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Saginaw County

county in Michigan, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Michigan
Founded: February 9, 1835
Seat: Saginaw
Largest city: Saginaw
Total: 816 sq mi (2,110 km )
Land: 800 sq mi (2,100 km )
Water: 16 sq mi (41 km ) 1.9%
Estimate 2025: 187,688
Density: 250/sq mi (97/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: 8th
Website: www .saginawcountymi .gov

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Saginaw County (SAG-ə-naw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190,124. The county seat is Saginaw. The county was created by September 10, 1822, and was fully organized on February 9, 1835. The etymology of the county's name is uncertain. It may be derived from Sace-nong or Sak-e-nong (English: Sauk land), as the Sauk (French: Sac) tribe is believed by some to have once lived there. A more likely possibility is that it comes from Ojibwe words meaning "place of the outlet" –sag (English: an opening) and ong (English: place of). See List of Michigan county name etymologies.

Saginaw County comprises the Saginaw, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area, the 5th largest metropolitan area in Michigan.