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Leelanau County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 62 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26089

Within Michigan
Leelanau County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
22,982
+670 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area
347.2
square miles. A further 86.3% of the total area is water
Population density
66.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Suttons Bay Township
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Suttons Bay village
Population 587.

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 Leelanau 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 Leelanau 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 528 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 Leelanau 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
Population22,98262nd of 831,684th of 3,144
Land area347.2 sq mi82nd of 832,686th of 3,144
Population density66.2 per sq mi39th of 831,225th of 3,144
Median household income$99,4222nd of 83174th of 3,143

Full data for Leelanau County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,982Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,312Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,302Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area347.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2,185 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,532 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?66.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$99,422American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$458,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,645American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,759American 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
-157
126 births, 283 deaths
Net migration
+297
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 Leelanau 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
Door CountyWisconsin53 mi30,616
Benzie CountyMichigan45 mi18,568
Grand Traverse CountyMichigan35 mi96,729
Charlevoix CountyMichigan34 mi26,036
Schoolcraft CountyMichigan29 mi8,187
Delta CountyMichigan18 mi36,582
Antrim CountyMichigan6.2 mi24,698

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.