Macomb County

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administration
US state : Michigan
Administrative headquarters : Mount Clemens
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Administration Building
1 South Main Street
Mount Clemens, MI 48043-2306
Foundation : 1818
Made up from: Wayne County
Area code : 001 586
Demographics
Residents : 840,978  (2010)
Population density : 675.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1476 km²
Water surface : 231 km²
map
Map of Macomb County within Michigan
Website : www.macombcountymi.gov/index.htm

The Macomb County is a county in the US state of Michigan . The county seat is Mount Clemens .

Macomb 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 in the northeast suburbs of Detroit and borders in the southeast on Lake St. Clair , which forms the border with the Canadian province of Ontario . Macomb County covers an area of ​​1,476 square kilometers, of which 231 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Lapeer County St. Clair County
Oakland County Compass card (de) .svg
Wayne County Lambton County
(Ontario, Canada)
1

1 - maritime limit in Lake St. Clair

history

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1810 580 -
1820 898 54.8%
1830 2413 168.7%
1840 9716 302.7%
1850 15,530 59.8%
1860 22,843 47.1%
1870 27,616 20.9%
1880 31,627 14.5%
1890 31,813 0.6%
1900 33,244 4.5%
1910 32,606 -1.9%
1920 38.103 16.9%
1930 77,146 102.5%
1940 107,638 39.5%
1950 184,961 71.8%
1960 405,804 119.4%
1970 625.309 54.1%
1980 694,600 11.1%
1990 717,400 3.3%
2000 788.149 9.9%
2010 840.978 6.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Macomb County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Macomb

Macomb County was formed in 1818 from former parts of Wayne County. It was named after Alexander Macomb (1782–1841), a Detroit American general in the war of 1812 .

One place in Macomb County has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the General Motors Technical Center . A total of 15 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 26, 2018).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Macomb County had 840,978 people in 330,322 households. The population density was 675.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 330,322 households.

After races divided considered, the population was spread out with 85.4 percent white, 8.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 3.0 percent Asian and other races; 2.1 percent were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population .

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 53,996  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,524. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

In Macomb County, both Democratic and Republican MPs are resisting support for neighboring, comparatively poor Detroit.

Places in Macomb County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in St. Clair County
2 - partly in Wayne County

structure

In addition to 13 independent cities, Macomb County is divided into 11 townships :

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 1622992. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 23, 2011
  3. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  5. Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  6. Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Michigan . National Park Service , accessed January 26, 2018.
  7. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 26, 2018.
  8. Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  9. Missouri Census Data Center - Michigan  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 23, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Macomb County, Michigan  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 82 ° 55 ′  W