Sanilac County, Michigan

Sanilac County is a in the  of. As of the, the population was 44,547. The is. The county, which is generally considered to be part of the region, was created on,  and was fully organized on ,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,119 (1,590 ). 2,496 km² (964 sq mi) of it is land and 1,622 km² (626 sq mi) of it (39.39%) is water. As mentioned above, Sanilac County is one of five counties that forms area. Sanilac County enjoys seasonable tourisum in towns such as, , and. Sanilac County is econocomicaly attached to and  and has very fetile, flat land.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 44,547 people, 16,871 households, and 12,163 families residing in the county. The was 18/km² (46/sq mi). There were 21,314 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (22/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.90%, 0.28% or , 0.36% , 0.26% , 0.01% , 1.09% from , and 1.11% from two or more races. 2.78% of the population were or  of any race. 95.7% spoke, 1.6% and 1.2%  as their first language.

There were 16,871 households out of which 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 27.00% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,870, and the median income for a family was $42,306. Males had a median income of $32,101 versus $21,376 for females. The for the county was $17,089. About 7.60% of families and 10.40% of the population were below the, including 13.10% of those under age 18 and 9.30% 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.

Sanilac County elected officials

 * James V. Young
 * Virgil Strickler
 * Linda Kozfkay
 * Kathy Dorman
 * Michele VanNorman
 * James Bowerman
 * : Hon. Donald A. Teeple
 * : Hon. R.T. "Terry" Maltby
 * : Hon. James A. Marcus

(information as of May 16, 2006)

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