Michigan Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Alcona	Harrisville	675	1,747	15	6	11,719	10,145
Alger	Munising	918	2,378	10	4	9,862	8,972
Allegan	Allegan	828	2,143	109	42	105,665	90,509
Alpena	Alpena	574	1,487	53	21	31,314	30,605
Antrim	Bellaire	477	1,235	38	15	23,110	18,185
Arenac	Standish	367	950	41	16	17,269	14,931
Baraga	L’Anse	904	2,342	9	3	8,746	7,954
Barry	Hastings	556	1,441	90	35	56,755	50,057
Bay	Bay City	444	1,151	252	97	110,157	111,723
Benzie	Beulah	321	832	38	15	15,998	12,200
Berrien	St. Joseph	571	1,479	283	109	162,453	161,378
Branch	Coldwater	507	1,314	82	32	45,787	41,502
Calhoun	Marshall	709	1,836	192	74	137,985	135,982
Cass	Cassopolis	492	1,275	101	39	51,104	49,477
Charlevoix	Charlevoix	417	1,080	52	20	26,090	21,468
Cheboygan	Cheboygan	716	1,853	30	12	26,448	21,398
Chippewa	Sault Ste. Marie	1,561	4,043	22	9	38,543	34,604
Clare	Harrison	567	1,468	44	17	31,252	24,952
Clinton	St. Johns	572	1,480	101	39	64,753	57,883
Crawford	Grayling	558	1,446	22	9	14,273	12,260
Delta	Escanaba	1,170	3,031	32	13	38,520	37,780
Dickinson	Iron Mountain	766	1,985	35	14	27,472	26,831
Eaton	Charlotte	577	1,493	161	62	103,655	92,879
Emmet	Petoskey	468	1,212	54	21	31,437	25,040
Genesee	Flint	640	1,657	673	260	436,141	430,459
Gladwin	Gladwin	507	1,313	43	17	26,023	21,896
Gogebic	Bessemer	1,102	2,854	16	6	17,370	18,052
Grand Traverse	Traverse City	465	1,205	138	53	77,654	64,273
Gratiot	Ithaca	570	1,477	68	26	42,285	38,982
Hillsdale	Hillsdale	599	1,551	73	28	46,527	43,431
Houghton	Houghton	1,012	2,620	35	14	36,016	35,446
Huron	Bad Axe	837	2,167	42	16	36,079	34,951
Ingham	Mason	559	1,448	504	195	279,320	281,912
Ionia	Ionia	573	1,485	100	38	61,518	57,024
Iosco	Tawas City	549	1,422	55	21	27,339	30,209
Iron	Crystal Falls	1,167	3,021	11	4	13,138	13,175
Isabella	Mt. Pleasant	574	1,487	95	37	63,351	54,624
Jackson	Jackson	707	1,830	212	82	158,422	149,756
Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	562	1,455	398	154	238,603	223,411
Kalkaska	Kalkaska	561	1,453	24	9	16,571	13,497
Kent	Grand Rapids	856	2,218	585	226	574,335	500,631
Keweenaw	Eagle River	541	1,402	3	1	2,301	1,701
Lake	Baldwin	568	1,470	15	6	11,333	8,583
Lapeer	Lapeer	654	1,695	114	44	87,904	74,768
Leelanau	Leland	349	903	47	18	21,119	16,527
Lenawee	Adrian	751	1,944	122	47	98,890	91,476
Livingston	Howell	568	1,472	204	79	156,951	115,645
Luce	Newberry	903	2,339	6	3	7,024	5,763
Mackinac	St. Ignace	1,022	2,646	10	4	11,943	10,674
Macomb	Mt. Clemens	480	1,244	1,493	577	788,149	717,400
Manistee	Manistee	544	1,409	39	15	24,527	21,265
Marquette	Marquette	1,821	4,717	39	15	64,634	70,887
Mason	Ludington	495	1,283	52	20	28,274	25,537
Mecosta	Big Rapids	556	1,440	67	26	40,553	37,308
Menominee	Menominee	1,044	2,703	24	9	25,326	24,920
Midland	Midland	521	1,350	145	56	82,874	75,651
Missaukee	Lake City	567	1,468	21	8	14,478	12,147
Monroe	Monroe	551	1,427	242	94	145,945	133,600
Montcalm	Stanton	708	1,834	75	29	61,266	53,059
Montmorency	Atlanta	548	1,418	16	6	10,315	8,936
Muskegon	Muskegon	509	1,319	312	121	170,200	158,983
Newaygo	White Cloud	842	2,182	45	18	47,874	38,202
Oakland	Pontiac	873	2,260	1,242	479	1,194,156	1,083,592
Oceana	Hart	541	1,400	42	16	26,873	22,454
Ogemaw	West Branch	564	1,462	33	13	21,645	18,681
Ontonagon	Ontonagon	1,312	3,397	7	3	7,818	8,854
Osceola	Reed City	566	1,466	36	14	23,197	20,146
Oscoda	Mio	565	1,463	14	5	9,418	7,842
Otsego	Gaylord	515	1,333	35	14	23,301	17,957
Ottawa	Grand Haven	566	1,465	332	128	238,314	187,768
Presque Isle	Rogers City	660	1,710	21	8	14,411	13,743
Roscommon	Roscommon	521	1,351	38	15	25,469	19,776
Saginaw	Saginaw	809	2,095	262	101	210,039	211,946
Sanilac	Sandusky	964	2,496	41	16	44,547	39,928
Schoolcraft	Manistique	1,178	3,052	7	3	8,903	8,302
Shiawassee	Corunna	539	1,396	130	50	71,687	69,770
St. Clair	Port Huron	725	1,876	201	78	164,235	145,607
St. Joseph	Centreville	504	1,305	117	45	62,422	58,913
Tuscola	Caro	813	2,105	68	26	58,266	55,498
Van Buren	Paw Paw	611	1,583	115	44	76,263	70,060
Washtenaw	Ann Arbor	710	1,839	399	154	322,895	282,937
Wayne	Detroit	614	1,591	3,438	1,328	2,061,162	2,111,687
Wexford	Cadillac	566	1,465	47	18	30,484	26,360

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Alcona	73	11,489	19	21	1	7	109	81
Alger	325	8,660	603	32	4	38	200	99
Allegan	576	98,769	1,385	582	35	2	1,394	6,040
Alpena	123	30,753	77	103	1	39	218	181
Antrim	247	22,419	45	35	22	70	272	284
Arenac	164	16,472	315	50	2	36	230	238
Baraga	1,053	6,875	436	24	1	23	334	81
Barry	263	55,276	139	153	5	281	638	831
Bay	600	104,580	1,389	526	7	1	1,701	4,308
Benzie	254	15,420	45	25	1	62	191	233
Berrien	691	129,459	25,879	1,849	73	1	2,657	4,888
Branch	217	42,751	1,206	194	10	637	772	1,365
Calhoun	865	115,804	15,033	1,530	32	1	2,942	4,351
Cass	420	45,582	3,127	275	4	598	1,098	1,233
Charlevoix	403	25,128	45	59	23	107	325	272
Cheboygan	674	25,072	65	52	5	39	541	202
Chippewa	5,131	29,247	2,127	177	10	142	1,709	599
Clare	225	30,427	102	80	3	94	321	340
Clinton	282	62,420	405	337	28	523	758	1,688
Crawford	85	13,757	214	36	3	28	150	142
Delta	850	36,913	36	121	12	53	535	187
Dickinson	142	26,909	32	109	8	39	233	187
Eaton	453	93,549	5,481	1,173	31	1	1,759	3,323
Emmet	978	29,655	147	135	11	49	462	285
Genesee	2,414	328,350	88,843	3,515	92	3	9,519	10,152
Gladwin	145	25,411	35	69	5	81	277	249
Gogebic	382	16,370	305	40	1	60	212	153
Grand Traverse	724	74,945	307	383	22	423	850	1,155
Gratiot	232	38,908	1,572	145	7	746	675	1,875
Hillsdale	163	45,391	201	154	6	158	454	558
Houghton	194	34,402	339	646	8	60	367	251
Huron	102	35,363	69	128	3	117	297	591
Ingham	1,528	221,935	30,340	10,273	143	6	8,355	16,190
Ionia	344	56,572	2,807	198	7	638	952	1,711
Iosco	181	26,496	111	126	14	63	348	269
Iron	134	12,649	144	26	0	32	153	84
Isabella	1,745	57,970	1,224	886	29	433	1,064	1,419
Jackson	641	140,267	12,543	840	62	1	2,754	3,493
Kalamazoo	984	201,784	23,217	4,363	81	3	5,134	6,311
Kalkaska	129	16,163	35	37	8	16	183	142
Kent	2,999	477,421	51,287	10,667	349	19	12,412	40,183
Keweenaw	3	2,185	81	3	0	4	25	18
Lake	114	9,595	1,266	17	4	65	272	191
Lapeer	337	84,541	720	339	8	943	1,016	2,731
Leelanau	772	19,751	52	51	5	283	205	694
Lenawee	408	91,484	2,094	450	7	2	1,473	6,884
Livingston	682	152,439	722	896	46	503	1,663	1,953
Luce	389	5,819	528	25	2	33	228	123
Mackinac	1,697	9,563	24	37	2	33	587	107
Macomb	2,478	730,270	21,326	16,843	178	3	13,948	12,435
Manistee	319	23,095	399	79	7	248	380	639
Marquette	964	61,478	853	319	14	160	846	444
Mason	220	27,098	206	78	6	232	434	852
Mecosta	261	37,586	1,460	354	15	152	725	520
Menominee	576	24,375	25	54	1	46	249	190
Midland	335	79,148	868	1,233	28	361	901	1,287
Missaukee	72	14,116	29	35	0	54	172	169
Monroe	405	139,264	2,766	679	13	907	1,911	3,110
Montcalm	366	58,101	1,330	159	28	390	892	1,394
Montmorency	37	10,146	25	10	0	10	87	67
Muskegon	1,402	138,291	24,166	718	21	2	3,418	6,001
Newaygo	311	45,386	535	140	14	779	709	1,845
Oakland	3,270	988,194	120,720	49,402	295	10	22,211	28,999
Oceana	279	24,284	86	67	8	1	509	3,119
Ogemaw	129	21,100	29	82	7	28	270	252
Ontonagon	75	7,603	2	14	2	24	98	58
Osceola	116	22,620	81	50	4	46	280	230
Oscoda	67	9,213	8	7	1	13	109	89
Otsego	145	22,720	42	79	9	36	270	175
Ottawa	851	218,105	2,497	4,991	45	8	3,530	16,692
Presque Isle	85	14,133	38	23	1	13	118	79
Roscommon	162	24,956	82	49	11	25	184	204
Saginaw	863	158,220	39,112	1,671	28	6	4,106	14,075
Sanilac	159	43,165	124	117	3	485	494	1,239
Schoolcraft	545	7,894	145	37	0	33	249	83
Shiawassee	334	69,818	139	201	8	349	838	1,295
St. Clair	829	155,962	3,451	650	32	1	2,259	3,593
St. Joseph	235	58,356	1,611	360	9	940	911	2,488
Tuscola	334	55,963	622	182	11	419	735	1,342
Van Buren	705	67,051	4,001	229	9	2	1,654	5,634
Washtenaw	1,161	249,916	39,697	20,338	126	3	8,293	8,839
Wayne	7,627	1,065,607	868,992	35,141	506	32	51,269	77,207
Wexford	225	29,659	57	127	9	74	333	307

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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