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Osceola County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 61 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26133

Within Michigan
Osceola County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
23,516
+610 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
566.3
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
41.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Reed City
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Reed City city
Population 2,528.

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 Osceola 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 Osceola 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 783 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 Osceola 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
Population23,51661st of 831,671st of 3,144
Land area566.3 sq mi45th of 831,807th of 3,144
Population density41.5 per sq mi56th of 831,641st of 3,144
Median household income$58,26763rd of 832,240th of 3,143

Full data for Osceola County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,516Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,906Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,885Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area566.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area573 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?41.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,267American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$155,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,356American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,638American 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
-12
287 births, 299 deaths
Net migration
-44
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 7 areas bordering Osceola 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
Clare CountyMichigan24 mi31,543
Lake CountyMichigan24 mi13,182
Mecosta CountyMichigan24 mi42,320
Missaukee CountyMichigan12 mi15,274
Wexford CountyMichigan11 mi34,445
Isabella CountyMichigana single point64,691
Newaygo CountyMichigana single point51,622

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.