Leelanau County Statistics

 

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Located: Northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Founded: Created in 1840; organized in 1863
Population: 22,301 (2020)
County seat: Suttons Bay Township
Area: Total:  2,532.38 sq miles
Land:     348.47 sq miles
Water: 2,183.91 sq miles
Population density: 64.2 sq/mile (2020)
Unemployment rate: 4.1% (June 2022)
Largest body of inland water: Lake Leelanau
Proportion of water area: Second highest of any county in the U.S.
Meaning of Leelanau: Native American word meaning "Delight of Life"
City: Traverse City (partial)
Villages: Empire
Northport
Suttons Bay
Unincorporated communities: Burdickville
Cedar
Glen Arbor
Glen Haven
Greilickville
Lake Leelanau
Leland
Maple City
Omena
Peshawbestown
This page last updated on 8/24/2022.