Business planning by county
Manistee County, Michigan
Use a county reference when organizing a market-research brief, outreach territory or business calculation. County population gives geographic context; it does not measure the number of qualified customers.
Identify the right place
Manistee County is a county or county equivalent in Michigan. Its five-digit FIPS code is 26101; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 738.4 square miles of water and a representative point at 44.245268, -86.327537. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.
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Business planning by county checklist
- Define who the offer is for before selecting an area.
- Distinguish residents, businesses and potential customers in the calculation.
- Keep source dates and assumptions attached to your working file.
These are geographic reference records, not contact lists or verified sales leads.
Sources and interpretation
Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.
Population is an estimate, not a live count. Gazetteer land and water measures describe the geographic area; they do not measure service availability, households, businesses or market demand. Match the FIPS code and source vintage when joining another dataset.
More county references in Michigan
- Macomb County
Michigan · FIPS 26099
886,221 residents · 2025 estimate
- Marquette County
Michigan · FIPS 26103
68,064 residents · 2025 estimate