Iosco County, Michigan

Iosco County is a in the  of. As of the, the population was 27,339. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,897 (1,891 ). 1,422 km² (549 sq mi) of it is land and 3,475 km² (1,342 sq mi) of it (70.96%) is water.

Major highways

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 27,339 people, 11,727 households, and 7,857 families residing in the county. The was 19/km² (50/sq mi). There were 20,432 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (37/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.92%, 0.41% or , 0.66% , 0.46% , 0.05% , 0.23% from , and 1.27% from two or more races. 0.98% of the population were or  of any race. 97.4% spoke and 1.0%  as their first language.

There were 11,727 households out of which 24.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 28.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.40% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 27.30% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,321, and the median income for a family was $37,452. Males had a median income of $30,338 versus $21,149 for females. The for the county was $17,115. About 9.50% of families and 12.70% of the population were below the, including 18.50% of those under age 18 and 7.60% 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 s, 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.

Iosco County officials (elected 2002)

 * : Gary W. Rapp
 * : Michael Fischer
 * : Michael A. Welsch
 * : Elite P. Shellenbarger
 * : Bonita M. Coyle
 * : Gary Adams

Iosco County commissioners (elected 2002)

 * District 1: Clyde L. Soucie
 * District 2: Jeff Mathews
 * District 3: Bob Cudney
 * District 4: John Moehring
 * District 5: Patricia Schmidt

(current as of July 2006)

Education
Iosco County contains four public school districts:, , , and.

There are also 3 private elementary schools in the county: Emanuel Lutheran School in Tawas City, Holy Family School in East Tawas, and Shady Grove School in Whittemore.

offers college-level courses at its campus on the former in Oscoda and local public school facilities.

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