[1] Livingston County's location in Southeast Michigan offers residents relatively convenient access to the metropolitan centers of Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Flint.

Though largely composed of bedroom communities, the county is experiencing and maintaining significant growth in both the service and industrial economic sectors.

Other media in the county include WHMI-FM, a Classic Hits radio station that has local news on the hour, and LivingstonTalk.com, a web-based product launched in 2009.

The Marketeer is a free monthly magazine mailed to more than 42,000 Livingston County residnets.

Its content is primarily advertising from local businesses plus articles and information about people and community events.

Livingston County falls entirely within Michigan's 7th Congressional district and is represented by Republican Tom Barrett.

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services.

The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances.

In Michigan, most local government functions—police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.—are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.