Huron County, Michigan

Huron County is a in the  of. As of the, the population was 36,079. The is. Huron County is located at the northern tip of the region known as. It was created by Michigan Law on, and was fully organized on ,.

Huron County enjoys seasonal tourism from large cities like, , and. Huron County's most important industry is agriculture, along with most of the other Thumb counties.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 5,533 (2,136 ). 2,167 km² (837 sq mi) of it is land and 3,367 km² (1,300 sq mi) of it (60.85%) is water.

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 36,079 people, 14,597 households, and 10,144 families residing in the county. The was 17/km² (43/sq mi). There were 20,430 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (24/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.02%, 0.19% or , 0.28% , 0.35% , 0.01% , 0.32% from , and 0.82% from two or more races. 1.64% of the population were or  of any race. 95.9% spoke, 1.3% and 1.0%  as their first language.

There were 14,597 households out of which 29.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.60% were living together, 7.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,315, and the median income for a family was $42,436. Males had a median income of $31,950 versus $21,110 for females. The for the county was $17,851. About 7.30% of families and 10.20% of the population were below the, including 12.20% of those under age 18 and 9.80% 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.

Huron County elected officials

 * : Mark J. Gaertner
 * : Kent Tibbits
 * : Peggy A. Koehler
 * : Sherry Learman
 * : Frances L. Holdwick
 * : Hon. M. Richard Knoblock
 * : Hon. David L. Clabuesch
 * : Hon. Karl E. Kraus

(information as of May 15, 2006)


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