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Macomb County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- January 15, 1818
- Named after
- Alexander Macomb
- Seat
- Mount Clemens
- Largest city
- Warren
- Total
- 571 sq mi (1,480 km )
- Land
- 479 sq mi (1,240 km )
- Water
- 92 sq mi (240 km ) 16%
- Estimate 2025
- 886,221
- Density
- 1,840/sq mi (710/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 9th , 10th
- Website
- macombgov .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Macomb County (/məˈkoʊm/ mə-KOHM) is a county on the eastern shore of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, bordering Detroit to the north and containing many of its northern suburbs. Its county seat is Mt. Clemens, and its largest community is Warren. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 881,217, making it the third-most populous county in the state, behind neighboring Wayne and Oakland. Macomb County contains 27 cities, townships and villages, including three of the ten most-populous municipalities in Michigan. Most of this population is concentrated south of Hall Road (M-59), one of the county's main thoroughfares.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macomb County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.