Demographics of Manistee County, Michigan

Manistee County, Michigan had 25,656 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +586 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.

Manistee County, in four figures

25,656
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.3%
Change since July 2020: +586 people.; 50.3 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,516 ±$2,576
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.

Manistee County, Michigan's population grew 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Manistee 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).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Manistee County, Michigan's population grew 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Manistee 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	25,070	100.0	100.0
2021	25,344	101.1	100.2
2022	25,331	101.0	100.7
2023	25,516	101.8	101.6
2024	25,575	102.0	102.5
2025	25,656	102.3	103.1

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Population of Manistee 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	25,070	+35	−42	0	+81
2021	25,344	+274	−207	+4	+494
2022	25,331	−13	−228	+15	+210
2023	25,516	+185	−177	+25	+337
2024	25,575	+59	−160	+16	+206
2025	25,656	+81	−164	+10	+238

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 50.3 ±0.3: for men 49.0 ±0.6 and for women 51.6 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Manistee County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Under 5	1,005 ±62	4.0% ±0.2	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,213 ±177	12.7% ±0.7	15.9% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,655 ±144	6.5% ±0.6	9.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,437 ±228	21.4% ±0.9	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,945 ±244	27.4% ±1.0	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,095 ±321	28.0% ±1.3	18.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,516 ±$2,576, and income per person $36,023 ±$1,885, 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 Manistee County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Michigan	United States
Under $25,000	1,693 ±206	16.0% ±1.9	15.8% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,368 ±236	22.4% ±2.2	18.7% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,050 ±208	19.4% ±1.9	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,602 ±201	15.2% ±1.9	13.2% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,607 ±151	15.2% ±1.4	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	583 ±111	5.5% ±1.0	8.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	658 ±134	6.2% ±1.3	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 Manistee County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Michigan	United States
All ages	3,038 ±396	12.7% ±1.6	13.2% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	925 ±179	22.1% ±4.0	17.6% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,309 ±203	12.2% ±1.9	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	804 ±142	8.8% ±1.5	10.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Manistee County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Manistee County	Michigan	United States
Housing units	15,713 ±42	4,622,236 ±795	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	67.2% ±1.8	88.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	32.8% ±1.8	11.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	85.8% ±1.2	73.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	14.2% ±1.6	26.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$182,200 ±$10,645	$231,600 ±$642	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$842 ±$48	$1,129 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1972 ±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 Manistee County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Hispanic or Latino	904 ±0	3.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	22,151 ±87	87.4% ±0.3	72.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	817 ±92	3.2% ±0.4	13.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	100 ±24	0.4% ±0.1	3.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	307 ±84	1.2% ±0.3	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	19 to 69	0.1% to 0.3%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,013 ±145	4.0% ±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 Manistee County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Michigan	United States
Born in the state	20,081 ±362	79.2% ±1.4	76.0% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,816 ±358	19.0% ±1.4	16.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	29 to 87	0.1% to 0.3%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	395 ±107	1.6% ±0.4	7.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	238 ±72	0.9% ±0.3	4.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	157 ±59	0.6% ±0.2	3.1% ±0.1	6.8% ±<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%.

Manistee County among the counties of Michigan

57th of 83 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Michigan page.

Counties of Michigan near Manistee County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Otsego County	26,080	+3.8%
Gladwin County	26,077	+2.8%
Charlevoix County	26,036	> −0.1%
Dickinson County	25,827	−0.3%
Cheboygan County	25,793	+0.9%
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%

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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

Data retrieved September 25, 2026