Clinton County is located just 10 miles north of Lansing, the state capital of Michigan. It has a total area of 575 square miles of which 571 square miles of it is land and 3 square miles is water. The population for 2007 was estimated to be 69,755 which is a 7.7% increase from 2000. There are approximately 29,689 housing units with a 85.3% home ownership rate which is higher than the Michigan overall rate of 2.56%. The 2007median household income was $59,622 higher than the state average of $47,931 with the percentage of people below the poverty rate to be 7.1% much less than the state average of 13.9%.