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Newaygo County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 36 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26123

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

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Population
51,622
+1,531 (+3.1%) since 2020
Land area
838.9
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
61.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
White Cloud
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Fremont city
Population 4,599.

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 Newaygo 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 Newaygo 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 559 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 Newaygo 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
Population51,62236th of 83988th of 3,144
Land area838.9 sq mi17th of 83997th of 3,144
Population density61.5 per sq mi42nd of 831,288th of 3,144
Median household income$63,30445th of 831,768th of 3,143

Full data for Newaygo County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population51,622Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202050,091Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?49,965Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area838.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area861.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?61.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,304American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$186,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,651American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,931American 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
-100
508 births, 608 deaths
Net migration
+339
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 8 areas bordering Newaygo 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
Muskegon CountyMichigan25 mi177,901
Oceana CountyMichigan24 mi27,177
Mecosta CountyMichigan24 mi42,320
Lake CountyMichigan24 mi13,182
Montcalm CountyMichigan12 mi69,406
Kent CountyMichigan11 mi675,232
Mason CountyMichigana single point29,040
Osceola CountyMichigana single point23,516

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.