| Official Name: | Leland Township, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Civil township |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Leland Township |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Leelanau |
| Government Type: | Commission |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Cal Little |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 379.4 |
| Area Land Km2: | 118.1 |
| Area Water Km2: | 261.3 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 146.5 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 45.6 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 100.9 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2126 |
| Population Density Km2: | 17.2 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 44.6 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 177 |
| Elevation Ft: | 581 |
| Coordinates: | 45.015°N -85.7364°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49653 (Lake Leelanau) 49654 (Leland) 49670 (Northport) |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26089 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1626603 |
Leland Township is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the early 2000s, the unincorporated community of Leland, which lies totally within the township, was the county seat of Leelanau County.[1] However, county voters on August 3, 2004, approved a proposal to build a new governmental center in adjacent Suttons Bay Township; the move to the new facility was completed in 2008. As of the 2020 census, Leland Township population was 2,126.
North Manitou Island is politically part of Leland Township.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 146.5sqmi, of which 45.6sqmi is land and 100.9sqmi (68.87%) is water. The uninhabited North Manitou Island is located within Leland Township.
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 2,033 people, 818 households, and 589 families residing in the township. The population density was 44.6sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,550 housing units at an average density of 34sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the township was 93.90% White, 0.69% African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 3.49% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.10% of the population.
There were 818 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the township the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $46,629, and the median income for a family was $55,714. Males had a median income of $32,206 versus $24,231 for females. The per capita income for the township was $27,556. About 1.7% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.