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Wayne County
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county in Michigan, United States
Wayne County is a county located in Michigan in the United States. It is significant as one of Michigan's major population centers and includes the city of Detroit, the state's largest city.
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the United States census placed its population at 1,793,561, making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States. The county seat is Detroit. The county was founded in 1796 and organized in 1815. Wayne County is included in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of several U.S. counties named after Revolutionary War-era general Anthony Wayne.
History
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