Saginaw County, Michigan

Saginaw County
County
County of Saginaw
Saginaw County Governmental Center in Saginaw
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Location within the U.S. state of Michigan
Michigan's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 43°20′N 84°03′W / 43.33°N 84.05°W / 43.33; -84.05
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Founded	February 9, 1835[1][2]
Seat	Saginaw
Largest city	Saginaw
Area
• Total	816 sq mi (2,110 km2)
• Land	800 sq mi (2,000 km2)
• Water	16 sq mi (40 km2)  1.9%
Population  (2020)
• Total	190,124
• Density	250/sq mi (100/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	www.saginawcounty.com

Saginaw County, officially the County of Saginaw, is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190,124.^[3] The county seat is Saginaw.^[1][4] The county was created by September 10, 1822, and was fully organized on February 9, 1835.^[1] 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).^[5] 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.