Macomb County, Michigan Totally Explained

Everything about Macomb County Michigan totally explained

As of the census of 2000, there were 788,149 people, 309,203 households, and 210,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,640 people per square mile (633/km²). There were 320,276 housing units at an average density of 667 per square mile (257/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.66% White, 2.71% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 2.14% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 1.77% from two or more races. 1.58% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 18.1% were of German, 17.1% Polish, 13.6% Italian, 7.5% Irish and 5.5% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 87.6% spoke English, 1.7% Italian, 1.4% Polish, 1.2% Spanish, 1.1% Arabic and 1.1% Syriac as their first language.
   Two Native American tribes had over 1000 people who self-identified with the tribe in Macomb County in 2000. 1781 county residents indicated that they were Cherokee on the census form. 1038 did the same for being Chippewa. This is the tribe known as the Ojibwa. It should be kept in mind that whether someone marked "Ojibwa", "Chippewa" or "Anishabaag" it was all grouped together in the reported counts.
   Among Asians groups, Macomb County has six with over 1000 people. The most numerous were the 5713 Asian Indians. Filipinos came in a close second numbering 4155, this includes many children who are Filipino on their mother's side and European-American on their father's side. Chinese number 2489. Koreans numbered 1853, while Vietnamese numbered 1557. There were 1103, the only Asian group without a nation to be so recognized. It should be remembered that people from Iran and further west are classed as whites.
   There were 309,203 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.30% were married couples living together, 10.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.09.
   In the county the population was spread out with 24.10% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 31.50% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.90 males.
   The median income for a household in the county was $52,102, and the median income for a family was $62,816. Males had a median income of $48,303 versus $30,215 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,446. About 4.00% of families and 5.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.00% of those under age 18 and 6.40% of those age 65 or over.
   The years 2000-2005 saw the African American population in Macomb County more than double. This growth largely resulted from an exodus of African Americans from Detroit. By 2005 Census estimates for Macomb County showed it was 5.6% African American, meaning that the growth of the African-American population in the county had been well over 100% in the last 5 years. The percentage of Asians had risen to 2.9%, largely fueled by the exodus of the eastside Detroit Hmong population northward into Warren. The American Community Survey showed 1.5% of Macomb County's population reporting two or more races.
   According to the 2006 American Community Survey the average family size is 3.15. The population of 25 and over is 571,463. 86.9% of that population has graduating from High school, 21% of that population has a Bachelor's degree or higher. About 14.3 of that population is disabled. 12.5% of Macomb's population can speak another language at home.

History

The Ojibwa were the first settlers in the area. The first Europeans arrived in the area during the 17th century. A Moravian colony was established in the county in the late 18th Century. They included French fur trappers and missionaries. In addition to the original French and English, later settlers included Germans, Belgians and others who came directly from Europe.
Macomb County was formally organized on January 15, 1818 as the third county in the Michigan territory. At that time, it covered a much larger area than it does today. In 1819 and 1820, large portions of the county were removed to form the counties of Oakland, Lapeer, Genesee and St. Clair. The county was named in honor of General Alexander Macomb, Jr. a highly decorated veteran of the War of 1812.
The county gained fame in the 1980s and '90s as a bellwether of state and national politics. Macomb's large cohort of working-class, socially conservative whites gave it one of the nation's most prominent concentrations of "Reagan Democrats", and outsider candidates with a conservative-populist bent have done well there in the past (for example George Wallace in 1968 and Pat Buchanan in 1992).

Parks and recreation

Macomb County is home to more than 130 parks covering 12,000 acres (49 km²) managed by the state, regional, county, and local government. There are four major public parks in the County - Freedom Hill County Park

, Macomb Orchard Trail

, Metro Beach Metropark, and Stony Creek Metropark. The county also has 31 miles of shoreline and over 100 marinas.

Government

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.

Macomb County Elected Officials

Prosecuting Attorney: Eric J. Smith (Democrat)

Sheriff: Mark A. Hackel (Democrat)

County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Carmella Sabaugh (Democrat)

County Treasurer: Ted B. Wahby (Democrat)

Public Works Commissioner: Anthony V. Marrocco (Democrat)

County Commission or Board of Commissioners: 26 members, elected from districts (17 Democrats, 9 Republicans)

Circuit Court: 12 judges (non-partisan)

Probate Court: 2 judges (non-partisan) (information as of February 2006)

Noted people from Macomb County

Actors/Actresses

Dave Coulier, actor/comedian, St. Clair Shores

Dean Cain, actor, Mount Clemens

Faye Grant, actress, St. Clair Shores

Ellen Burstyn, actress [Detroit,Michigan]]

Athletes

Derian Hatcher, NHL player, Sterling Heights

Kevin Hatcher, NHL player, Sterling Heights

Matt Hunwick, NHL player, Warren

Craig Kowalski, ECHL player, Warren

Denny Felsner, NHL player, Warren

Dick Enberg, sports announcer, Armada

Michele Van Gorp, WNBA player from Duke University

Shirley Muldowney, race car driver, Armada

Bryan Herta, race car driver, Warren

Johnny White, race car driver, Warren

John Smoltz, MLB player, Warren

Steve Phillips, MLB coach, Warren

Jim Sorgi, NFL player, Fraser

Craig Krenzel, NFL player, Sterling Heights

Brian Rafalski, NHL player

John DiGiorgio, NFL Player, Macomb,Shelby Township

Musicians

Kid Rock, Romeo

Alice Cooper, St. Clair Shores

Mitch Ryder, Roseville

Justin Jeffre, (98 Degrees), Mount Clemens

Uncle Kracker, Mount Clemens

Eminem, Warren

Other

David Bonior, politician, Mt. Clemens

Candice Miller, Michigan politician

Alex Groesbeck, politician, Warren

Butch Hartman, creator of the cartoon show The Fairy Oddparents, New Baltimore

Martha Griffiths, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in the late 1980s, Armada

Jerry M. Linenger, NASA astronaut, Eastpointe

Cities, villages, and townships

Armada Township

Armada, village

Bruce Township

Center Line, city

Chesterfield Township

Clinton Charter Township

Eastpointe, city

Fraser, city

a small part of Grosse Pointe Shores, village

Harrison Charter Township

Lake Township (the part of Grosse Pointe Shores in Macomb County)

Lenox Township

Macomb Township

Memphis, city

Mount Clemens, city (county seat)

New Baltimore, city

New Haven, village

Ray Township

Richmond Township

Richmond, city

Romeo, village

Roseville, city

Shelby Charter Township

St. Clair Shores, city

Sterling Heights, city

Utica, city

Warren, city

Washington Township

High Schools

Anchor Bay High School

Armada High School

Centerline High School

Chippewa Valley High School

Clintondale High School

Cousino High School

Dakota High School

De La Salle Collegiate High School

East Detroit High School

Dwight D. Eisenhower High School

Fitzgerald High School

Fraser High School

Henry Ford II High School

Lakeshore High School

Lakeview High School

L'Anse Creuse High School

L'Anse Creuse High School - North

Lutheran High School - North

Mount Clemens High School

Richmond High School

Romeo High School

Southlake High School

Sterling Heights High School

Stevenson High School

Utica High School

Warren Mott High School

Warren Lincoln High School

Warren Woods Tower High School

Transportation

Air

Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET) (Detroit) - General aviation only

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) (Romulus) - Major commercial airport, hub for Northwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines

Oakland County International Airport (PTK) Waterford Township) - Charter passenger facility

St. Clair County International Airport (near Port Huron, Michigan) - A major international airport on the U.S. and Canadian Border.

Selfridge Air National Guard Base (Mount Clemens) - Military airbase

Major Highways

	(Ford Freeway) runs east-west through Detroit and serves Ann Arbor to the west (where it continues to Chicago) and Port Huron to the northeast. The stretch of the current I-94 freeway from Ypsilanti to Detroit was one of the first American limited-access freeways. Henry Ford built it to link his factories at Willow Run and Dearborn during World War II. It was called the Willow Run Expressway.
	(Walter Reuther Freeway) runs east-west from the junction of I-96 and I-275, providing a route through the northern suburbs of Detroit.
	M-3 Gratiot Avenue (M-3) is a major road that runs from Port Huron to downtown Detroit.
	M-19
	M-29
	M-53 (Christopher Columbus Freeway from Sterling Heights to Washington), more commonly known as the Van Dyke Expressway or Van Dyke Freeway. Continues as Van Dyke Road or Van Dyke Avenue north to Port Austin and south through Warren to Gratiot Avenue in Detroit.
	M-59 (Veterans Memorial Freeway from Utica to Pontiac), continues east as Hall Road to Clinton Township and west as various surface roads to I-96 near Howell
	M-97
	M-102 8 Mile Road, known by many due to the film 8 Mile, forms the dividing line between Detroit on the south and the suburbs of Macomb and Oakland counties on the north. It is also known as Baseline Road outside of Detroit, because it coincides with the baseline used in surveying Michigan; that baseline is also the boundary for a number of Michigan counties as well as the boundary for Illinois and Wisconsin. Designated as M-102 for much of its length in Wayne County.

Other Major Roads

Jefferson Avenue is a scenic highway that runs parallel to the shore of the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. It is also the principal thoroughfare for the Grosse Pointes, where it's called Lake Shore Drive. Another important dividing line between Detroit and the city of Grosse Pointe Park is Alter Road, where portions of some intersecting streets have been reconfigured or walled-off in order to thwart vehicular and pedestrian movement from Detroit into Grosse Pointe Park.

"Mile" roads: Surface street navigation in Metro Detroit is commonly anchored by "mile roads," major east-west surface streets that are spaced at one-mile intervals and increment as one travels north and away from the city center. Mile roads sometimes have two names, the numeric name (ex. 15 Mile Road) used in Macomb County and a local name (ex. Maple Road) used in Oakland County mostly. Further Information

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