List of counties in Michigan

^Keweenaw

^Houghton

^Ontonagon

^Gogebic

^Iron

^Baraga

^Marquette

^{Dickin-
son}

^{menopause
Minee}

^delta

^Alger

^{School
craft}

^Luce

^Chippewa

^Mackinac

^Emmet

^{chemical
boygan}

^{Presque
Isle}

^Alpena

^Alcona

^Iosco

^Arenac

^Bay

^Tuscola

^Huron

^Sanilac

^Lapeer

^{St. Clair}

^Macomb

^{Oak-
country}

^Wayne

^Monroe

^{Lena
wee}

^{Hills-
dale}

^Branch

^{St.
Joseph}

^Cass

^Berrien

^{Van
Buren}

^Allegan

^Kent

^Ottawa

^{muscle
Kegon}

^Oceana

^{New
aygo}

^Lake

^mason

^{mani
stee}

^Benzie

^Leelanau

^{Grand
Traverse}

^{Kal
kaska}

^Antrim

^Charlevoix

^Otsego

^{Mont
morency}

^Oscoda

^{Craw-
ford}

^{Ros-
common}

^{Oge-
maw}

^{Glad-
win}

^{mid-
country}

^Saginaw

^{Shia-
wassee}

^{generation
lake}

^{Livingstone
ston}

^{wash-
tenaw}

^Jackson

^Calhoun

^{Kala-
Mazoo}

^Barry

^Ionia

^{Mont-
calm}

^{Me
costa}

^{Osce-
ola}

^{Wex-
ford}

^{abuse
aukee}

^Clare

^{isabellinus
bella}

^Gratiot

^{Clin-
ton}

^Eaton

^Ingham

The US -American state of Michigan 's 83 counties divided.

The official abbreviation for Michigan is MI and the FIPS code is 26 . The FIPS code of each individual counties therefore always starts with 26 , followed by a three-digit number for each county.

The county's population figures are based on the results of the 2010 census .

county	FIPS code	County Seat	founding	origin	Origin of name	Residents 2010	surface
Alcona	001	Harrisville	Name and boundaries established: 1840 Administration establishment: 1869	Indian country	Named by Henry Schoolcraft after an Indian word	10,942	1,747 km²
Alger	003	Munising	1885	Schoolcraft County	Russell Alexander Alger (1836–1907) - Michigan Governor (1885–1887) and Secretary of War of the United States (1897–1899)	9,601	2,377 km²
Allegan	005	Allegan	Name and boundaries established: 1831 Administration establishment: 1835	Formed from parts of Barry County and Indian Land	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	111,408	2,143 km²
Alpena	007	Alpena	Name and boundaries established: 1840 Administration establishment: 1857	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	29,598	1,487 km²
Antrim	009	Bellaire	1840	Mackinac County	County Antrim , Northern Ireland	23,580	1,235 km²
Arenac	011	Standish	1831	Indian land, in 1857 to Bay County, separated from this again in 1883	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	15,899	950 km²
Baraga	013	L'Anse	1875	Houghton County	Ireneus Frederic Baraga (1797–1868) - Catholic missionary and first bishop of Sault Ste. Marie , (today diocese of Marquette )	8,860	2,341 km²
Barry	015	Hastings	1829	Indian country	William T. Barry (1784–1835) - Secretary of the Post Office (1829–1835) under US President Andrew Jackson	59.173	1,440 km²
Bay	017	Bay City	1857	Made up of parts of Arenac, Midland, and Saginaw Counties	Saginaw Bay	107,771	1,151 km²
Benzie	019	Beulah	1863	Leelanau County	French: Riviere Aux-Bec-Scies	17,525	832 km²
Berrien	021	St. Joseph	1829	Indian country	John MacPherson Berrien (1781–1856) - Attorney General (1829–1831) under US President Andrew Jackson	156.813	1,479 km²
Branch	023	Coldwater	1829	Indian country	John Branch (1782–1863) - Secretary of the Navy (1829–1831) under US President Andrew Jackson	45,248	1,314 km²
Calhoun	025	Marshall	1829	Indian country	John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) - Vice President (1825–1832) under US Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson	136.146	1,836 km²
Cass	027	Cassopolis	1829	Indian country	Lewis Cass (1782–1866) - Secretary of War (1831–1836) under US President Andrew Jackson and Secretary of State (1857–1860) under President James Buchanan	52.293	1,275 km²
Charlevoix	029	Charlevoix	1869	Formed from parts of Antrim, Emmet, and Otsego Counties	Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682–1761) - French Jesuit , traveler and historian in New France	25,949	1,080 km²
Cheboygan	031	Cheboygan	1840	Mackinac County	Cheboygan River	26,152	1,853 km²
Chippewa	033	Sault Ste. Marie	1827	Mackinac County	Indian tribe of the Anishinabe , and Chippewa called	38,520	4,043 km²
Clare	035	Harrison	1840	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	County Clare , Ireland	30,926	1,468 km²
Clinton	037	St. Johns	1831	Indian country	DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) - Governor of New York (1817-1822)	75,382	1,480 km²
Crawford	039	Grayling	1840	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	Fort Crawford , Wisconsin	14,074	1,446 km²
delta	041	Escanaba	1843	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	The Greek letter delta , as the former county lines looked like a triangle	37,069	3,030 km²
Dickinson	043	Iron Mountain	1891	Formed from parts of Iron, Marquette, and Menominee Counties	Donald M. Dickinson (1846–1917) - Secretary of the Post Office (1888–1889) under US President Grover Cleveland	26,168	1,985 km²
Eaton	045	Charlotte	1829	Indian country	John Henry Eaton (1790–1856) - Secretary of War (1829–1831) under US President Andrew Jackson	107,759	1,493 km²
Emmet	047	Petoskey	1840	Mackinac County	Robert Emmet (1778–1803) - Irish rebel leader and nationalist	32,694	1,212 km²
Genesee	049	Flint	1835	Formed from Lapeer, Saginaw and Shiawassee Counties	In the Seneca language , je-nis-hi-yeh means beautiful valley	425.790	1,657 km²
Gladwin	051	Gladwin	1831	Indian country	Henry Gladwin (1729 or 1730–1791) - British commander of Fort Detroit during the siege of the Pontiac Uprising	25,692	1,313 km²
Gogebic	053	Bessemer	1867	Ontonagon County	Ojibwe -word Bic that as much as rock means	16,427	2,854 km²
Grand Traverse	055	Traverse City	1851	Omeena County	Grand Traverse Bay in Lake Michigan	86,986	1,205 km²
Gratiot	057	Ithaca	1831	Indian country	Charles Gratiot (1788–1855) - Army officer, commander of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (1828–1838)	42,476	1,477 km²
Hillsdale	059	Hillsdale	1829	Indian country	Hills and valleys in the area	46,699	1,551 km²
Houghton	061	Houghton	1845	Formed from parts of Marquette and Ontonagon Counties	Douglass Houghton (1809–1845) - geologist, Mayor of Detroit (1842–1843)	36,628	2,620 km²
Huron	063	Bad Ax	1840	Sanilac County	Lake Huron	33,118	2,167 km²
Ingham	065	mason	Name and boundaries established: 1829 Administration establishment: 1838	Formed from parts of Lake Shiawassee and Washtenaw Counties as well as Indian land	Samuel D. Ingham (1779–1860) - Treasury Secretary (1829–1831) under US President Andrew Jackson	280,895	1,448 km²
Ionia	067	Ionia	1831	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	Province in ancient Greece	63.905	1,485 km²
Iosco	069	Tawas City	1840	Indian country	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	25,887	1,422 km²
Iron	071	Crystal Falls	1885	Formed from parts of Marquette and Menominee Counties	Iron ore deposits in the area	11,817	3,021 km²
Isabella	073	Mount Pleasant	1831	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	Isabella I (1451–1504) - Spanish queen at the time of the discovery of America	70,311	1,487 km²
Jackson	075	Jackson	Name and boundaries established: 1829 Administration establishment: 1832	Formed from parts of Washtenaw County and Indian Land	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) - seventh President of the United States (1829–1837), during whose presidency the State of Michigan was admitted to the Union	160.248	1,830 km²
Kalamazoo	077	Kalamazoo	1829	Indian country	Kalamazoo River	250.331	1,455 km²
Kalkaska	079	Kalkaska	1840	Mackinac County	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	17,153	1,453 km²
Kent	081	Grand Rapids	1831	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	James Kent (1763-1847) - lawyer, represented the Michigan Territory against the State of Ohio in the dispute over the Toledo Strip in the so-called Toledo War	602,622	2,217 km²
Keweenaw	083	Eagle River	1861	Houghton County	Ojibwe word gakiiwe-wewaning , which means something like transport or conveyance	2.156	1,401 km²
Lake County	085	Baldwin	1840	Mackinac County	A number of smaller lakes in the area	11,539	1,470 km²
Lapeer	087	Lapeer	1822	Formed from parts of Oakland and St. Clair Counties	Americanization of the French word la pierre (Eng .: flint )	88,319	1,694 km²
Leelanau	089	Leland	1840	Mackinac County	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	21,708	903 km²
Lenawee	091	Adrian	1822	Monroe County	Indian word	99,892	1,944 km²
Livingston	093	Howell	Name and boundaries established: 1833 Administration establishment: 1836	Formed from parts of Lake Shiawasser and Washtenaw Counties	Edward Livingston (1764-1836) - Secretary of State (1831-1833) under US President Andrew Jackson	180.967	1,472 km²
Luce	095	Newberry	1887	Formed from parts of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties	Cyrus G. Luce (1824-1905) - Michigan governor (1887-1891)	6,631	2,339 km²
Mackinac	097	St. Ignace	1818	Wayne County	The original name Michilimackinac County was based on the French interpretation of the Indian name for this area.	11,113	2,648 km²
Macomb	099	Mount Clemens	1818	Wayne County	Alexander Macomb (1782–1841) - British-American War officer of 1812	840.978	1,244 km²
Manistee	101	Manistee	1840	Mackinac County	Manistee River	24,733	1,408 km²
Marquette	103	Marquette	1843	Formed from parts of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties	Jacques Marquette (1637–1675) - French explorer	67,077	4,716 km²
mason	105	Ludington	1840	Mackinac County	Stevens Mason (1811-1843) - Governor of Wisconsin (1835-1840)	28,705	1,282 km²
Mecosta	107	Big Rapids	1840	Formed from parts of Mackinac and Oceana Counties	Mecosta - a chief of the Potawatomi Indian tribe	42,798	1,439 km²
Menominee	109	Menominee	1861	Delta County	Indian tribe of the Menominee	24,029	2,703 km²
Midland	111	Midland	1831	Formed from parts of Saginaw County and Indian Land	The center of Michigan's Lower Peninsula	83,629	1,350 km²
Missaukee	113	Lake City	1840	Mackinac County	Missaukee - a chief of the Ottawa	14,849	1,468 km²
Monroe	115	Monroe	1817	Wayne County	James Monroe (1758–1831) - fifth President of the United States (1817–1825)	152.021	1,427 km²
Montcalm	117	Stanton	1831	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712–1759) - Commander of the French Army in the French and Indian War from 1756 to 1863	63,342	1,834 km²
Montmorency	119	Atlanta	1840	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	Montmorency - French aristocratic family that also exerted great influence in Canada	9,765	1,418 km²
Muskegon	121	Muskegon	1859	Formed from parts of Oceana and Ottawa Counties	Muskegon River	172.188	1,319 km²
Newaygo	123	White cloud	1840	Formed from parts of Mackinac and Oceana Counties	Newaygo - a chief of the Anishinabe and co-signatory of the Saginaw Treaty	48,460	2,182 km²
Oakland	125	Pontiac	Name and boundaries established: 1819 Administration establishment: 1820	Macomb County	Large stocks of oaks ( English: oaks ) in the area of the county	1,202,362	2,260 km²
Oceana	127	Hard	1831	Mackinac County	Lake Michigan - based on its size (ocean)	26,570	1,400 km²
Ogemaw	129	West Branch	1840	Founded on Indian land, moved to Iosco County in 1867, spun off again in 1873	Ojibwe word for chief	21,699	1,462 km²
Ontonagon	131	Ontonagon	1843	Formed from parts of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties	Ontonagon River	6,780	3397 km²
Osceola	133	Reed City	1840	Mackinac County	Osceola (1804–1838) - Chief of the Seminoles	23,528	1,466 km²
Oscoda	135	Million	1840	origin	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	8,640	1,463 km²
Otsego	137	Gaylord	1840	Mackinac County	Otsego County , New York , where many of the county's settlers originally came from	24.164	1,333 km²
Ottawa	139	Grand Haven	1831	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	Indian tribe of Ottawa	263,801	1,465 km²
Presque Isle	141	Rogers City	1840	Mackinac County	At that time the common French expression Presqu'île for peninsula	13,376	1,710 km²
Roscommon	143	Roscommon	1840	Formed from parts of Mackinac County and Indian Land	County Roscommon , Ireland	24,449	1,350 km²
Saginaw	145	Saginaw	1822	Oakland County	Indian expression	200.169	2,095 km²
St. Clair	147	Port Huron	1820	Macomb County	Arthur St. Clair (1736-1818) - Governor of the Northwest Territory (1788-1802), to which present-day Michigan belonged	163.040	1,876 km²
St. Joseph	149	Centerville	1829	Indian country	St. Joseph River	61,295	1,305 km²
Sanilac	151	Sandusky	1822	St. Clair County	Sanilac - Chief of the Wyandot	43.114	2,496 km²
Schoolcraft	153	Manistique	1843	Formed from parts of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864) - Michigan ethnologist and Indian agent	8,485	3,051 km²
Shiawassee	155	Corunna	1822	Formed from parts of Oakland and St. Clair Counties	Shiawassee River	70,648	1,395 km²
Tuscola	157	Caro	1840	Sanilac County	Pseudo-Indian name invented by the explorer and ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	55,729	2,104 km²
Van Buren	159	Paw Paw	1829	Indian country	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) - eighth President of the United States (1837–1841)	76,258	1,582 km²
Washtenaw	161	Ann Arbor	Name and boundaries established: 1822 Administration establishment: 1826	Formed from parts of Oakland and Wayne Counties	Native American name for the area west of Detroit	344,791	1,839 km²
Wayne	163	Detroit	1815	In the Treaty of Detroit from the Indians to the US government ceded territory	Anthony Wayne (1745–1796) - Brigadier General in the American War of Independence	1,820,584	1,591 km²
Wexford	165	Cadillac	1840	Mackinac County	County Wexford , Ireland	32,735	1,465 km²