Editing Kalkaska County, Michigan (section)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
| 1870 = 424
| 1880 = 2937
| 1890 = 5160
| 1900 = 7133
| 1910 = 8097
| 1920 = 5577
| 1930 = 3799
| 1940 = 5159
| 1950 = 4597
| 1960 = 4382
| 1970 = 5272
| 1980 = 10952
| 1990 = 13497
| 2000 = 16571
| 2010 = 17153
| 2020 = 17939
|estyear=2023
|estimate=18490
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref>
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| footnote = US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref><br/>1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mi190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref><br/>1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2018<ref name=QF/>
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At the [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 16,571 people, 6,428 households, and 4,634 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|30|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,822 housing units at an average density of {{convert|19|/mi2|/km2|}}. By the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 17,939.

In 2010, the racial makeup of the county was 98.44% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.21% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.78% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.22% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.10% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], 0.86% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 24.6% were of [[germans|German]], 12.4% [[English people|English]], 10.4% [[Irish people|Irish]], 10.0% [[United States|American]], 6.3% [[Polish people|Polish]] and 5.1% [[French people|French]] ancestry. 98.8% spoke English as their first language.