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Kalkaska County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 65 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26079

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

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Population
18,693
+769 (+4.3%) since 2020
Land area
559.7
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
33.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kalkaska
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Kalkaska village
Population 2,258.

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 Kalkaska 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 Kalkaska 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 793 by 800 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 Kalkaska 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
Population18,69365th of 831,896th of 3,144
Land area559.7 sq mi54th of 831,852nd of 3,144
Population density33.4 per sq mi64th of 831,828th of 3,144
Median household income$68,57825th of 831,294th of 3,143

Full data for Kalkaska County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,693Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,924Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,935Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area559.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area570.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?33.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,578American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$188,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,789American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,690American 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
-74
165 births, 239 deaths
Net migration
+128
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 7 areas bordering Kalkaska 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
Antrim CountyMichigan27 mi24,698
Crawford CountyMichigan24 mi13,722
Missaukee CountyMichigan24 mi15,274
Grand Traverse CountyMichigan21 mi96,729
Otsego CountyMichigana single point26,080
Roscommon CountyMichigana single point23,914
Wexford CountyMichigana single point34,445

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.