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Michigan Counties by Population

Below are the 83 Michigan counties sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2021 American Community Survey. You can copy and paste this list directly into your favorite spreadsheet program. Don't you just adore lovely numbers listed nicely in columns & rows? We do!

Rank	County	Population
1	Wayne County	1,789,781
2	Oakland County	1,271,983
3	Macomb County	879,123
4	Kent County	654,958
5	Genesee County	406,400
6	Washtenaw County	372,428
7	Ottawa County	293,713
8	Ingham County	285,660
9	Kalamazoo County	261,280
10	Livingston County	193,234
11	Saginaw County	190,540
12	Muskegon County	175,633
13	Jackson County	160,765
14	St. Clair County	160,067
15	Berrien County	154,263
16	Monroe County	154,068
17	Calhoun County	134,207
18	Allegan County	119,418
19	Eaton County	108,972
20	Bay County	104,050
21	Lenawee County	99,346
22	Grand Traverse County	94,562
23	Lapeer County	88,644
24	Midland County	83,467
25	Clinton County	78,895
26	Van Buren County	75,550
27	Shiawassee County	68,203
28	Ionia County	66,564
29	Montcalm County	66,430
30	Marquette County	66,380
31	Isabella County	65,623
32	Barry County	62,014
33	St. Joseph County	60,828
34	Tuscola County	53,288
35	Cass County	51,632
36	Newaygo County	49,653
37	Hillsdale County	45,673
38	Branch County	44,677
39	Gratiot County	41,758
40	Sanilac County	40,829
41	Mecosta County	40,051
42	Houghton County	37,485
43	Chippewa County	37,091
44	Delta County	36,836
45	Emmet County	33,946
46	Wexford County	33,552
47	Huron County	31,542
48	Clare County	30,827
49	Mason County	29,103
50	Alpena County	28,913
51	Oceana County	26,555
52	Charlevoix County	26,109
53	Dickinson County	25,954
54	Cheboygan County	25,654
55	Gladwin County	25,344
56	Iosco County	25,262
57	Otsego County	25,016
58	Manistee County	24,939
59	Menominee County	23,477
60	Roscommon County	23,458
61	Antrim County	23,427
62	Osceola County	22,917
63	Leelanau County	22,251
64	Ogemaw County	20,745
65	Benzie County	17,926
66	Kalkaska County	17,813
67	Missaukee County	15,038
68	Arenac County	15,009
69	Gogebic County	14,858
70	Crawford County	13,102
71	Presque Isle County	12,976
72	Lake County	12,248
73	Iron County	11,580
74	Mackinac County	10,814
75	Alcona County	10,138
76	Montmorency County	9,164
77	Alger County	8,911
78	Baraga County	8,249
79	Oscoda County	8,206
80	Schoolcraft County	8,004
81	Ontonagon County	5,891
82	Luce County	5,520
83	Keweenaw County	2,052
United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/.

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