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Benzie County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 66 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26019

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

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Population
18,568
+566 (+3.1%) since 2020
Land area
319.7
square miles. A further 62.8% of the total area is water
Population density
58.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Beulah
Seat of county government.
Established
1863
162 years ago
Largest city
Frankfort city
Population 1,280.

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 Benzie 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 Benzie 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 686 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 Benzie 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
Population18,56866th of 831,908th of 3,144
Land area319.7 sq mi83rd of 832,765th of 3,144
Population density58.1 per sq mi45th of 831,335th of 3,144
Median household income$74,83419th of 83852nd of 3,143

Full data for Benzie County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,568Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,002Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,977Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area319.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area539.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area859.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?58.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,834American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$285,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,708American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,326American 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
-96
143 births, 239 deaths
Net migration
+175
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 Benzie 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
Manistee CountyMichigan51 mi25,656
Leelanau CountyMichigan45 mi22,982
Grand Traverse CountyMichigan18 mi96,729
Kewaunee CountyWisconsin11 mi20,758
Door CountyWisconsin7.1 mi30,616
Wexford CountyMichigana single point34,445

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

All 83 counties of Michigan

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