Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County
County
Clockwise: Downtown Detroit, Ford World Headquarters, James Scott Memorial Fountain, Gateway Bridge, the Uniroyal Giant Tire and the Detroit Metropolitan Airport
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Location in Michigan
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Region	Metro Detroit
Incorporated	1796 (created) 1815 (organized)[1][2]
Named for	Anthony Wayne
County seat and Largest city	Detroit
Area
• Total	673 sq mi (1,740 km2)
• Land	612 sq mi (1,590 km2)
• Water	61 sq mi (160 km2)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	1,793,561
• Density	2,931/sq mi (1,132/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Area codes	313, 734, 248
Website	www.waynecounty.com

Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, 1,793,561 people lived there,^[3] and it was the 19th most-populous county in the United States. The county seat is Detroit^[4] which is the largest city in Michigan.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Bibliography on Wayne County". Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
2. ↑ "Wayne County, Michigan History Magazine". Archived from the original on May 13, 2006.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Wayne County, Michigan". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
4. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2008-01-31.