County Maps US

Antrim County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 59 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26009

Within Michigan
Antrim County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Bellaire, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

Download SVGFull Michigan map downloads

Population
24,698
+1,241 (+5.3%) since 2020
Land area
475.7
square miles. A further 20.9% of the total area is water
Population density
51.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bellaire
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Elk Rapids village
Population 1,610.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Antrim County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Antrim County, Michigan from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 756 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Antrim County ranks

Position among the 83 counties of Michigan, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MichiganNationally
Population24,69859th of 831,632nd of 3,144
Land area475.7 sq mi76th of 832,166th of 3,144
Population density51.9 per sq mi48th of 831,431st of 3,144
Median household income$72,05421st of 831,044th of 3,143

Full data for Antrim County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population24,698Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,457Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,422Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area475.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area126.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area601.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?51.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,054American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$255,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,723American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-161
191 births, 352 deaths
Net migration
+425
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Antrim County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Charlevoix CountyMichigan36 mi26,036
Grand Traverse CountyMichigan28 mi96,729
Kalkaska CountyMichigan27 mi18,693
Otsego CountyMichigan18 mi26,080
Leelanau CountyMichigan6.2 mi22,982
Crawford CountyMichigana single point13,722

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 83 counties of Michigan

Open the interactive Michigan county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.