Delta County, Michigan

Delta County is a in the  of. As of the, the was 38,520. The is.

The county is served by.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 5,158 (1,992 ). 3,030 km² (1,170 sq mi) of it is land and 2,128 km² (822 sq mi) of it is. The total area is 41.25% water.

Adjacent counties

 * - (north)
 * - (northwest)
 * - (southwest)
 * - (east)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 38,520 people, 15,836 households, and 10,689 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (33/sq mi). There were 19,223 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.83%, 0.09% or , 2.21% , 0.31% , 0.03% , 0.14% from , and 1.39% from two or more races. 0.49% of the population were or  of any race. 15.7% were of, 15.5% , 10.9% , 10.6% and 5.8%  ancestry. 98.0% spoke as their first language.

There were 15,836 households out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,511, and the median income for a family was $45,079. Males had a median income of $37,057 versus $22,368 for females. The for the county was $18,667. About 7.0% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 9.2% 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.

Delta County elected officials

 * : Steven C. Parks
 * : Gary A. Ballweg
 * /: Nancy J. Kolich
 * : Sandra Buckland
 * : Don Shirley
 * : Mel Davis
 * : Glenn Pearson

(information as of September 2005)