Chippewa County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- December 22, 1826
- Named after
- Ojibwe people
- Seat
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Largest city
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Total
- 2,698 sq mi (6,990 km )
- Land
- 1,558 sq mi (4,040 km )
- Water
- 1,140 sq mi (3,000 km ) 42%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,081
- Density
- 23.61/sq mi (9.116/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .chippewacountymi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 36785
- Area
- 6988
- Official website
- www.chippewacountymi.gov
- Image
- 2009-0618-Soo-ChippewaCtyCt.jpg
- Households
- 14323
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- Commons category
- Chippewa County, Michigan
- water as percent of area
- 42
- native label
- Chippewa County
- inception
- 1826-12-22
- per capita income
- 28203
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Article
Chippewa County, Michigan from 1904 Michigan County Maps
Chippewa County (/ˈtʃɪpəwɑː/ CHIH-pə-wah) is a county in the eastern Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,785. The county seat is Sault Ste. Marie. The county is named for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people, and was set off and organized in 1826. Chippewa County comprises the Sault Ste. Marie, MI micropolitan statistical area. With shorelines on Lake Huron and Lake Superior, Chippewa County is one of two U.S. counties to contain shorelines on two Great Lakes, the other being neighboring Mackinac County. The county's irregular shape follows the Canadian border, itself following the St. Marys River. Drummond Island is part of Chippewa County.