Shiawassee County, Michigan

Shiawassee County is a county located in the state of Michigan in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Corunna.

Geography

The County is located southeast of the geographic center of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and has an area of 1400 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Saginaw County, Genesee County, Livingston County, Ingham County, Clinton County and Gratiot County.

History

Shiawassee County was formed in 1822 from parts of Oakland County and St Clair County. It was named after the Shiawassee River.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Shiawassee County 71 687 people in 26,896 households and 19,849 families. The population density was 51 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 97.39 percent White, 0.19 percent African American, 0.47 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.49 percent from other races groups; 1.17 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.81 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 26,896 households out of which 35.3 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.1 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers and 26.2 percent were non-families. 21.7 percent of all households and 9.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.06.

26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.3 percent 18 to 24 years 29.2 percent between 25 and 44, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 12.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 42,553, and the median income for a family $ 49,329. Males had a median income of $ 39,190, women $ 25,063. The per capita income was $ 19,229. 5.7 percent of families and 7.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.