Oakland County, Michigan | |
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County of Oakland | |
Top-to-bottom, left-to-right: Troy's skyline, Southfield's skyline, Rackham Fountain (at the Detroit Zoo), National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica (Royal Oak), Downtown Pontiac, Downtown Royal Oak (downtown Detroit on the horizon) | |
![]() Location within the state of Michigan | |
![]() Cities and Townships in the county | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
Metro | Metro Detroit |
Incorporated | 1819 (created) 1820 (organized)[1][2] |
County seat | Pontiac (Legislative and Judicial) Waterford (Executive) |
Largest city | ![]() |
Government | |
• Executive | David Coulter (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 907 sq mi (2,350 km2) |
• Land | 868 sq mi (2,250 km2) |
• Water | 40 sq mi (100 km2) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,274,395 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,270,426 ![]() |
• Density | 1,486/sq mi (574/km2) |
GDP | |
• Total | $124.285 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time) |
Area codes | 248 and 947 |
Website | www |
Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a principal county of the Detroit metropolitan area, containing the bulk of Detroit's northern suburbs. Its seat of government is Pontiac,[a] and its largest city is Troy.[4] As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,274,395,[5] making it the second-most populous county in Michigan (behind neighboring Wayne County), and the largest county in the United States without a city of 100,000 residents.
Founded in 1819 and organized the following year,[1][6] Oakland County is composed of 62 cities, villages, and townships. In 2010, Oakland County was among the ten wealthiest counties in the United States to have over one million residents.[7] It is also home to Oakland University, a large public institution that straddles the border between the cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
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