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Clare County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 47 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26035

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

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Population
31,543
+706 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
564.4
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
55.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Harrison
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Clare city
Population 3,245 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Clare 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 Clare 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 793 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 Clare 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
Population31,54347th of 831,404th of 3,144
Land area564.4 sq mi50th of 831,819th of 3,144
Population density55.9 per sq mi46th of 831,371st of 3,144
Median household income$49,38483rd of 832,804th of 3,143

Full data for Clare County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population31,543Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202030,837Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?30,857Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area564.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area575.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?55.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,384American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$133,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,521American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,008American 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
309 births, 470 deaths
Net migration
+298
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 Clare 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
Osceola CountyMichigan24 mi23,516
Isabella CountyMichigan24 mi64,691
Gladwin CountyMichigan24 mi26,077
Roscommon CountyMichigan12 mi23,914
Missaukee CountyMichigan12 mi15,274
Mecosta CountyMichigana single point42,320
Midland CountyMichigana single point83,754

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.