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Delta County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- March 9, 1843 (authorized), 1861 (organized)
- Named after
- Greek letter Delta
- Seat
- Escanaba
- Largest city
- Escanaba
- Total
- 1,991 sq mi (5,160 km )
- Land
- 1,171 sq mi (3,030 km )
- Water
- 820 sq mi (2,100 km ) 41%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,582
- Density
- 31.51/sq mi (12.17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- deltacountymi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- delta
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- Escanaba
- Capital
- Escanaba
- Population
- 36903
- Area
- 5158
- Shares border with
- Marquette County
- Official website
- www.deltacountymi.org
- Image
- DeltaCountyMichiganBuilding.jpg
- Households
- 16154
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- Commons category
- Delta County, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Delta County, Michigan
- inception
- 1843-03-09
- different from
- Delta County
- water as percent of area
- 41
- native label
- Delta County
- per capita income
- 27494
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Encyclopedic overview
Delta County is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,903. The county seat is Escanaba. The county was surveyed in 1843 and organized in 1861. Its name originates from the Greek letter delta (Δ), which refers to the triangular shape of the original county which included segments of Menominee, Dickinson, Iron, and Marquette counties. Recreation and forest products are major industries, and crops include hay, corn, small grains, potatoes, and strawberries. Delta County comprises the Escanaba, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Delta County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.