Wayne County
Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the United States census placed its population at 1,793,561, making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Detroit and Dearborn.
Detroit
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Detroit is a major metropolis in the US state of Michigan that has had a profound impact on the world. From the advent of the automotive assembly line to the Motown sound, modern techno and rock music, Detroit continues to shape both American and global culture.
Dearborn
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Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the state of Michigan. This article also covers the adjacent community of Dearborn Heights.
Downtown Detroit
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Downtown Detroit is the central business district of Detroit, bordered by the Lodge Freeway to the west, the Fisher Freeway to the north, Interstate 375 to the east, and the Detroit River to the south.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Livonia and Westland.
Livonia
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Livonia is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Livonia is located roughly 20 miles northwest of downtown Detroit.
Westland
Westland is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Westland is located about 18 miles west of downtown Detroit. As of 2022, the city had a population of 84,037.Plymouth
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Plymouth is the name of two administrative entities in Wayne County in the state of Michigan. One is a small city, and the other is a township that surrounds the city and has its own government.
Allen Park
Allen Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 27,528. Ford Motor Company is an integral part of the community.Wayne
Melvindale
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Melvindale is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city population was 12,851.
Garden City
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Garden City is a city of 26,000 people in Wayne County in the state of Michigan. It is part of the Metro Detroit region and is approximately 10 miles west of the city of Detroit.
Southern Wayne County
Northville
Belleville
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Belleville is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. A western suburb of Detroit, Belleville is located roughly 29 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, and 18 miles southeast of Ann Arbor, and is completely surrounded by Van Buren Township.
Romulus
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Romulus is a city in Wayne County in the state of Michigan. It is the city in which Detroit Metro Airport is located.
Canton
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Canton Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Canton is located roughly 23 miles west of downtown Detroit, and 15 miles east of Ann Arbor.
Redford
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Redford Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Redford borders Detroit to the east, roughly 15 miles northwest of downtown Detroit.
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Wayne County
- Type: County with 1,820,000 residents
- Description: county in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Wayne”, “Wayne County, MI”, and “Wayne County, Michigan”
- Neighbors: Essex County, Macomb County, Monroe County, Oakland County, and Washtenaw County
- Categories: county of Michigan and locality
- Location: Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
42.2682° or 42° 16′ 6″ northLongitude of center
-83.2844° or 83° 17′ 4″ westPopulation
1,820,000Elevation
614 feet (187 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 316966590OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Wayne County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Wayne County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة وين”
- Arabic: “مقاطعه وين، ميشيغان”
- Arabic: “وين”
- Armenian: “Ուեյն շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Wayne”
- Azerbaijani: “Ueyn dairəsi”
- Basque: “Wayne konderria”
- Bavarian: “Wayne County, Michigan”
- Bavarian: “Wayne County”
- Belarusian: “акруга Уэйн”
- Belarusian: “Уэйн (акруга)”
- Belarusian: “Уэйн”
- Belarusian: “Ўэйн”
- Bishnupriya: “ৱাইনে কাউন্টি, মিশিগান”
- Bishnupriya: “ৱাইনে কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Уейн”
- Catalan: “comtat de Wayne”
- Cebuano: “Wayne County”
- Chinese: “Wayne Kūn”
- Chinese: “韋恩縣”
- Chinese: “韦恩县”
- Czech: “Wayne County”
- Danish: “Wayne County”
- Dutch: “Wayne County”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Vajno”
- Esperanto: “kantono Wayne”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Wayne”
- Esperanto: “Wayne County”
- Estonian: “Wayne’i maakond”
- Estonian: “Waynei maakond”
- Finnish: “Waynen piirikunta”
- French: “Comte de Wayne”
- French: “comté de Wayne”
- French: “Comté de Wayne”
- Georgian: “უეინის ოლქი”
- German: “Wayne County”
- Gilaki: “وین ٚ شأرستان (ميشيگان)”
- Gilaki: “وین ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “Wayne County, Michigan”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Γουέιν, Μίσιγκαν”
- Greek: “κομητεία Γουέιν”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Γουέιν”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ויין”
- Hungarian: “Wayne megye”
- Indonesian: “County Wayne, Michigan”
- Indonesian: “Wayne County”
- Irish: “Contae Wayne, Michigan”
- Irish: “Contae Wayne”
- Italian: “contea di Wayne”
- Italian: “Contea di Wayne”
- Japanese: “ウェイン郡”
- Korean: “웨인군”
- Latin: “Wayne Comitatus”
- Low German: “Wayne County”
- Macedonian: “Вејн”
- Marathi: “वेन काउंटी”
- Mazanderani: “وین شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Wayne Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wayne Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wayne County i Michigan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wayne County”
- Norwegian: “Wayne County”
- Persian: “شهرستان وین، میشیگان”
- Persian: “شهرستان وین”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Wayne”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Wayne”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Wayne, Michigan”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Wayne”
- Russian: “Уэйн”
- Sardinian: “contea de Wayne”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Wayne County”
- Serbian: “Округ Вејн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wayne County, Michigan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wayne County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Wayne”
- Slovenian: “Wayne County”
- South Azerbaijani: “واین بؤلگهسی، میشیقان”
- Spanish: “Condado de Wayne, Míchigan”
- Spanish: “Condado de Wayne”
- Swedish: “Wayne County, Michigan”
- Swedish: “Wayne County”
- Tatar: “Уэйн (округ, Мичиган)”
- Tatar: “Уэйн”
- Turkish: “Wayne County, MI”
- Turkish: “Wayne County, Mich.”
- Turkish: “Wayne County, Michigan”
- Turkish: “Wayne County”
- Turkish: “Wayne ilçesi, MI”
- Turkish: “Wayne ilçesi, Mich.”
- Turkish: “Wayne ilçesi, Michigan”
- Turkish: “Wayne ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Вейн”
- Urdu: “وین کاؤنٹی، مشی گن”
- Urdu: “وین کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Wayne”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Wayne, Michigan”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Wayne”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wayne, Michigan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wayne”
- Welsh: “Wayne County, Michigan”
- Welsh: “Wayne County”
- Western Panjabi: “وین کاؤنٹی، مشیگن”
- Western Panjabi: “وین کاؤنٹی”
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