Menominee County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 63 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26109

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

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Population
22,941
-513 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,044
square miles. A further 22.0% of the total area is water
Population density
22.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Menominee
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Menominee city
Population 8,175.

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 Menominee 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 Menominee 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 436 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 Menominee 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
Population22,94163rd of 831,686th of 3,144
Land area1,044 sq mi8th of 83626th of 3,144
Population density22.0 per sq mi70th of 832,170th of 3,144
Median household income$56,43566th of 832,379th of 3,143

Full data for Menominee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,941Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,454Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,499Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,044 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area294.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,338 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,435American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,361American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,262American 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
-163
160 births, 323 deaths
Net migration
-18
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Menominee 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
Marinette CountyWisconsin88 mi42,574
Delta CountyMichigan51 mi36,582
Dickinson CountyMichigan29 mi25,827
Door CountyWisconsin29 mi30,616
Marquette CountyMichigan12 mi68,064

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.