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Michigan County Map With Cities

Complete list of all 83 counties in Michigan with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties
83
Population
10,077,716
Area
56,539 sq mi
Capital
Lansing
Time Zone
America/Detroit

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank Michigan county map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 83 Michigan counties

County Largest City Population Area Median Income Cities
WayneDetroit1,767,712612 mi²$66,19232
OaklandRochester1,307,547868 mi²$107,32642
MacombWarren878,672479 mi²$81,70719
KentGrand Rapids658,993847 mi²$87,40817
GeneseeFlint380,439637 mi²$64,38015
WashtenawAnn Arbor355,280706 mi²$87,61611
OttawaHudsonville283,555563 mi²$91,74317
InghamEast Lansing276,105556 mi²$71,06012
KalamazooKalamazoo257,073562 mi²$73,36013
LivingstonHowell200,256565 mi²$102,85710
SaginawSaginaw187,091800 mi²$63,76713
MuskegonMuskegon176,982499 mi²$65,34010
BerrienNiles163,620568 mi²$69,17723
MonroeMonroe162,831549 mi²$80,28517
St. ClairPort Huron161,718721 mi²$71,95622
JacksonJackson159,537702 mi²$70,63416
AlleganHolland152,367825 mi²$81,92018
CalhounBattle Creek134,378706 mi²$63,43210
EatonCharlotte117,259575 mi²$81,35111
BayBay City99,197442 mi²$62,3129
LenaweeAdrian98,534750 mi²$71,60318
LapeerLapeer87,562643 mi²$77,43213
ClintonLansing84,821566 mi²$81,23111
MidlandMidland81,527516 mi²$77,8705
Van BurenPaw Paw81,232607 mi²$71,24815
Grand TraverseKingsley77,889464 mi²$82,0348
ShiawasseeOwosso72,684531 mi²$69,10813
MontcalmGreenville69,473705 mi²$67,69617
MarquetteMarquette68,8281,808 mi²$66,20114
IoniaIonia65,984571 mi²$75,42613
IsabellaMount Pleasant62,316573 mi²$56,2616
St. JosephSturgis61,436501 mi²$66,60310
BarryHastings52,779553 mi²$80,2699
TuscolaCaro52,734803 mi²$63,97413
NewaygoNewaygo46,290813 mi²$64,3307
BranchColdwater45,319506 mi²$63,8226
HillsdaleHillsdale45,229598 mi²$63,59517
GratiotAlma43,623568 mi²$64,00115
SanilacCroswell42,769963 mi²$59,67318
CassDowagiac42,734490 mi²$66,7377
HoughtonHoughton38,6631,009 mi²$59,90218
LeelanauTraverse City38,588347 mi²$88,66210
MecostaBig Rapids38,363555 mi²$60,2358
ChippewaSault Sainte Marie36,7441,558 mi²$63,44115
EmmetPetoskey36,481467 mi²$79,10012
DeltaEscanaba36,3821,171 mi²$59,57010
ClareHarrison33,815564 mi²$52,0635
WexfordCadillac33,513565 mi²$60,7095
GladwinGladwin30,020502 mi²$56,6404
HuronBad Axe28,904836 mi²$58,86413
OceanaHart27,512512 mi²$61,3288
MasonLudington27,293495 mi²$65,3666
AlpenaAlpena27,086572 mi²$53,6104
CharlevoixCharlevoix27,077416 mi²$75,2947
OsceolaReed City26,676566 mi²$57,7497
DickinsonIron Mountain26,250761 mi²$67,13111
RoscommonRoscommon26,055520 mi²$56,5986
IoscoOscoda25,671549 mi²$51,1437
ManisteeManistee25,333542 mi²$64,29410
OtsegoGaylord24,818515 mi²$69,0044
AntrimMancelona23,857476 mi²$73,80410
BenzieInterlochen23,052320 mi²$76,0548
MenomineeMenominee22,6031,044 mi²$56,13713
CheboyganCheboygan21,705715 mi²$62,4028
OgemawWest Branch19,407563 mi²$55,2825
KalkaskaKalkaska18,088560 mi²$70,2174
Presque IsleRogers City15,004659 mi²$59,7596
GogebicIronwood14,4371,102 mi²$51,5166
ArenacStandish13,496363 mi²$56,9646
MissaukeeLake City13,127565 mi²$66,6494
LakeBaldwin12,413567 mi²$48,9586
AlconaHarrisville12,160675 mi²$60,36410
CrawfordGrayling11,693556 mi²$60,8372
IronIron River11,6101,166 mi²$57,5917
OscodaLewiston10,559566 mi²$51,6785
MackinacSaint Ignace9,9451,022 mi²$62,53110
SchoolcraftManistique8,2681,171 mi²$60,0154
BaragaLanse8,130898 mi²$59,1646
AlgerMunising7,953915 mi²$63,0379
MontmorencyAtlanta7,056547 mi²$49,4222
LuceNewberry6,299899 mi²$54,9662
OntonagonOntonagon5,4281,311 mi²$56,5648
KeweenawMohawk1,807540 mi²$51,9284

How many counties does Michigan have?

Michigan has 83 counties covering 56,539 square miles and roughly 10,077,716 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1837 as the 26th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Marquette County at 1,808 square miles, home to about 68,828 residents. The most populous is Wayne County with approximately 1,767,712 residents — a density of about 2,888 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Keweenaw County has only about 1,807 residents.

Michigan’s capital is Lansing, while the largest city is Detroit — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Michigan’s county boundaries from our blank map of Michigan page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Michigan county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Michigan address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Michigan specifically: the 100-mile radius around Lansing measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Michigan ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Michigan’s 83 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Michigan has 83 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1837 as the 26th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.
Marquette County is the largest by land area at 1,808 square miles, with about 68,828 residents.
Wayne County is the most populous, with approximately 1,767,712 residents over 612 square miles.
Keweenaw County has the smallest population at about 1,807 residents.
Lansing is the state capital. The largest city is Detroit — a common pattern in the US, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.
Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.
Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.

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