POPULATION:  2000 Census - 31,437

LAND AREA:  295,040 acres which includes: 197,677 acres of forested land, 113,285 acres of crop and pasture land, 10,400 acres of inland water area, 68 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline.

AIRPORTS:  Pellston Regional Airport (PLN) served by Northwest Air Link
Harbor Springs Municipal Airport (MGN)- Executive Class

ROADS:  92 miles of State trunk lines, 419.82 miles of paved county roads, 408.18 miles of gravel and earth county roads

• Forest cover, scenic, rolling topography and Lake Michigan shoreline that combine to provide an excellent physical environment in which to live. Nearly 30% of the County's land area is in public ownership (state, federal, county and local government lands).
• Year round recreational resources and facilities for swimming, boating, golfing, fishing, hunting, skating, snowmobiling and skiing. Also, a 287 acre County Park (Camp Pet-o-se-ga), which offers 32 camp sites with electric and water hook-up, a fully modern bath house, and cabin rentals, and the 550 acre Headlands , adjacent to the Village of Mackinaw City, which offers two recreation housing facilities and can accommodate up to twenty-five people.
• Four shopping centers, and the Petoskey Gaslight Shopping District.
• Excellent medial facilities - Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, a regional facility with a large number of on staff medical specialists, unequaled in Northern Michigan. Several assisted living facilities, nursing homes and Bay Bluffs, an Emmet County Medical Care Facility.
• Excellent public and private schools, a 2-year college, local newspapers, radio and television stations, and churches of many denominations.
• Many cultural and civic organizations and activities at historic Bay View and the Crooked Tree Arts Center.
• Industrial parks and industrial sites, including airport locations.
• Five marinas - Bay Harbor, Harbor Springs, Petoskey, Ponshewaing, and Alanson.
• Besides a comprehensive community college curriculum, a business assistance center and a University Center is located at North Central Michigan College, with excellent facilities for conferences in a 71,000 sq. ft. student and community resources building.
• The County has 21 units of government, which includes 2 cities, 3 incorporated villages and 16 townships.
• Emmet County is also home to the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, a native American Community that manages a gaming casino, and provides a variety of services for tribal members, including housing, health care and other social services.