 Far northern parts of the county, such as Richmond and Armada, are often considered to be part of Michigan's Thumb region.As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 840,978 people living in the county.85.4% were White, 8.6% Black or African American, 3.0% Asian, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% of some other race and 2.1% of two or more races.