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Midland County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 24 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26111

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

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Population
83,754
+266 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
518.4
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
162
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Midland
Seat of county government.
Established
1831
194 years ago
Largest city
Midland city
Population 42,630 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 Midland 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 Midland 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 715 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 Midland 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
Population83,75424th of 83703rd of 3,144
Land area518.4 sq mi67th of 832,015th of 3,144
Population density162 per sq mi21st of 83662nd of 3,144
Median household income$77,70513th of 83686th of 3,143

Full data for Midland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population83,754Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202083,488Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?83,497Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area518.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area528.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?162 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,705American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$195,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households34,993American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units37,160American 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
-131
812 births, 943 deaths
Net migration
+113
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 Midland 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
Isabella CountyMichigan24 mi64,691
Gladwin CountyMichigan23 mi26,077
Bay CountyMichigan18 mi102,123
Saginaw CountyMichigan17 mi187,688
Gratiot CountyMichigan12 mi41,190
Clare CountyMichigana single point31,543

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.