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Charlevoix County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 54 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26029

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

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Population
26,036
-6 (0%) since 2020
Land area
416.3
square miles. A further 70.1% of the total area is water
Population density
62.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Charlevoix
Seat of county government.
Established
1869
156 years ago
Largest city
Boyne City city
Population 3,793.

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 Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix 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 751 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 Charlevoix 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
Population26,03654th of 831,584th of 3,144
Land area416.3 sq mi80th of 832,428th of 3,144
Population density62.5 per sq mi41st of 831,280th of 3,144
Median household income$76,53117th of 83746th of 3,143

Full data for Charlevoix County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,036Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,042Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,056Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area416.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area974.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,390 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?62.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,531American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$276,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,267American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,640American 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
-128
191 births, 319 deaths
Net migration
+39
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 7 areas bordering Charlevoix 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
Emmet CountyMichigan64 mi33,775
Antrim CountyMichigan36 mi24,698
Leelanau CountyMichigan34 mi22,982
Mackinac CountyMichigan31 mi11,236
Schoolcraft CountyMichigan17 mi8,187
Otsego CountyMichigan12 mi26,080
Cheboygan CountyMichigan6.0 mi25,793

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.