Tuscola County, Michigan

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

Geography

The County is located in the east of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, bounded on the northwest by a tributary of Lake Huron, one of the five Great Lakes, and has an area of ​​2367 square kilometers, of which 263 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Huron County, Sanilac County, Lapeer County, Genesee County, Saginaw County and Bay County.

History

Tuscola County was formed in 1840 from parts of Sanilac County. It was named by Henry Schoolcraft for a word from the Indian language.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Tuscola County 58 266 people in 21,454 households and 15,983 families. The population density was 28 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 96.05 percent White, 1.07 percent African American, 0.57 percent Native American, 0.31 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.72 percent from other races groups; 1.26 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.30 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 21,454 households out of which 34.4 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers and 25.5 percent were non-families. 21.9 percent of all households and 9.4 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.07.

26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.2 percent 18 to 24 years 28.1 percent between 25 and 44, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 40,174, and the median income for a family $ 46,729. Males have a median income of $ 35,974, women $ 24,241. The per capita income was $ 17,985. 5.4 percent of families and 8.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.