Isabella County, Michigan

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Location in the state of Michigan

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Michigan's location in the U.S.

Founded

1859^[1]

Named for

Queen Isabella I of Castile

Seat

Mount Pleasant

Largest city

Mount Pleasant

Area

• Total

578 sq mi (1,497 km²)

• Land

573 sq mi (1,484 km²)

• Water

5.0 sq mi (13 km²), 0.9%

Population

• (2010)

70,311

• Density

123/sq mi (47/km²)

Congressional district

4th

Time zone

Eastern: UTC-5/-4

Website

.org.isabellacountywww

Isabella County is a

Categories

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Municipalities and communities of Isabella County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Mt. Pleasant

Cities	Clare‡ Mt. Pleasant

Villages	Lake Isabella Rosebush Shepherd

Charter township	Union

General law townships	Broomfield Chippewa Coe Coldwater Deerfield Denver Fremont Gilmore Isabella Lincoln Nottawa Rolland Sherman Vernon Wise

Unincorporated communities	Brinton Beal City (CDP) Blanchard Delwin Leaton Loomis (CDP) Vernon City Weidman (CDP) Winn

Indian reservation	Isabella Indian Reservation

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Clare County

Mecosta County

Midland County

Isabella County, Michigan

Montcalm County

Gratiot County

"Bibliography on Isabella County".

Notes

Communities

Prosecuting Attorney: Risa Scully
Sheriff: Leo Mioduszewski
County Clerk: Minde B. Lux
Register of Deeds: Karen Jackson
County Treasurer: Steven W. Pickens
Drain Commissioner: Rick Jakubiec

Elected officials

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners 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.

Government

The median income for a household in the county was $34,262, and the median income for a family was $45,953. Males had a median income of $32,270 versus $24,180 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,242. About 7.40% of families and 20.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.30% of those under age 18 and 7.80% of those age 65 or over.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.30% under the age of 18, 29.40% from 18 to 24, 23.80% from 25 to 44, 17.40% from 45 to 64, and 9.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females there were 91.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.60 males.

There were 22,425 households out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.40% were married couples living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.00% were non-families. 23.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.03.

As of the census^[12] of 2000, there were 63,351 people, 22,425 households, and 13,006 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per square mile (43/km²). There were 24,528 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile (16/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.51% White, 1.93% Black or African American, 2.75% Native American, 1.40% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.68% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. 2.24% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 28.0% were of German, 10.1% English, 10.0% Irish, 7.5% American and 6.0% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.9% spoke English and 1.6% Spanish as their first language.

Demographics

Clare County (north)
Midland County (east)
Gratiot County (southeast)
Montcalm County (southwest)
Mecosta County (west)

Adjacent counties

Highways

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 578 square miles (1,500 km²), of which 573 square miles (1,480 km²) is land and 5.0 square miles (13 km²) (0.9%) is water.^[6]

Geography

Geography 1
- Highways 1.1
- Adjacent counties 1.2
Demographics 2
Government 3
- Elected officials 3.1
Communities 4
- Cities 4.1
- Villages 4.2
- Unincorporated communities 4.3
- Townships 4.4
See also 5
Notes 6
Further reading 7

Isabella County comprises the Mount Pleasant, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area

^[5]^[1].Henry Schoolcraft, based on a suggestion by Queen Isabella I of Castile It was named after [1]

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Isabella County, Michigan