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Population per Square Mile in Michigan, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Michigan, ranked. The highest is Wayne County at 2,896.6 and the lowest is Keweenaw County at 3.9.

Michigan: 178.0 · United States: n/a · median county in Michigan: 60.5

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#County Population per Square Mile
1Wayne County2,896.6
2Macomb County1,835.5
3Oakland County1,475.5
4Kent County781.2
5Genesee County633.2
6Ottawa County534.5
7Washtenaw County523.8
8Ingham County510.6
9Kalamazoo County466.9
10Muskegon County349.2
11Livingston County346.4
12Monroe County283.1
13Berrien County270.0
14Saginaw County235.6
15Bay County232.8
16Jackson County228.0
17St. Clair County222.1
18Grand Traverse County207.1
19Eaton County189.7
20Calhoun County189.4
21Midland County161.6
22Allegan County147.2
23Clinton County140.3
24Lapeer County137.3
25Lenawee County131.3
26Shiawassee County128.1
27Van Buren County124.7
28St. Joseph County121.8
29Ionia County116.5
30Barry County114.6
31Isabella County112.7
32Cass County105.1
33Montcalm County96.1
34Branch County89.5
35Hillsdale County76.3
36Mecosta County74.3
37Emmet County73.0
38Gratiot County72.8
39Tuscola County65.8
40Leelanau County65.5
41Charlevoix County62.7
42Newaygo County60.5
43Wexford County60.3
44Mason County59.0
45Benzie County57.3
46Clare County55.3
47Gladwin County51.2
48Antrim County50.7
49Alpena County50.5
50Oceana County50.0
51Otsego County49.7
52Manistee County46.7
53Iosco County46.1
54Roscommon County45.7
55Sanilac County42.0
56Arenac County41.5
57Osceola County41.0
58Houghton County37.4
59Huron County37.2
60Marquette County37.1
61Ogemaw County37.1
62Cheboygan County36.2
63Dickinson County34.1
64Kalkaska County32.6
65Delta County31.4
66Missaukee County26.9
67Crawford County24.0
68Chippewa County23.3
69Menominee County22.3
70Lake County22.1
71Presque Isle County20.1
72Montmorency County17.4
73Alcona County15.4
74Oscoda County14.9
75Gogebic County13.0
76Mackinac County10.7
77Iron County10.0
78Alger County9.6
79Baraga County9.1
80Luce County7.0
81Schoolcraft County6.9
82Ontonagon County4.5
83Keweenaw County3.9

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Michigan ranks 20th of 52 states for population per square mile.

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