Berrien County (MI)

Berrien County, Michigan
	district
Berrien County, Michigan
	Berrien County, Michigan
A country	USA
Included in	Michigan
Adm. Centre
History and Geography
Date of formation	1829
Square	4,094.794 km²
Timezone	UTC-5 / -4
The largest city
Population
Population	156 813 people ( 2010 )
Density	106,564 people / km²
Official language	English
	Official site

Berrien County is located in Michigan , USA . It was officially established in 1829 . As of 2010 , the population was 156,813 people.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the county’s total area is 4,094.794 km ² , of which 1,471.121 km ^{2 are} land and 2,626.263 km ² or 64,000% are water bodies.

Neighboring Counties

Population

According to the 2010 census ^[1] , 156,813 residents of 63,054 households and 41,585 families live in the okrug. The population density is 106.60 people per km ² . On the territory of the district there are 76,922 residential buildings, with a building density of about 52.30 buildings per km ² . Racial composition of the population: white - 78.30%, African Americans - 15.30%, Native Americans ( Indians ) - 1.60%, Asians - 0.50%, Hawaiians - 0.10%, representatives of other races - 1.80 %, representatives of two or more races - 2.40%. Hispanics accounted for 4.50% of the population, regardless of race .

As part of 29.60% of the total number of households , children under the age of 18 live, 47.80% of households are married couples living together, 13.60% of households are single women without a spouse, 34.00% of households households are not related to families , 0.00% of households consist of one person, 0.00% of households consist of the elderly (65 years and older) living alone. The average household size is 2.43 people and the average family size is 2.98 people.

The age structure of the district: 23.40% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 28.60% from 45 to 64, and 28.60% from 65 and older. The average age of a resident of the district is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 94.90 males . For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.60 males .

The average household income in the district was 40 329 USD , for a family - 51 305 USD . The average male earnings were $ 26,745 versus $ 16,289 for women . The per capita income was $ 22,337. About 12.10% of families and 16.80% of the total population were below the poverty line , including 28.50% of youth (those who were not yet 18 years old) and 8.30% of those who were already over 65 .

Notes

↑ Data from the US Census Bureau for Berrien County, MI (English) (link not available) . Date of treatment November 16, 2009. Archived April 11, 2012.

Links

[1] Data from the US Census Bureau for Berrien County, MI (English) (link not available) . Date of treatment November 16, 2009. Archived April 11, 2012.