
1980	100.289	70.1%
1990	115,645	15.3%
2000	156,951	35.7%
2010	180.967	15.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Livingston County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Alonzo W. Olds House , listed on the NRHP

George Louk Farm , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Livingston County had 156,951 people in 55,384 households and 43,531 families. The population density was 107 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.13 percent white, 0.46 percent African American, 0.43 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.32 percent from other ethnic groups Groups. 1.06 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.24 percent of the population.

Of the 55,384 households, 39.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 68.5 percent were married couples living together, 6.8 percent were single mothers, and 21.4 percent were non-families. 17.1 percent were single households and 5.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.18.

28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 8.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 99.7 men.

The median income for a household in the 67,400 USD , and the median income for a family 75,284 USD. Males had a median income of $ 54,358 versus $ 32,073 for females. The per capita income was $ 28,069. 2.4 percent of families and 3.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.