Is Otsego County, MI's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It shrank by 37 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Otsego County, MI’s 0.14% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Otsego County, MI’s population grew by 7.7%.
-37
population change (2024 to 2025)
-0.14%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Otsego County, MI’s population increased 17 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Otsego County, MI gained 723 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2007 and 2008 when there were 407 fewer residents.
Otsego County, MI lost 37 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Otsego County, MI?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Otsego County, MI, with deaths exceeding births by 62.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Otsego County, MI’s population change from immigration was positive with about 19 more people coming from another country directly to Otsego County, MI than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Otsego County, MI’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about five more people coming from any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Otsego County, MI.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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