Michigan system atlas · Geographic foundation

The shoreline is where the story starts.

Explore all 83 Michigan counties through one official, reproducible map. This first layer establishes place and provenance before any corrections measure is attached.

Geographic foundation · 83 of 83 counties

Michigan, county by county.

Two peninsulas, one verified geography. This foundation uses Census's shoreline-clipped county boundaries, preserving the familiar Michigan silhouette and every five-digit county identifier.

Boundary vintage
2025 cartographic
Published scale
1:500,000
Join key
Five-digit Census GEOID
Web simplification
None added
Michigan's 83 countiesOfficial 2025 Census shoreline-clipped cartographic county boundaries. Coral and a text label identify the county selected in the synchronized controls and table. No data value is encoded by color.
Selected county County geometry

Equivalent county table

Every boundary fact and selection is available without using the map.

83 counties

Current table selection: Wayne County · GEOID 26163

Michigan counties from the 2025 Census Cartographic Boundary county shapefile
CountyGEOIDLand areaWater areaInspect
Alcona26001675 sq. mi.1,116 sq. mi.
Alger26003915 sq. mi.4,133 sq. mi.
Allegan26005825 sq. mi.1,008 sq. mi.
Alpena26007572 sq. mi.1,123 sq. mi.
Antrim26009476 sq. mi.126 sq. mi.
Arenac26011363 sq. mi.317 sq. mi.
Baraga26013898 sq. mi.171 sq. mi.
Barry26015553 sq. mi.24 sq. mi.
Bay26017442 sq. mi.188 sq. mi.
Benzie26019320 sq. mi.540 sq. mi.
Berrien26021568 sq. mi.1,014 sq. mi.
Branch26023506 sq. mi.13 sq. mi.
Calhoun26025706 sq. mi.12 sq. mi.
Cass26027490 sq. mi.18 sq. mi.
Charlevoix26029416 sq. mi.974 sq. mi.
Cheboygan26031715 sq. mi.170 sq. mi.
Chippewa260331,559 sq. mi.1,140 sq. mi.
Clare26035564 sq. mi.11 sq. mi.
Clinton26037567 sq. mi.7 sq. mi.
Crawford26039556 sq. mi.7 sq. mi.
Delta260411,171 sq. mi.820 sq. mi.
Dickinson26043761 sq. mi.16 sq. mi.
Eaton26045575 sq. mi.4 sq. mi.
Emmet26047468 sq. mi.414 sq. mi.
Genesee26049637 sq. mi.13 sq. mi.
Gladwin26051502 sq. mi.14 sq. mi.
Gogebic260531,102 sq. mi.375 sq. mi.
Grand Traverse26055464 sq. mi.137 sq. mi.
Gratiot26057568 sq. mi.3 sq. mi.
Hillsdale26059598 sq. mi.9 sq. mi.
Houghton260611,009 sq. mi.492 sq. mi.
Huron26063836 sq. mi.1,301 sq. mi.
Ingham26065556 sq. mi.5 sq. mi.
Ionia26067571 sq. mi.9 sq. mi.
Iosco26069549 sq. mi.1,341 sq. mi.
Iron260711,166 sq. mi.45 sq. mi.
Isabella26073573 sq. mi.5 sq. mi.
Jackson26075702 sq. mi.22 sq. mi.
Kalamazoo26077562 sq. mi.18 sq. mi.
Kalkaska26079560 sq. mi.11 sq. mi.
Kent26081850 sq. mi.22 sq. mi.
Keweenaw26083540 sq. mi.5,426 sq. mi.
Lake26085568 sq. mi.7 sq. mi.
Lapeer26087647 sq. mi.15 sq. mi.
Leelanau26089347 sq. mi.2,185 sq. mi.
Lenawee26091750 sq. mi.12 sq. mi.
Livingston26093565 sq. mi.20 sq. mi.
Luce26095899 sq. mi.1,013 sq. mi.
Mackinac260971,022 sq. mi.1,079 sq. mi.
Macomb26099479 sq. mi.92 sq. mi.
Manistee26101542 sq. mi.738 sq. mi.
Marquette261031,809 sq. mi.1,616 sq. mi.
Mason26105495 sq. mi.747 sq. mi.
Mecosta26107555 sq. mi.16 sq. mi.
Menominee261091,044 sq. mi.294 sq. mi.
Midland26111518 sq. mi.10 sq. mi.
Missaukee26113565 sq. mi.9 sq. mi.
Monroe26115549 sq. mi.131 sq. mi.
Montcalm26117705 sq. mi.15 sq. mi.
Montmorency26119547 sq. mi.16 sq. mi.
Muskegon26121504 sq. mi.956 sq. mi.
Newaygo26123839 sq. mi.23 sq. mi.
Oakland26125867 sq. mi.40 sq. mi.
Oceana26127538 sq. mi.768 sq. mi.
Ogemaw26129564 sq. mi.11 sq. mi.
Ontonagon261311,311 sq. mi.2,429 sq. mi.
Osceola26133566 sq. mi.7 sq. mi.
Oscoda26135566 sq. mi.6 sq. mi.
Otsego26137515 sq. mi.11 sq. mi.
Ottawa26139564 sq. mi.1,068 sq. mi.
Presque Isle26141659 sq. mi.1,914 sq. mi.
Roscommon26143520 sq. mi.60 sq. mi.
Saginaw26145801 sq. mi.15 sq. mi.
St. Clair26147722 sq. mi.115 sq. mi.
St. Joseph26149501 sq. mi.20 sq. mi.
Sanilac26151963 sq. mi.627 sq. mi.
Schoolcraft261531,172 sq. mi.712 sq. mi.
Shiawassee26155531 sq. mi.10 sq. mi.
Tuscola26157805 sq. mi.109 sq. mi.
Van Buren26159608 sq. mi.482 sq. mi.
Washtenaw26161706 sq. mi.16 sq. mi.
WayneCurrent selection26163612 sq. mi.61 sq. mi.
Wexford26165565 sq. mi.10 sq. mi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files at 1:500,000. The official archive is pinned by SHA-256 aa976c00b181939755d0da757f4c7c2dc0103c3b3b4530fb2a91c2bb62fc777c. Census generalized and clipped this derivative to the U.S. shoreline; this site adds no county-by-county simplification. GEOIDs, names, and areas remain source fields.