Tuscola County, Michigan

Tuscola County is a in the  region of the  of. As of the, the population was 58,266. The is. The county was created by Michigan Law on, and was fully organized on ,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,367 (914 ). 2,104 km² (812 sq mi) of it is land and 263 km² (101 sq mi) of it (11.10%) is water. As mentioned above, this is one of five counties that are in area. Like the rest of the thumb, Tuscola County enjoys seasonal tourism from larger cities like, and.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 58,266 people, 21,454 households, and 15,983 families residing in the county. The was 28/km² (72/sq mi). There were 23,378 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (29/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.05%, 1.07% or , 0.57% , 0.31% , 0.02% , 0.72% from , and 1.26% from two or more races. 2.30% of the population were or  of any race. 96.4% spoke, 1.3% and 1.3%  as their first language.

There were 21,454 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.50% were non-families. 21.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,174, and the median income for a family was $46,729. Males had a median income of $35,974 versus $24,241 for females. The for the county was $17,985. About 5.40% of families and 8.20% of the population were below the, including 9.40% of those under age 18 and 6.60% 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.

Tuscola County elected officials

 * : Mark E. Reene
 * : Tom Kern
 * : Margie White-Cormier
 * : Patricia Donovan
 * : Ginny McLaren
 * : Sarah Pistro
 * : Hon. Patrick Reed Joslyn
 * : Hon. W. Wallace Kent, Jr.
 * : Hon. Kim David Glaspie

(information as of May 16, 2006)

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