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Wexford County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 45 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26165

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

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Population
34,445
+761 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
564.9
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
61.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cadillac
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Cadillac city
Population 10,438.

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 Wexford 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 Wexford 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 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 Wexford 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
Population34,44545th of 831,327th of 3,144
Land area564.9 sq mi48th of 831,816th of 3,144
Population density61.0 per sq mi43rd of 831,292nd of 3,144
Median household income$61,08553rd of 831,983rd of 3,143

Full data for Wexford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,445Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,684Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,664Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area564.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area575.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?61.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,085American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$170,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,696American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,585American 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
-67
353 births, 420 deaths
Net migration
+164
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 Wexford 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
Manistee CountyMichigan24 mi25,656
Missaukee CountyMichigan24 mi15,274
Grand Traverse CountyMichigan24 mi96,729
Lake CountyMichigan13 mi13,182
Osceola CountyMichigan11 mi23,516
Benzie CountyMichigana single point18,568
Kalkaska CountyMichigana single point18,693

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.