Who is the Clinton County County Clerk/Register of Deeds?

Debra A. Sutherland (Republican) is the County Clerk/Register of Deeds of Clinton County, Michigan.

Who is the Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney?

Tony Spagnuolo (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County, Michigan.

Who is the Clinton County Sheriff?

Sean Dush (Republican) is the Sheriff of Clinton County, Michigan.

Who is the Clinton County County Treasurer?

Steven E. Wiswasser (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Clinton County, Michigan.

Who are the Clinton County commissioners?

Nicole Fickes (District 1); Zach Rudat (District 2); Bruce DeLong (District 3); Brian Hurtekant (District 4); Robert Showers (District 5); John Andrews (District 6).

What is the population of Clinton County?

About 79,626 people, with a median age of 41.8; the median household income is $88,210 and 9.7% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Clinton County?

3.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,331 people unemployed in a labor force of 38,465, against 3.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Clinton County?

37 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 8 municipal, 16 township, 6 school district and 6 special district governments.

Clinton County, MI elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Clinton County: 10 seats on 5 elected bodies.

Board of Commissioners

Clinton County Board of Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now
County Commissioner, District 1	Nicole Fickes Republican source
County Commissioner, District 2	Zach Rudat Republican source
County Commissioner, District 3	Bruce DeLong Republican source
County Commissioner, District 4	Brian Hurtekant Republican source
County Commissioner, District 5	Robert Showers Republican source
County Commissioner, District 6	John Andrews Democratic source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
County Clerk/Register of Deeds	Debra A. Sutherland Republican source
Prosecuting Attorney	Tony Spagnuolo Republican source
Sheriff	Sean Dush Republican source
County Treasurer	Steven E. Wiswasser Republican source

How many local governments Clinton County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 37 local governments in Clinton County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships (8 municipal, 16 township)	24	0
School districts (school boards)	6	0
Special districts (elected boards)	6	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Clinton County

79,626people

41.8median ageU.S.: 38.9

$88,210 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

9.7%below the U.S.: 12.5%

35.4%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$259,500median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3.8%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

2.7%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

6.5%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

2.9%U.S.: 8.4%

43.6%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

20%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 5.2% · White 87.3% · Black 1.8% · Asian 1.5% · Other or more than one race 4.1% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Clinton County

3.5%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.6%. Michigan: 4.8%.

1,331people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

37,134people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

38,465in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.5%	1,331	37,134	38,465
August 2026	4.0%	1,534	36,903	38,437
July 2026	4.1%	1,598	36,960	38,558
June 2026	4.0%	1,544	37,106	38,650
May 2026	4.1%	1,635	38,043	39,678
April 2026	3.4%	1,338	38,558	39,896
March 2026	3.9%	1,583	39,183	40,766
February 2026	3.9%	1,611	39,311	40,922
January 2026	4.5%	1,826	38,804	40,630
December 2025	3.9%	1,620	39,883	41,503
November 2025	3.7%	1,572	40,744	42,316
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.6%	1,550	41,301	42,851
August 2025	4.1%	1,716	39,998	41,714
July 2025	5.0%	2,110	39,833	41,943
June 2025	4.6%	1,962	40,390	42,352
May 2025	4.3%	1,846	41,587	43,433
April 2025	4.0%	1,724	41,909	43,633
March 2025	4.4%	1,926	41,867	43,793
February 2025	4.6%	2,015	41,390	43,405
January 2025	4.5%	1,898	40,641	42,539
December 2024	4.0%	1,758	41,675	43,433
November 2024	3.7%	1,643	42,414	44,057
October 2024	3.7%	1,608	41,926	43,534

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.2%	1,813	40,868	42,681
2024	3.9%	1,681	41,383	43,064
2023	3.3%	1,405	40,669	42,074
2022	3.8%	1,523	38,997	40,520
2021	4.2%	1,677	38,364	40,041
2020	6.7%	2,723	37,627	40,350
2019	3.0%	1,245	39,974	41,219
2018	3.2%	1,307	39,658	40,965
2017	3.6%	1,458	39,127	40,585
2016	3.7%	1,476	38,475	39,951

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Michigan's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 5.0% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Clinton County

805.6 per 100,0002021. Michigan: 491.1.

1,722.2 per 100,0002021. Michigan: 1,366.9.

28murders2021, 1,983 violent crimes in all.

2021 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2021	1,983	805.6	4,239	1,722.2
2020	1,864	756.2	4,854	1,969.2
2019	1,492	605.4	4,617	1,873.5
2018	1,511	616.1	4,792	1,954.0
2017	1,525	625.9	4,873	1,999.9
2016	1,548	641.4	4,638	1,921.7

By police agency (9)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Lansing Police Department	2025	1,116	1,968	114,787
East Lansing Police Department	2025	108	630	50,447
Clinton County Sheriff's Office	2025	25	95	33,588
Dewitt Township Police Department	2025	27	95	15,468
Bath Township Police Department	2025	8	78	13,575
St. Johns Police Department	2025	10	49	7,729
Dewitt Police Department	2025	0	13	4,781
Ovid Police Department	2023	3	1	1,490
Elsie Police Department	2021	1	2	977

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Michigan · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.27 per 1,000 residents2024, 9 agencies serving 240,797 people.

307sworn officers2024, full-time, as of October 31.

121civilian staff2024, full-time.

2024 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (9), 2024

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Lansing Police Department	186	55	111,965
East Lansing Police Department	43	21	50,472
Clinton County Sheriff's Office	27	36	34,550
Dewitt Township Police Department	15	4	15,433
Bath Township Police Department	12	2	13,473
St. Johns Police Department	10	2	7,699
Dewitt Police Department	9	1	4,777
Ovid Police Department	3	0	1,486
Elsie Police Department	2	0	942

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2024	307	1.27	121	9
2023	297	1.24	115	9

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Clinton County County Clerk/Register of Deeds?: Debra A. Sutherland (Republican) is the County Clerk/Register of Deeds of Clinton County, Michigan.
Who is the Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney?: Tony Spagnuolo (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County, Michigan.
Who is the Clinton County Sheriff?: Sean Dush (Republican) is the Sheriff of Clinton County, Michigan.
Who is the Clinton County County Treasurer?: Steven E. Wiswasser (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Clinton County, Michigan.
Who are the Clinton County commissioners?: Nicole Fickes (District 1); Zach Rudat (District 2); Bruce DeLong (District 3); Brian Hurtekant (District 4); Robert Showers (District 5); John Andrews (District 6).
What is the population of Clinton County?: About 79,626 people, with a median age of 41.8; the median household income is $88,210 and 9.7% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Clinton County?: 3.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,331 people unemployed in a labor force of 38,465, against 3.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Clinton County?: 37 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 8 municipal, 16 township, 6 school district and 6 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from each county clerk's official results of the November 5, 2024 general election (certified by the county board of canvassers); officials appointed since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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