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Wayne County, Michigan

The most populous of Michigan's 83 counties.

CountyFIPS 26163

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

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Population
1,769,038
-20,596 (-1.2%) since 2020
Land area
611.8
square miles. A further 9.0% of the total area is water
Population density
2,891
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Detroit
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Detroit city
Population 649,095.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 677 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 Wayne 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
Population1,769,0381st of 8319th of 3,144
Land area611.8 sq mi34th of 831,580th of 3,144
Population density2,891 per sq mi1st of 8342nd of 3,144
Median household income$60,53956th of 832,039th of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,769,038Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,789,634Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,793,908Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area611.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area60.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area672.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,891 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,539American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$178,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households700,591American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units801,083American 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
+1,597
20,069 births, 18,472 deaths
Net migration
+1,779
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 4 areas bordering Wayne 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
Monroe CountyMichigan27 mi156,004
Washtenaw CountyMichigan24 mi370,214
Oakland CountyMichigan24 mi1,288,337
Macomb CountyMichigan17 mi886,221

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

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All 83 counties of Michigan

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