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Huron County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 48 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26063

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

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Population
30,530
-848 (-2.7%) since 2020
Land area
835.9
square miles. A further 60.9% of the total area is water
Population density
36.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bad Axe
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Bad Axe city
Population 2,943.

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 Huron 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 Huron 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 540 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 Huron 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
Population30,53048th of 831,430th of 3,144
Land area835.9 sq mi18th of 831,002nd of 3,144
Population density36.5 per sq mi61st of 831,760th of 3,144
Median household income$58,87060th of 832,183rd of 3,143

Full data for Huron County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,530Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202031,378Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?31,411Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area835.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1,301 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,137 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?36.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,870American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,150American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,349American 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
-207
281 births, 488 deaths
Net migration
-3
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 5 areas bordering Huron 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
Sanilac CountyMichigan49 mi40,083
Iosco CountyMichigan46 mi25,266
Tuscola CountyMichigan36 mi52,680
Arenac CountyMichigan35 mi15,068
Bay CountyMichigan0.6 mi102,123

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.