Manistee County

administration
US state :	Michigan
Administrative headquarters :	Manistee
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 415 Third Street Manistee, MI 49660-1606
Foundation :	1840
Made up from:	Mackinac County
Area code :	001 231
Demographics
Residents :	24,733 (2010)
Population density :	17.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3317 km²
Water surface :	1909 km²
map

Website : www.manisteecounty.net

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

geography

The county is located in the northwest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, bordering Lake Michigan , one of the 5 Great Lakes , to the west , and has an area of 3,317 square kilometers, of which 1909 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Benzie County , Wexford County , Lake County, and Mason County .

history

Manistee County was formed in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County. It was named after the Manistee River .

15 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 26, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	975	-
1870	6074	523%
1880	12,532	106.3%
1890	24,230	93.3%
1900	27,856	15%
1910	26,688	-4.2%
1920	20,899	-21.7%
1930	17,409	-16.7%
1940	18,450	6%
1950	18,524	0.4%
1960	19,042	2.8%
1970	20.094	5.5%
1980	23,019	14.6%
1990	21,265	-7.6%
2000	24,527	15.3%
2010	24,733	0.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Manistee County (as of 2000)

Manistee Lighthouse , listed in the NRHP

Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course

As of the 2000 census , there were 24,527 people in 9,860 households and 6,714 families in Manistee County. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.16 percent white, 1.63 percent African American, 1.30 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.01 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.55 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.61 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 9,860 households, 27.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.1 percent were married couples living together, 9.1 percent were single mothers, and 31.9 percent were non-families. 27.3 percent were single households and 13.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 26.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 103.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 102 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 34,208 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,664. Males had a median income of $ 33,211 versus $ 20,851 women. The per capita income was $ 17,204. 6.9 percent of families and 10.3 percent of the population are below the poverty line.