Demographics of Leelanau County, Michigan

Leelanau County, Michigan had 22,982 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +670 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Leelanau County, in four figures

22,982
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +3.0%
Change since July 2020: +670 people.; 55.9 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $99,422 ±$6,699
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Leelanau County, Michigan's population grew 3.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Leelanau County, Michigan's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Leelanau County, Michigan's population grew 3.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Leelanau County, Michigan's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	22,312	100.0	100.0
2021	22,633	101.4	100.2
2022	22,893	102.6	100.7
2023	22,951	102.9	101.6
2024	22,849	102.4	102.5
2025	22,982	103.0	103.1

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Population of Leelanau County, Michigan on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	22,312	+10	−32	0	+45
2021	22,633	+321	−151	+3	+488
2022	22,893	+260	−135	+12	+370
2023	22,951	+58	−172	+10	+223
2024	22,849	−102	−149	+10	+43
2025	22,982	+133	−157	+6	+291

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 55.9 ±0.4: for men 54.8 ±0.3 and for women 56.6 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Leelanau County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Under 5	797 ±45	3.5% ±0.2	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,703 ±167	11.9% ±0.7	15.9% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,226 ±178	5.4% ±0.8	9.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,074 ±177	17.9% ±0.8	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,261 ±285	27.5% ±1.3	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,673 ±330	33.8% ±1.5	18.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $99,422 ±$6,699, and income per person $57,553 ±$3,366, in 2024 dollars. The median is $72,875 ±$293 in Michigan and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Leelanau County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Michigan	United States
Under $25,000	776 ±131	8.0% ±1.3	15.8% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,385 ±169	14.4% ±1.7	18.7% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,450 ±187	15.0% ±1.9	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,227 ±145	12.7% ±1.5	13.2% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,104 ±202	21.8% ±2.0	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,174 ±172	12.2% ±1.7	8.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,529 ±166	15.9% ±1.7	9.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Leelanau County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Michigan	United States
All ages	1,471 ±208	6.5% ±0.9	13.2% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	382 ±106	11.0% ±3.0	17.6% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	508 ±104	5.5% ±1.1	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	581 ±118	5.9% ±1.2	10.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Leelanau County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Leelanau County	Michigan	United States
Housing units	15,759 ±58	4,622,236 ±795	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	61.2% ±1.8	88.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	38.8% ±1.8	11.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	91.6% ±3.8	73.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	8.4% ±1.5	26.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$458,400 ±$13,150	$231,600 ±$642	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,228 ±$90	$1,129 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1988 ±2	1972 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Leelanau County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Hispanic or Latino	982 ±0	4.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	20,233 ±118	89.0% ±0.5	72.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	133 ±51	0.6% ±0.2	13.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	106 ±30	0.5% ±0.1	3.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	467 ±69	2.1% ±0.3	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 6	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	27 to 141	0.1% to 0.6%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	727 ±130	3.2% ±0.6	4.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Leelanau County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Born in the state	16,463 ±371	72.4% ±1.6	76.0% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,739 ±384	25.2% ±1.7	16.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	110 ±39	0.5% ±0.2	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	422 ±65	1.9% ±0.3	7.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	298 ±65	1.3% ±0.3	4.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	124 ±48	0.5% ±0.2	3.1% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Leelanau County among the counties of Michigan

62nd of 83 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Michigan page.

Counties of Michigan near Leelanau County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Manistee County	25,656	+2.3%
Iosco County	25,266	+0.3%
Antrim County	24,698	+5.3%
Roscommon County	23,914	+1.9%
Osceola County	23,516	+2.7%
Leelanau County	22,982	+3.0%
Menominee County	22,941	−2.2%
Ogemaw County	21,121	+1.6%
Kalkaska County	18,693	+4.3%
Benzie County	18,568	+3.1%
Missaukee County	15,274	+1.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 16 Counties by population growth in Michigan
No. 62 Counties by population in Michigan

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026