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Chippewa County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 44 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26033

Within Michigan
Chippewa County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Sault Ste. Marie, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
36,081
-712 (-1.9%) since 2020
Land area
1,559
square miles. A further 42.2% of the total area is water
Population density
23.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sault Ste. Marie
Seat of county government.
Established
1826
199 years ago
Largest city
Sault Ste. Marie city
Population 13,083.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Chippewa County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Chippewa County, Michigan from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 590 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Chippewa County ranks

Position among the 83 counties of Michigan, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MichiganNationally
Population36,08144th of 831,299th of 3,144
Land area1,559 sq mi2nd of 83387th of 3,144
Population density23.2 per sq mi68th of 832,120th of 3,144
Median household income$62,21750th of 831,874th of 3,143

Full data for Chippewa County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population36,081Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202036,793Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?36,786Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,559 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1,140 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,698 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,217American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$161,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,080American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,348American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-171
267 births, 438 deaths
Net migration
+142
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 3 areas bordering Chippewa County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Mackinac CountyMichigan86 mi11,236
Luce CountyMichigan55 mi6,339
Presque Isle CountyMichigan24 mi13,128

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 83 counties of Michigan

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.