Lake County, Michigan

Lake County is a in the  of. As of the, the population was 11,333. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,488 (575 ). 1,470 km² (567 sq mi) of it is land and 19 km² (7 sq mi) of it (1.25%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,333 people, 4,704 households, and 3,052 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (20/sq mi). There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (24/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 84.66%, 11.17% or , 1.01% , 0.15% , 0.04% , 0.57% from , and 2.40% from two or more races. 1.69% of the population were or  of any race. 97.5% spoke and 1.3%  as their first language.

There were 4,704 households out of which 23.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.10% were non-families. 29.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.90% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 22.70% from 25 to 44, 27.60% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 109.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,622, and the median income for a family was $32,086. Males had a median income of $30,124 versus $21,886 for females. The for the county was $14,457. About 14.70% of families and 19.40% of the population were below the, including 28.30% of those under age 18 and 12.00% 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.

Lake County elected officials

 * : Mark S. Wickens
 * : Michael Riley
 * : Robert Hilts
 * /: Shelly Meyers
 * : Brenda Kutchinski
 * : Robert Wetherell

(information as of September 2005)

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