Lake County, Michigan
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Highways
US 10U.S. Route 10U.S. Route 10 is an east–west United States highway formed in 1926. Though it never became the cross-country highway suggested by the "0" as the last digit of its route number, U.S...
M-37M-37 (Michigan highway)M-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand...
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 11,333 people, 4,704 households, and 3,052 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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was 20 people per square mile (8/km²). There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 84.66% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 11.17% Black
Race (United States Census)
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or African American
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, 1.01% Native American
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, 0.15% Asian
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, 0.04% Pacific Islander
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, 0.57% from other races
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, and 2.40% from two or more races. 1.69% of the population were Hispanic
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or Latino
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of any race. 20.0% were of German
Germans
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, 12.6% American
United States
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, 8.4% Irish
Irish people
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, 8.2% English
English people
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and 6.1% Dutch
Dutch people
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ancestry according to Census 2000. 97.5% spoke English
English language
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and 1.3% Spanish
Spanish language
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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 married couples
Marriage
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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 per capita income
Per capita income
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for the county was $14,457. About 14.70% of families and 19.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.30% of those under age 18 and 12.00% of those age 65 or over.
Government
The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates themajor local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers
public health
Public health
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regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and
other social services. The county board of commissioners
County commission
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controls the
budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local
government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street
maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.
Lake County elected officials
- Chief Trial Court Judge: Mark S. Wickens
- Prosecuting AttorneyProsecutorThe prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
: Michael Riley - SheriffSheriffA sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
: Robert Hilts - County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Shelly Meyers
- County TreasurerTreasurerA treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
: Brenda Kutchinski - County SurveyorCounty surveyor1. A county surveyor is a public official in many counties of the USA. At the bottom of this page are working "External Links" as at 4 November 2011 to websites of a selection of such County Surveyor's departments. Most of these officials are elected on the partisan ballot to four-year terms...
: Robert Wetherell
(information as of September 2005)
Cities, villages, and townships
- BaldwinBaldwin, MichiganBaldwin is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,107. It is the county seat of Lake County...
, village - Chase TownshipChase Township, MichiganChase Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,194 at the 2000 census.The unincorporated community of Chase is the only significant population center in the township. Chase is located where U.S. Route 10 crosses the Middle Branch of the Pere...
- Cherry Valley TownshipCherry Valley Township, MichiganCherry Valley Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 368 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
- Dover TownshipDover Township, Lake County, MichiganDover Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37.0 square miles , of which, 36.8 square miles of it is land and 0.2 square miles ...
- Eden TownshipEden Township, Lake County, MichiganEden Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 377 at the 2000 census.- Communities :* Irons is an unincorporated community in the northeast part of the township at near the boundary with Elk Township. In 1894 it was a station on the Chicago and...
- Elk TownshipElk Township, Lake County, MichiganElk Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 900.-Geography:...
- Ellsworth TownshipEllsworth Township, MichiganEllsworth Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 821 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
- Idlewild, MichiganIdlewild, MichiganIdlewild is a vacation and retirement community in Yates Township located in a small rural northwestern part of the U.S. state of Michigan near the southeastern border of Lake County...
, unincorporated community - Lake TownshipLake Township, Lake County, MichiganLake Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 849 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
- LutherLuther, MichiganLuther is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 339. The village is on the boundary between Newkirk Township on the west and Ellsworth Township on the east, with about half of the village in each. It is the site of Hillsdale...
, village
- Newkirk TownshipNewkirk Township, MichiganNewkirk Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 719.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census...
- Peacock TownshipPeacock Township, MichiganPeacock Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 445 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-History:Peacock was the name of a...
- Pinora TownshipPinora Township, MichiganPinora Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 643 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
- Pleasant Plains TownshipPleasant Plains Township, MichiganPleasant Plains Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,535 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Sauble TownshipSauble Township, MichiganSauble Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 323 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.4 square miles , of which, 34.6 square miles of it is land and 0.8 square miles ...
- Sweetwater TownshipSweetwater Township, MichiganSweetwater Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 238 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
- Webber TownshipWebber Township, MichiganWebber Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,875 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
- Yates TownshipYates Township, MichiganYates Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 714 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water...
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Michigan