Dickinson County, Michigan
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Dickinson County, Michigan

Dickinson County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,947. The county seat is Iron Mountain. Dickinson is Michigan's newest county, formed in 1891 from parts of Marquette, Menominee, and Iron counties. It was named for Donald M. Dickinson, who served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Grover Cleveland.

Dickinson County is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI micropolitan statistical area.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 777 square miles (2,010 km2), of which 761 square miles (1,970 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) (2.0%) is water. Along with its western neighbor Iron County, it is one of only two landlocked counties in the Upper Peninsula.

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 25,947. The median age was 47.0 years, with 19.9% of residents under the age of 18 and 23.2% of residents 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.6 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 94.0% White, 0.3% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.5% from some other race, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.7% of the population.

64.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 35.2% lived in rural areas.

There were 11,569 households in the county, of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.7% were married-couple households, 21.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 13,917 housing units, of which 16.9% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 78.4% were owner-occupied and 21.6% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.6%.

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