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Cheboygan County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 56 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26031

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

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Population
25,793
+218 (+0.9%) since 2020
Land area
715.3
square miles. A further 19.2% of the total area is water
Population density
36.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cheboygan
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Cheboygan city
Population 4,804.

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 Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan 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 536 by 800 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 Cheboygan 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
Population25,79356th of 831,595th of 3,144
Land area715.3 sq mi25th of 831,272nd of 3,144
Population density36.1 per sq mi62nd of 831,768th of 3,144
Median household income$62,87547th of 831,810th of 3,143

Full data for Cheboygan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,793Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,575Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,575Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area715.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area170.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area885.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?36.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,875American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$192,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age52.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,159American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,788American 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
-216
178 births, 394 deaths
Net migration
+116
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 Cheboygan 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
Presque Isle CountyMichigan41 mi13,128
Emmet CountyMichigan36 mi33,775
Mackinac CountyMichigan29 mi11,236
Otsego CountyMichigan18 mi26,080
Charlevoix CountyMichigan6.0 mi26,036
Montmorency CountyMichigan5.9 mi9,842

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.