List of census-designated places in Michigan

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The following is a list of census-designated places in Michigan. According to the United States Census Bureau, the U.S. state of Michigan listed 212 census-designated places (CDPs) used for statistical purposes at the 2020 census. [1]

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In the state of Michigan, CDPs are also categorized as unincorporated communities and do not hold any legal autonomy as an incorporated municipality. [2] Their boundaries and population counts are for statistical purposes only, and CDPs fall under the jurisdiction of the township(s) in which they are located. CDPs can span multiple townships and counties and be part of a civil township or charter township but cannot contain boundaries within incorporated municipalities, such as villages or cities. Boundaries for a CDP may change between a census. [3]

There are no minimum population requirements for an area to be designated as a CDP. [3] The smallest CDP by population is Pilgrim with a population of 44. The smallest CDP by land area is Ponshewaing at 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2). Forest Hills is the largest CDP in terms of both land and population with 28,573 residents and an area of 49.30 square miles (127.69 km2).

Former census-designated places

Census-designated places were first introduced by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 1980 census. [4] In some cases, a census-designated place may cease to exist and not be reported on an upcoming census. This may be a result of deletion, reclassification, or if the CDP becomes absorbed into an incorporated municipality. For the 2010 census, the U.S. Census Bureau removed 14 CDPs from Michigan. Of those, 11 were classified as minor civil divisions (MCD) that were already conterminous with an organized township and did not require dual designations. For the 2010 census, the U.S. Census Bureau removed the CDP designation for any MCD that was coextensive with a designated CDP. [5] In Michigan, these remaining townships included Bloomfield, Canton, Carrollton, Clinton, Grosse Ile, Harrison, Plymouth, Redford, Shelby, Waterford, and West Bloomfield. These townships are no longer classified as CDPs, and there are no municipalities in the state that carry the CDP designation. [6]

The K.I. Sawyer CDP, which was listed as the "military K. I. Sawyer AFB CDP" in 2000, was also deleted, but a small portion of the deleted CDP was reorganized and renamed as the "civilian K. I. Sawyer CDP" for the 2010 census. Greater Galesburg, Saginaw Township North, and Saginaw Township South are the only three to have been completely dissolved and not reported in any form from the 2000 census to the 2010 census. [6]

For the 2020 census, only one CDP was not reported from the previous census. The Barnes Lake–Millers Lake CDP was not listed in the 2020 census, as it was split into two distinct CDPs instead: Barnes Lake and Millers Lake.

Current list

The following table lists all the census-designated places (CDPs) in Michigan according to data from the 2020 census. All information comes from 2020 census data, as well as listing population changes from the 2010 census when applicable. In the 2020 census, the state contained 212 CDPs, which is 53 more than reported in the 2010 census. Newly designated CDPs will not have 2010 census information since that CDP did not exist at the time. In the cases where a CDP spans multiple townships or counties, the township and county listed first contains the largest land area for the CDP.

Three CDPs also serve as a county seat: Atlanta (Montmorency County), Eagle River (Keweenaw County), and Mio (Oscoda County). Being designated as a county seat, however, does not give any legal authority or autonomy to the CDP and is merely the location of the county's seat of government.

  CDP that also serves as a county seat †
CDP County Township PopulationChange (%)Land areaPopulation density
2020 2010
Advance Charlevoix Eveline 340328+3.66%2.72 sq mi (7.04 km2)
Alba Antrim Chestonia
Star 		287295−2.71%2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2)
Alden Antrim Helena 123125−1.60%0.40 sq mi (1.04 km2)
Allendale Ottawa Allendale 27,07317,579+54.01%23.23 sq mi (60.17 km2)
Amasa Iron Hematite 195283−31.10%4.04 sq mi (10.46 km2)
Arcadia Manistee Arcadia 309291+6.19%0.60 sq mi (1.55 km2)
Argentine Genesee Argentine 2,6852,525+6.34%2.37 sq mi (6.14 km2)
Atlanta † Montmorency Briley
Avery 		720827−12.94%3.61 sq mi (9.35 km2)
Atlantic Mine Houghton Adams
565
1.10 sq mi (2.85 km2)
Attica Lapeer Attica 962994−3.22%4.78 sq mi (12.38 km2)
Au Sable Iosco Au Sable 1,4531,404+3.49%2.10 sq mi (5.44 km2)
Barnes Lake Lapeer Deerfield
768
1.55 sq mi (4.01 km2)
Bath Clinton Bath 2,8412,083+36.39%5.86 sq mi (15.18 km2)
Bay Port Huron Fairhaven
McKinley 		464477−2.73%3.35 sq mi (8.68 km2)
Bay Shore Charlevoix
Emmet 		Hayes
Resort 		687754−8.89%1.55 sq mi (4.01 km2)
Bay View Emmet Eveline 183133+37.59%0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2)
Beal City Isabella Nottawa 332357−7.00%4.01 sq mi (10.39 km2)
Bear Lake Kalkaska Bear Lake 366327+11.93%5.76 sq mi (14.92 km2)
Beecher Genesee Mount Morris
Genesee 		8,84010,232−13.60%5.88 sq mi (15.23 km2)
Beechwood Ottawa Holland
Park 		3,1213,015+3.52%1.81 sq mi (4.69 km2)
Bendon Benzie Inland 210208+0.96%2.00 sq mi (5.18 km2)
Benton Heights Berrien Benton 3,6524,084−10.58%3.86 sq mi (10.00 km2)
Bergland Ontonagon Bergland
141
0.73 sq mi (1.89 km2)
Big Bay Marquette Powell 257319−19.44%3.90 sq mi (10.10 km2)
Boon Wexford Boon 90167−46.11%0.84 sq mi (2.18 km2)
Brethren Manistee Dickson 331410−19.27%1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)
Bridgeport Saginaw Bridgeport 6,5716,950−5.45%8.40 sq mi (21.76 km2)
Brimley Chippewa Superior
504
1.75 sq mi (4.53 km2)
Brownlee Park Calhoun Emmett
Pennfield 		2,0212,108−4.13%2.02 sq mi (5.23 km2)
Bruce Crossing Ontonagon Stannard
184
4.51 sq mi (11.68 km2)
Brutus Emmet Maple River 202218−7.34%2.82 sq mi (7.30 km2)
Buena Vista Saginaw Buena Vista 5,8556,816−14.10%4.00 sq mi (10.36 km2)
Burt Saginaw Taymouth 1,1941,228−2.77%6.04 sq mi (15.64 km2)
Byron Center Kent Byron 7,4315,822+27.64%5.08 sq mi (13.16 km2)
Caberfae Wexford South Branch
Slagle 		7264+12.50%0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2)
Cambria Hillsdale Cambria
258
1.24 sq mi (3.21 km2)
Canada Creek Ranch Montmorency Montmorency 258304−15.13%2.23 sq mi (5.78 km2)
Canadian Lakes Mecosta Morton
Austin 		3,2022,756+16.18%10.33 sq mi (26.75 km2)
Cannonsburg Kent Cannon
203
0.42 sq mi (1.09 km2)
Carp Lake Emmet Carp Lake 356357−0.28%2.06 sq mi (5.34 km2)
Cedar Leelanau Solon 10293+9.68%0.18 sq mi (0.47 km2)
Chassell Houghton Chassell
876
3.62 sq mi (9.38 km2)
Chums Corner Grand Traverse Blair 1,065946+12.58%2.66 sq mi (6.89 km2)
Comstock Northwest Kalamazoo Comstock
Kalamazoo 		5,5625,455+1.96%3.23 sq mi (8.37 km2)
Comstock Park Kent Alpine
Planfield 		10,50010,008+4.92%3.88 sq mi (10.05 km2)
Conway Emmet Little Traverse
Bear Creek 		338204+65.69%0.42 sq mi (1.09 km2)
Copper Harbor Keweenaw Grant 136108+25.93%1.51 sq mi (3.91 km2)
Covington Baraga Covington
99
3.54 sq mi (9.17 km2)
Cross Village Emmet Cross Village 7993−15.05%0.76 sq mi (1.97 km2)
Crystal Montcalm Crystal
888
2.76 sq mi (7.15 km2)
Crystal Downs Country Club Benzie Lake 5547+17.02%1.26 sq mi (3.26 km2)
Crystal Mountain Benzie Weldon 7354+35.19%1.78 sq mi (4.61 km2)
Cutlerville Kent Byron
Gaines 		17,84914,730+21.17%5.74 sq mi (14.87 km2)
Delton Barry Barry 854872−2.06%2.21 sq mi (5.72 km2)
Detroit Beach Monroe Frenchtown 1,9572,087−6.23%0.62 sq mi (1.61 km2)
Dodgeville Houghton Portage
391
0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
Dollar Bay Houghton Osceola
Franklin
Torch Lake 		1,0601,082−2.03%3.94 sq mi (10.20 km2)
Dorr Allegan Dorr
3,520
3.20 sq mi (8.29 km2)
Dowling Barry Baltimore 351374−6.15%6.08 sq mi (15.75 km2)
Eagle Harbor Keweenaw Eagle Harbor 6976−9.21%1.80 sq mi (4.66 km2)
Eagle River † Keweenaw Houghton
Allouez 		6571−8.45%6.20 sq mi (16.06 km2)
Eastport Antrim Torch Lake 206218−5.50%1.99 sq mi (5.15 km2)
Eastwood Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 6,3666,340+0.41%1.96 sq mi (5.08 km2)
Edgemont Park Ingham Lansing 2,3262,358−1.36%0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2)
Elm Hall Gratiot Sumner
279
1.40 sq mi (3.63 km2)
Eureka Clinton Greenbush
233
1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2)
Ewen Ontonagon McMillan
229
0.84 sq mi (2.18 km2)
Fair Plain Berrien Benton
St. Joseph 		7,4027,631−3.00%4.30 sq mi (11.14 km2)
Falmouth Missaukee Clam Union
183
0.68 sq mi (1.76 km2)
Filer City Manistee Filer 136116+17.24%0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
Forest Hills Kent Ada
Cascade 		28,57325,867+10.46%49.30 sq mi (127.69 km2)
Fostoria Tuscola Watertown 664694−4.32%4.01 sq mi (10.39 km2)
Freeland Saginaw Tittabawassee 7,6306,969+9.48%6.59 sq mi (17.07 km2)
Fulton Keweenaw Allouez
149
0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2)
Glen Arbor Leelanau Glen Arbor 261229+13.97%1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
Grand Marais Alger Burt
234
1.89 sq mi (4.90 km2)
Grawn Grand Traverse Blair 816772+5.70%0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2)
Greenland Ontonagon Greenland
146
0.41 sq mi (1.06 km2)
Greilickville Leelanau Elmwood 1,6341,530+6.80%4.59 sq mi (11.89 km2)
Gwinn Marquette Forsyth 1,7841,917−6.94%2.81 sq mi (7.28 km2)
Hardwood Acres Benzie Almira 393432−9.03%0.53 sq mi (1.37 km2)
Haring Wexford Haring 335328+2.13%2.31 sq mi (5.98 km2)
Hartland Livingston Hartland
777
2.28 sq mi (5.91 km2)
Harvey Marquette Chocolay 3,2441,393+132.88%6.74 sq mi (17.46 km2)
Haslett Ingham Meridian 19,67018,731+5.01%15.39 sq mi (39.86 km2)
Hemlock Saginaw Richland 1,4081,466−3.96%2.75 sq mi (7.12 km2)
Henderson Shiawassee Rush 413399+3.51%3.60 sq mi (9.32 km2)
Hermansville Menominee Meyer
509
1.27 sq mi (3.29 km2)
Hickory Corners Barry Barry 313322−2.80%2.07 sq mi (5.36 km2)
Holt Ingham Delhi 25,62523,973+6.89%15.66 sq mi (40.56 km2)
Horton Bay Charlevoix Bay 485512−5.27%4.82 sq mi (12.48 km2)
Houghton Lake Roscommon Roscommon
Denton
Lake 		5,2943,427+54.48%10.75 sq mi (27.84 km2)
Hubbard Lake Alcona Caledonia
Alcona
Hawes 		8571,002−14.47%8.74 sq mi (22.64 km2)
Hubbell Houghton Torch Lake
Osceola 		908946−4.02%1.87 sq mi (4.84 km2)
Hurontown Houghton Portage
244
0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2)
Ida Monroe Ida
Raisinville
790
2.47 sq mi (6.40 km2)
Indian River Cheboygan Tuscarora 1,9501,959−0.46%12.93 sq mi (33.49 km2)
Interlochen Grand Traverse Green Lake 694583+19.04%1.24 sq mi (3.21 km2)
Ironton Charlevoix Eveline 148140+5.71%1.02 sq mi (2.64 km2)
Jasper Lenawee Fairfield 371412−9.95%4.03 sq mi (10.44 km2)
Jenison Ottawa Georgetown 16,64016,538+0.62%5.86 sq mi (15.18 km2)
Jennings Missaukee Lake
Caldwell 		229264−13.26%0.76 sq mi (1.97 km2)
Kincheloe Chippewa Kinross
Caldwell
2587
1.27 sq mi (3.29 km2)
K. I. Sawyer Marquette Forsyth
West Branch 		3,0642,624+16.77%1.71 sq mi (4.43 km2)
Lake Fenton Genesee Fenton 5,9055,559+6.22%5.52 sq mi (14.30 km2)
Lake Gogebic Ontonagon Bergland
122
1.08 sq mi (2.80 km2)
Lake LeAnn Hillsdale Somerset
1571
1.66 sq mi (4.30 km2)
Lake Leelanau Leelanau Leland 229253−9.49%0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
Lake Michigan Beach Berrien Hagar 1,1011,216−9.46%3.83 sq mi (9.92 km2)
Lakeport St. Clair Burtchville
720
1.00 sq mi (2.59 km2)
Lake Victoria Clinton Victor 984930+5.81%0.82 sq mi (2.12 km2)
Lakes of the North Antrim Mancelona
Star 		1,044925+12.86%16.58 sq mi (42.94 km2)
Lambertville Monroe Bedford 10,4339,953+4.82%6.74 sq mi (17.46 km2)
Lamont Ottawa Tallmadge
1094
2.80 sq mi (7.25 km2)
Leland Leelanau Leland 410377+8.75%0.98 sq mi (2.54 km2)
Level Park–Oak Park Calhoun Bedford 3,2603,409−4.37%5.20 sq mi (13.47 km2)
Levering Emmet McKinley
Carp Lake 		176215−18.14%0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2)
Lewiston Montmorency Albert 9961,392−28.45%2.83 sq mi (7.33 km2)
Loomis Isabella Wise 194213−8.92%2.80 sq mi (7.25 km2)
Lost Lake Woods Alcona Alcona 367312+17.63%5.05 sq mi (13.08 km2)
Lupton Ogemaw Rose 318348−8.62%3.23 sq mi (8.37 km2)
Manistee Lake Kalkaska Coldsprings
Excelsior 		465456+1.97%3.56 sq mi (9.22 km2)
Manitou Beach–Devils Lake Lenawee Rollin
Woodstock 		2,0322,019+0.64%6.08 sq mi (15.75 km2)
Maple City Leelanau Kasson 209207+0.97%0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2)
Maple Grove Benzie Almira 139132+5.30%0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2)
Marenisco Gogebic Marenisco 179254−29.53%3.45 sq mi (8.94 km2)
Mass City Ontonagon Greenland
148
0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
Mears Oceana Golden
322
1.14 sq mi (2.95 km2)
Michigamme Marquette Michigamme 255271−5.90%2.38 sq mi (6.16 km2)
Michigan Center Jackson Leoni 4,6094,672−1.35%5.04 sq mi (13.05 km2)
Middletown Shiawassee Caledonia 825897−8.03%0.47 sq mi (1.22 km2)
Millburg Berrien Benton
578
1.81 sq mi (4.69 km2)
Millers Lake Lapeer Deerfield
311
1.51 sq mi (3.91 km2)
Mio † Oscoda Big Creek
Mentor
Elmer 		1,6901,826−7.45%8.37 sq mi (21.68 km2)
Mohawk Keweenaw Allouez
388
1.23 sq mi (3.19 km2)
Napoleon Jackson Napoleon 1,1311,258−10.10%2.62 sq mi (6.79 km2)
Naubinway Chippewa Garfield
147
0.41 sq mi (1.06 km2)
Nessen City Benzie Colfax 8197−16.49%1.21 sq mi (3.13 km2)
New Troy Berrien Weesaw 483497−2.82%1.32 sq mi (3.42 km2)
Northview Kent Plainfield
Grand Rapids 		15,30114,541+5.23%10.30 sq mi (26.68 km2)
Norwood Charlevoix Norwood 144142+1.41%2.03 sq mi (5.26 km2)
Nunica Ottawa Crockery
351
1.83 sq mi (4.74 km2)
Oak Hill Manistee Filer 545569−4.22%0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2)
Oden Emmet Littlefield 358363−1.38%0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2)
Okemos Ingham Meridian
Alaiedon
Williamstown 		25,12121,369+17.56%16.85 sq mi (43.64 km2)
Omena Leelanau Leelanau 295267+10.49%4.52 sq mi (11.71 km2)
Oscoda Iosco Oscoda
Au Sable 		916903+1.44%0.87 sq mi (2.25 km2)
Ossineke Alpena Sanborn 932938−0.64%3.66 sq mi (9.48 km2)
Painesdale Houghton Adams
336
0.40 sq mi (1.04 km2)
Palmer Marquette Richmond 378418−9.57%0.59 sq mi (1.53 km2)
Palo Ionia Ronald
236
0.70 sq mi (1.81 km2)
Paris Mecosta Green
271
0.86 sq mi (2.23 km2)
Parkdale Manistee Manistee 607704−13.78%1.55 sq mi (4.01 km2)
Paw Paw Lake Berrien Coloma
Watervliet 		3,3233,511−5.35%5.13 sq mi (13.29 km2)
Pearl Beach St. Clair Clay 4,6982,829+66.07%4.80 sq mi (12.43 km2)
Pelkie Baraga Baraga
51
1.33 sq mi (3.44 km2)
Pilgrim Benzie Crystal Lake 4411+300.00%0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2)
Pittsford Hillsdale Jefferson
Pittsford
553
1.91 sq mi (4.95 km2)
Ponshewaing Emmet Littlefield 12669+82.61%0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2)
Presque Isle Harbor Presque Isle Presque Isle 643600+7.17%6.37 sq mi (16.50 km2)
Prudenville Roscommon Denton 1,6431,682−2.32%2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
Quinnesec Dickinson Breitung 1,0831,191−9.07%1.51 sq mi (3.91 km2)
Ramsay Gogebic Bessemer
278
0.60 sq mi (1.55 km2)
Rapid City Kalkaska Clearwater 1,3571,352+0.37%5.41 sq mi (14.01 km2)
Rapid River Delta Masonville
335
1.26 sq mi (3.26 km2)
Republic Marquette Republic
Humboldt 		470569−17.40%3.62 sq mi (9.38 km2)
Riverdale Gratiot Seville
281
0.69 sq mi (1.79 km2)
Robin Glen–Indiantown Saginaw Buena Vista 674722−6.65%2.81 sq mi (7.28 km2)
Rock Delta Maple Ridge
181
0.90 sq mi (2.33 km2)
Rockland Ontonagon Rockland
173
0.44 sq mi (1.14 km2)
Ruby St. Clair Clyde
852
3.75 sq mi (9.71 km2)
Sand Lake Iosco Grant
Plainfield
Wilber 		1,2031,412−14.80%14.95 sq mi (38.72 km2)
Scotts St. Clair Climax
Pavilion
187
0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2)
Shaftsburg Shiawassee Woodhull
450
1.00 sq mi (2.59 km2)
Shields Saginaw Thomas
James 		7,0356,587+6.80%7.88 sq mi (20.41 km2)
Shorewood–Tower Hills–Harbert Berrien Chikaming 1,2491,344−7.07%4.53 sq mi (11.73 km2)
Skanee Baraga Arvon
102
4.73 sq mi (12.25 km2)
Skidway Lake Ogemaw Mills 3,0823,392−9.14%11.29 sq mi (29.24 km2)
Snover Sanilac Moore 330448−26.34%3.42 sq mi (8.86 km2)
South Boardman Kalkaska Boardman 509536−5.04%3.29 sq mi (8.52 km2)
South Gull Lake Kalamazoo Ross 1,1791,182−0.25%1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2)
South Monroe Monroe Monroe 6,4686,433+0.54%2.43 sq mi (6.29 km2)
Spring Arbor Jackson Spring Arbor 2,9162,881+1.21%2.78 sq mi (7.20 km2)
St. Helen Roscommon Richfield 2,7352,668+2.51%5.73 sq mi (14.84 km2)
St. James Charlevoix St. James 145205−29.27%1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
Stony Point Monroe Frenchtown 1,7841,724+3.48%1.21 sq mi (3.13 km2)
Stronach Manistee Stronach 170162+4.94%0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2)
Temperance Monroe Bedford 9,1888,517+7.88%4.61 sq mi (11.94 km2)
Three Lakes Baraga Spurr
167
6.00 sq mi (15.54 km2)
Tower Cheboygan Forest
248
0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
Trimountain Houghton Adams
212
0.47 sq mi (1.22 km2)
Trowbridge Park Marquette Marquette 2,2872,176+5.10%1.39 sq mi (3.60 km2)
Trufant Montcalm Maple Valley
510
0.96 sq mi (2.49 km2)
Twin Lake Muskegon Dalton 2,0561,720+19.53%2.88 sq mi (7.46 km2)
Vandercook Lake Jackson Summit 4,5794,721−3.01%4.58 sq mi (11.86 km2)
Vineyard Lake Jackson Columbia
Norvell 		992980+1.22%2.56 sq mi (6.63 km2)
Wacousta Clinton Watertown 1,5321,440+6.39%8.91 sq mi (23.08 km2)
Walloon Lake Charlevoix Melrose 271290−6.55%1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2)
Watersmeet Gogebic Watersmeet 408428−4.67%9.20 sq mi (23.83 km2)
Waverly Eaton Delta 23,81223,925−0.47%9.10 sq mi (23.57 km2)
Wedgewood Wexford Cherry Grove 227237−4.22%0.62 sq mi (1.61 km2)
Weidman Isabella Sherman
Nottawa 		920959−4.07%5.65 sq mi (14.63 km2)
Wellston Manistee Norman 254311−18.33%0.97 sq mi (2.51 km2)
West Ishpeming Marquette Ishpeming
Tilden 		2,5522,662−4.13%2.96 sq mi (7.67 km2)
West Monroe Monroe Monroe 3,2273,503−7.88%1.25 sq mi (3.24 km2)
Westwood Kalamazoo Eveline 9,6218,653+11.19%2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
White Pine Ontonagon Carp Lake 339474−28.48%5.00 sq mi (12.95 km2)
Whitmore Lake Washtenaw
Livingston 		Northfield
Green Oak 		7,5846,423+18.08%4.79 sq mi (12.41 km2)
Winn Isabella Fremont
166
0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
Wolf Lake Muskegon Egelston 5,0344,104+22.66%3.54 sq mi (9.17 km2)
Woodland Beach Monroe Frenchtown 1,8992,049−7.32%0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2)
Zeba Baraga L'Anse 397480−17.29%3.61 sq mi (9.35 km2)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Conway, Michigan</span> Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jennings, Michigan</span> Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pilgrim, Michigan</span> Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Victoria, Michigan</span> Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Lake Victoria is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Victor Township. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 930.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manistee Lake, Michigan</span> Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Manistee Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 456. Manistee Lake is located within Coldsprings Township to the north and a small portion extending south into Excelsior Township.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bear Lake, Kalkaska County, Michigan</span> Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Bear Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 327. Bear Lake is located within Bear Lake Township.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vineyard Lake, Michigan</span> Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

Vineyard Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 980 at the 2010 census. It is located within Columbia Township to the west and Norvell Township to the east.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau (2020). "State of Michigan Census Designated Places" . Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ Census Reporter. "Glossary: Census Designated Place (CDP)" . Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. 1 2 GIS Open Data (March 19, 2020). "Census Designated Places (v17a)" . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Glossary". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ Federal Register (February 13, 2008). "Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for the 2010 Census-Final Criteria" . Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census . United States Census Bureau. September 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
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