Reply #5: General Statistics

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The 2006 estimated population for Michigan was 10,095,643.

The breakdown for the population is:
Female: 50.8%
White: 81.2%
African American: 14.3%
Asian: 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino: 3.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons: 0.6%

The largest county by population is Wayne County which includes the city of Detroit. Population: 951,270.

The smallest towns have populations as low as 220.

There are 83 counties.

The majority of the population lives in the Lower Peninsula, in the mid to southern part of the peninsula.

There were 7,164,047 registered voters in 2004 with a turnout rate of 64.7% in the 2004 election.

In 2000, there were 6,859,332 with a turnout rate of 58.2.

Our governor is Jennifer Granholm (D).