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Most population gained, Michigan counties · 2020

Michigan counties that added the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, 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

01Oakland County, MIMI1,288,337+72,033−35%

02Kent County, MIMI675,232+55,352−25%

03Macomb County, MIMI886,221+40,239−43%

04Ottawa County, MIMI308,459+32,399−36%

05Washtenaw County, MIMI370,214+27,467−31%

06Livingston County, MIMI197,315+12,899−69%

07Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,795+11,339−25%

08Allegan County, MIMI123,188+9,094−40%

09Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,729+8,252−38%

10Ingham County, MIMI289,709+4,005−255%

11Clinton County, MIMI80,432+3,746−45%

12Muskegon County, MIMI177,901+3,636−68%

13Montcalm County, MIMI69,406+3,272−60%

14Barry County, MIMI63,991+3,250−51%

15Ionia County, MIMI66,557+2,899−35%

16Monroe County, MIMI156,004+2,788−77%

17Newaygo County, MIMI51,622+1,518−84%

18Emmet County, MIMI33,775+1,418−78%

19Eaton County, MIMI109,581+1,416−87%

20Wexford County, MIMI34,445+938−77%

21Otsego County, MIMI26,080+927−83%

22Kalkaska County, MIMI18,693+786−74%

23Houghton County, MIMI37,842+733+29%

24Leelanau County, MIMI22,982+593−87%

25Lake County, MIMI13,182+557−80%

26Benzie County, MIMI18,568+445−88%

27Mason County, MIMI29,040+347−87%

28Lapeer County, MIMI89,516+300−98%

29Manistee County, MIMI25,656+299−91%

30Missaukee County, MIMI15,274+203−91%

31Jackson County, MIMI159,552+118−99%

32Charlevoix County, MIMI26,036+105−98%

33Oceana County, MIMI27,177+89−98%

34Clare County, MIMI31,543-70−101%

35Keweenaw County, MIMI2,186-110−118%

36Midland County, MIMI83,754-135−102%

37Antrim County, MIMI24,698-149−103%

38Delta County, MIMI36,582-166−122%

39Iron County, MIMI11,757-186+403%

40Dickinson County, MIMI25,827-221−134%

41Mackinac County, MIMI11,236-279−122%

42Gladwin County, MIMI26,077-306−107%

43St. Joseph County, MIMI60,968-356−110%

44Branch County, MIMI45,993-386−109%

45Presque Isle County, MIMI13,128-394−159%

46Oscoda County, MIMI8,723-421−127%

47Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,187-438−173%

48Lenawee County, MIMI97,779-469−106%

49Menominee County, MIMI22,941-527−230%

50Cheboygan County, MIMI25,793-573−111%

51Montmorency County, MIMI9,842-612−144%

52Osceola County, MIMI23,516-637−121%

53Iosco County, MIMI25,266-650−77%

54Van Buren County, MIMI76,071-671−111%

55Alpena County, MIMI28,853-691−197%

56Baraga County, MIMI8,169-702−189%

57Cass County, MIMI51,677-704−143%

58Gratiot County, MIMI41,190-715−122%

59Alger County, MIMI8,641-759−185%

60Alcona County, MIMI10,556-775−149%

61Arenac County, MIMI15,068-897−138%

62Ogemaw County, MIMI21,121-929−131%

63Hillsdale County, MIMI45,738-942−130%

64Ontonagon County, MIMI5,823-964−7%

65Roscommon County, MIMI23,914-990−117%

66Marquette County, MIMI68,064-1,060−83%

67Crawford County, MIMI13,722-1,086−154%

68Luce County, MIMI6,339-1,292−202%

69Huron County, MIMI30,530-1,711−252%

70Chippewa County, MIMI36,081-1,735−144%

71Calhoun County, MIMI133,408-1,836−192%

72Gogebic County, MIMI14,285-2,047+200%

73Tuscola County, MIMI52,680-2,406−187%

74Berrien County, MIMI152,444-2,497−332%

75Sanilac County, MIMI40,083-2,503−154%

76Shiawassee County, MIMI67,681-2,554−233%

77St. Clair County, MIMI160,486-2,657−114%

78Mecosta County, MIMI42,320-3,084−195%

79Bay County, MIMI102,123-3,915+150%

80Isabella County, MIMI64,691-5,917−168%

81Saginaw County, MIMI187,688-10,045+427%

82Genesee County, MIMI401,093-19,579−445%

83Wayne County, MIMI1,769,038-27,023−47%

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