Bay County, Michigan

Bay County is a in the  of. As of the, the population was 110,157. The is. Bay County is included in the Bay City. The county was created by Michigan law as a fully organized county on April 20, 1857.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,634 (631 ). 1,151 km² (444 sq mi) of it is land and 483 km² (187 sq mi) of it (29.59%) is water.

The flows through Bay City while the  drains much of the central portion of the county. The Pinconning River and Saganing Creek drain the northern portion. The of  lies to the east, giving the county its name. and, which are coterminus within the county, are the major north-south route. North of Bay City, follows a parallel route a few miles to the east. has its eastern terminus in Bay City. ,, and enter Bay City from the east, southeast and southwest respectively and terminate in or near the city.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 110,157 people, 43,930 households, and 30,048 families residing in the county. The was 96/km² (248/sq mi). There were 46,423 housing units at an average density of 40/km² (104/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.94%, 1.26% or , 0.54% , 0.48% , 0.01% , 1.23% from , and 1.54% from two or more races. 3.91% of the population were or  of any race. 95.5% spoke and 2.3%  as their first language.

There were 43,930 households out of which 30.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.70% were living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.60% were non-families. 27.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.50% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,646, and the median income for a family was $48,111. Males had a median income of $38,190 versus $23,879 for females. The for the county was $19,698. About 6.70% of families and 9.70% of the population were below the, including 12.20% of those under age 18 and 9.10% of those age 65 or over.

Government
The county government operates the, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains, administers regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions &mdash; police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. &mdash; are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Bay County Elected Officials

 * : Thomas Hickner
 * : Kurt C. Asbury
 * : John E. Miller
 * : Cynthia A. Luczak
 * : Richard F. Brzezinski
 * : Vicki Roupe
 * : Joseph Rivet
 * Road Commissioners: Robert Lewandowski; Gerald (Mick) Redmond; Dick Gromaski

(information as of February 2007)

Cities

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Villages
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