St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County is a in the  of. As of the, the population was 164,235. According to the, it forms part of the area, although residents of the area may disagree. The is. The county was created  and its government was organized in 1821.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,167 (837 ). 1,876 km² (724 sq mi) of it is land and 291 km² (112 sq mi) of it (13.42%) is water. St. Clair County is one of five counties that form the peninsula that projects into known as  St. Clair County is very economicaly attached to its neighbors, ,, and  located in.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 164,235 people, 62,072 households, and 44,629 families residing in the county. The was 88/km² (227/sq mi). There were 67,107 housing units at an average density of 36/km² (93/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.96%, 2.10% or , 0.50% , 0.40% , 0.02% , 0.64% from , and 1.38% from two or more races. 2.19% of the population were or  of any race. 96.3% spoke only at home, while 1.4% spoke.

There were 62,072 households out of which 34.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 23.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 30.00% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $46,313, and the median income for a family was $54,450. Males had a median income of $42,572 versus $25,880 for females. The for the county was $21,582. About 5.80% of families and 7.80% of the population were below the, including 9.30% of those under age 18 and 8.30% of those age 65 or over.

By 2006 the population had risen to 171,725. The 2005 estimates showed 93.3% of the county population was non-Hispanic whites. The percentage of African-AMericans had ebbed up to 2.2%. Asians were now tied with Native Americans at 0.5%. Latinos were now 2.6% of the county population.

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.

St.Clair County elected officials

 * : Michael D. Wendling
 * : Dan Lane
 * /: Marilyn Dunn
 * : Kelly M. Roberts-Burnett
 * : Fred Fuller
 * : Steve Bruen

(information as of September 2005)

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