Wayne County (Michigan)
Phone: (313) 224-0286
The Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Detroit.
The Wayne County is located in the center of the metropolitan area of Metro Detroit.
Geography
The Wayne County is located on the western shore of Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, forming the border with the neighboring Canadian province of Ontario. The county extends over 1741 km ², spread over 1.591 km ² of land and 150 km ² water surface. At the Wayne County border Nachbarcountys following:
History
The Wayne County was one of the original counties, whose existence dates back to the founding of the North West Territory. Its name was chosen in honor of the U.S. General Anthony Wayne. Originally comprised the County the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan as well as some sections that are now part of northern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. By locating the Territorial Secretary and Acting Governor Winthrop Sargent, the boundaries of the county were amended on August 15, 1796 to begin at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, thence west to Fort Wayne, then to the southernmost point of Lake Michigan, then along the west bank to extend north to the territorial boundary in Lake Superior, and from there the territorial border along to the starting point in Lake Erie.
Historical buildings
- The old Wayne County Courthouse (now known as Wayne County Building ) in Detroit, is now home to some of the Countyverwaltung. It is listed with the number 75000972 since 1975 on the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP)
- In the Joseph Campau Street, Detroit, located on the Detroit River, the historic Parke- Davis Research Laboratory is located (also known as Building 55 - Detroit Research). The research laboratory building of today's pharmaceutical company Pfizer has been included as a historical monument with the number 76001039 on May 11, 1976 by NRHP.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Wayne County 1,820,584 people in 690,943 households. The population density was 1144.3 people per square kilometer. In the 690 943 households lived statistically 2.67 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 52.3 percent white, 40.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 42,241. The per capita income was $ 22,125. 21.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Wayne County
Citys
- Allen Park
- Belleville
- Dearborn
- Dearborn Heights
- Detroit
- Ecorse
- Flat Rock1
- Garden City
- Gibraltar
- Hamtramck
- Harper Woods
- Highland Park
- Inkster
- Lincoln Park
- Livonia
- Melvindale
- Northville
- Plymouth
- River Rouge
- Riverview
- Rockwood
- Romulus
- Southgate
- Taylor
- Trenton
- Wayne
- Westland
- Woodhaven
- Wyandotte
Villages
Unincorporated communities
- Cherry Hill
- Delray
- Hickory Isle
- Martinsville
- New Boston
- Roulo
- Waltz
- West Sumpter
- Willow
1 - partly in Monroe County 2 - partially in Macomb County
Structure
The Wayne County is divided into nine townships in addition to 34 independent cities:
- Brownstown Township
- Canton Charter Township
- Huron Charter Township
- Northville Charter Township
- Plymouth Township
- Redford Charter Township
- Sumpter Township
- Van Buren Charter Township