RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 83 SHOWN OF 83

Most population gained, Michigan counties · 2010

Michigan counties that added the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 83 counties in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Macomb County, MIMI886,221+52,829−25%

02Kent County, MIMI675,232+28,287−62%

03Ottawa County, MIMI308,459+25,487−50%

04Livingston County, MIMI197,315+24,016−42%

05Washtenaw County, MIMI370,214+21,896−45%

06Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,795+11,728−23%

07Clinton County, MIMI80,432+10,629+55%

08Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,729+9,332−30%

09Oakland County, MIMI1,288,337+8,206−93%

10Isabella County, MIMI64,691+6,960−20%

11Monroe County, MIMI156,004+6,076−51%

12Allegan County, MIMI123,188+5,743−62%

13Eaton County, MIMI109,581+4,104−62%

14Marquette County, MIMI68,064+2,443−139%

15Barry County, MIMI63,991+2,418−64%

16Ionia County, MIMI66,557+2,387−47%

17Wexford County, MIMI34,445+2,251−45%

18Mecosta County, MIMI42,320+2,245−31%

19Montcalm County, MIMI69,406+2,076−75%

20Muskegon County, MIMI177,901+1,988−82%

21Jackson County, MIMI159,552+1,826−79%

22Ingham County, MIMI289,709+1,575−161%

23Benzie County, MIMI18,568+1,527−60%

24Emmet County, MIMI33,775+1,257−80%

25Cass County, MIMI51,677+1,189−27%

26Lenawee County, MIMI97,779+1,002−86%

27Otsego County, MIMI26,080+863−84%

28Midland County, MIMI83,754+755−90%

29Houghton County, MIMI37,842+612+7%

30Leelanau County, MIMI22,982+589−87%

31Newaygo County, MIMI51,622+586−94%

32Kalkaska County, MIMI18,693+582−81%

33Antrim County, MIMI24,698+470−90%

34Mason County, MIMI29,040+431−84%

35Lapeer County, MIMI89,516+415−97%

36Missaukee County, MIMI15,274+371−84%

37Osceola County, MIMI23,516+331−89%

38Lake County, MIMI13,182+206−93%

39Manistee County, MIMI25,656+206−94%

40Gratiot County, MIMI41,190+191−94%

41Hillsdale County, MIMI45,738+161−95%

42Baraga County, MIMI8,169+114−86%

43Ogemaw County, MIMI21,121+54−98%

44Van Buren County, MIMI76,071-5−100%

45Chippewa County, MIMI36,081-23−101%

46Charlevoix County, MIMI26,036-141−103%

47Keweenaw County, MIMI2,186-145−124%

48Crawford County, MIMI13,722-199−110%

49Alger County, MIMI8,641-261−129%

50Cheboygan County, MIMI25,793-296−106%

51Oceana County, MIMI27,177-303−107%

52Clare County, MIMI31,543-326−105%

53Gladwin County, MIMI26,077-331−108%

54Luce County, MIMI6,339-393−131%

55Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,187-418−170%

56Branch County, MIMI45,993-539−113%

57Montmorency County, MIMI9,842-550−140%

58Alcona County, MIMI10,556-777−149%

59Oscoda County, MIMI8,723-778−149%

60Mackinac County, MIMI11,236-830−165%

61Gogebic County, MIMI14,285-943+38%

62Roscommon County, MIMI23,914-1,020−118%

63Presque Isle County, MIMI13,128-1,035−255%

64Ontonagon County, MIMI5,823-1,038+0%

65Shiawassee County, MIMI67,681-1,039−154%

66St. Joseph County, MIMI60,968-1,127−132%

67St. Clair County, MIMI160,486-1,195−106%

68Menominee County, MIMI22,941-1,297−419%

69Dickinson County, MIMI25,827-1,304−303%

70Iron County, MIMI11,757-1,321+3470%

71Arenac County, MIMI15,068-1,370−159%

72Sanilac County, MIMI40,083-1,433−131%

73Delta County, MIMI36,582-1,451−296%

74Iosco County, MIMI25,266-1,452−49%

75Alpena County, MIMI28,853-1,716−342%

76Calhoun County, MIMI133,408-1,839−192%

77Bay County, MIMI102,123-2,386+52%

78Tuscola County, MIMI52,680-2,537−192%

79Huron County, MIMI30,530-2,961−363%

80Berrien County, MIMI152,444-5,640−625%

81Saginaw County, MIMI187,688-9,870+418%

82Genesee County, MIMI401,093-10,351−282%

83Wayne County, MIMI1,769,038-240,578+376%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS