County Information for Michigan


There are 83 Counties in the state of Michigan.

The largest Michigan county by size (land only) is Marquette County, which is 1,821 square miles.
If you take into account water as part of the county, which some statistics do, Keweenah County takes the lead with 5,922 square miles compared to Marquette County at 3,425 square miles.

Michigan County map showing Keweenaw County's water area. Click on the map for a larger version.

The largest Michigan county by population is Wayne County, which has a population of 2,061,162.

Source: National Association of Counties

Our thanks to one of our ClassBrain friends (phizzy) for the information on the water area of the counties and the map.

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