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Manistee County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 57 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26101

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

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Population
25,656
+586 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
542.3
square miles. A further 57.7% of the total area is water
Population density
47.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Manistee
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Manistee city
Population 6,157.

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 Manistee 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 Manistee 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 705 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 Manistee 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
Population25,65657th of 831,604th of 3,144
Land area542.3 sq mi62nd of 831,924th of 3,144
Population density47.3 per sq mi52nd of 831,529th of 3,144
Median household income$63,51644th of 831,752nd of 3,143

Full data for Manistee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,656Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,070Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,035Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area542.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area738.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,281 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?47.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,516American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$182,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,561American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,713American 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
-164
203 births, 367 deaths
Net migration
+248
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 Manistee 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
Benzie CountyMichigan51 mi18,568
Mason CountyMichigan47 mi29,040
Wexford CountyMichigan24 mi34,445
Kewaunee CountyWisconsin14 mi20,758
Lake CountyMichigan11 mi13,182
Manitowoc CountyWisconsin11 mi81,710
Grand Traverse CountyMichigana single point96,729

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.