Ranking of Michigan Counties By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 7, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated Michigan county as at April 2020 was Wayne County (1.79M), followed by Oakland County (1.27M), and Macomb County (881.22K).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of Michigan.

You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of Michigan Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Wayne
Oakland
Macomb
Kent
Genesee
Washtenaw
Ottawa
Ingham
Kalamazoo
Livingston
Ranking of Michigan Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Wayne County 1793561
2 Oakland County 1274395
3 Macomb County 881217
4 Kent County 657974
5 Genesee County 406211
6 Washtenaw County 372258
7 Ottawa County 296200
8 Ingham County 284900
9 Kalamazoo County 261670
10 Livingston County 193866
11 Saginaw County 190124
12 Muskegon County 175824
13 St. Clair County 160383
14 Jackson County 160366
15 Monroe County 154809
16 Berrien County 154316
17 Calhoun County 134310
18 Allegan County 120502
19 Eaton County 109175
20 Bay County 103856
21 Lenawee County 99423
22 Grand Traverse County 95238
23 Lapeer County 88619
24 Midland County 83494
25 Clinton County 79128
26 Van Buren County 75587
27 Shiawassee County 68094
28 Ionia County 66804
29 Montcalm County 66614
30 Marquette County 66017
31 Isabella County 64394
32 Barry County 62423
33 St. Joseph County 60939
34 Tuscola County 53323
35 Cass County 51589
36 Newaygo County 49978
37 Hillsdale County 45746
38 Branch County 44862
39 Gratiot County 41761
40 Sanilac County 40611
41 Mecosta County 39714
42 Houghton County 37361
43 Delta County 36903
44 Chippewa County 36785
45 Emmet County 34112
46 Wexford County 33673
47 Huron County 31407
48 Clare County 30856
49 Mason County 29052
50 Alpena County 28907
51 Oceana County 26659
52 Charlevoix County 26054
53 Dickinson County 25947
54 Cheboygan County 25579
55 Gladwin County 25386
56 Iosco County 25237
57 Otsego County 25091
58 Manistee County 25032
59 Menominee County 23502
60 Roscommon County 23459
61 Antrim County 23431
62 Osceola County 22891
63 Leelanau County 22301
64 Ogemaw County 20770
65 Benzie County 17970
66 Kalkaska County 17939
67 Missaukee County 15052
68 Arenac County 15002
69 Gogebic County 14380
70 Crawford County 12988
71 Presque Isle County 12982
72 Lake County 12096
73 Iron County 11631
74 Mackinac County 10834
75 Alcona County 10167
76 Montmorency County 9153
77 Alger County 8842
78 Oscoda County 8219
79 Baraga County 8158
80 Schoolcraft County 8047
81 Ontonagon County 5816
82 Luce County 5339
83 Keweenaw County 2046