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Cities in Michigan by population

Detroit, MI had the highest population of 90 cities in 2024, at 644,035. Alpena, MI had the lowest, at 10,130. The median was 25,417 and the figure for Michigan was 10.1 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest644,035Detroit, MI
Lowest10,130Alpena, MI
Median25,41790 cities
Michigan10,099,962History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Detroit, MI: 644,035 personsDetroit, MI644,035Grand Rapids, MI: 199,388 personsGrand Rapids, MI199,388Warren, MI: 137,132 personsWarren, MI137,132Sterling Heights, MI: 133,788 personsSterling Heights, MI133,788Ann Arbor, MI: 121,447 personsAnn Arbor, MI121,447Lansing, MI: 113,125 personsLansing, MI113,125Dearborn, MI: 106,016 personsDearborn, MI106,016Livonia, MI: 92,799 personsLivonia, MI92,799Troy, MI: 88,220 personsTroy, MI88,220Farmington Hills, MI: 83,274 personsFarmington Hills, MI83,274Westland, MI: 82,455 personsWestland, MI82,455Flint, MI: 79,590 personsFlint, MI79,590Wyoming, MI: 78,258 personsWyoming, MI78,258Rochester Hills, MI: 77,476 personsRochester Hills, MI77,476Southfield, MI: 76,041 personsSouthfield, MI76,041Kalamazoo, MI: 72,857 personsKalamazoo, MI72,857Novi, MI: 66,926 personsNovi, MI66,926Pontiac, MI: 61,855 personsPontiac, MI61,855Taylor, MI: 61,334 personsTaylor, MI61,334Dearborn Heights, MI: 60,819 personsDearborn Heights, MI60,819St. Clair Shores, MI: 57,845 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI57,845Royal Oak, MI: 57,607 personsRoyal Oak, MI57,607Kentwood, MI: 54,563 personsKentwood, MI54,563Battle Creek, MI: 52,174 personsBattle Creek, MI52,174Portage, MI: 49,658 personsPortage, MI49,658East Lansing, MI: 48,698 personsEast Lansing, MI48,698Roseville, MI: 46,848 personsRoseville, MI46,848Saginaw, MI: 43,015 personsSaginaw, MI43,015Midland, MI: 42,661 personsMidland, MI42,661Lincoln Park, MI: 38,637 personsLincoln Park, MI38,637Muskegon, MI: 37,247 personsMuskegon, MI37,247Holland, MI: 34,991 personsHolland, MI34,991Eastpointe, MI: 33,803 personsEastpointe, MI33,803Bay City, MI: 32,023 personsBay City, MI32,023Jackson, MI: 30,816 personsJackson, MI30,816Burton, MI: 29,338 personsBurton, MI29,338Oak Park, MI: 29,083 personsOak Park, MI29,083Southgate, MI: 28,984 personsSouthgate, MI28,984Port Huron, MI: 28,340 personsPort Huron, MI28,340Madison Heights, MI: 28,307 personsMadison Heights, MI28,307Detroit, MI: 644,035 personsDetroit, MI644,035Grand Rapids, MI: 199,388 personsGrand Rapids, MI199,388Warren, MI: 137,132 personsWarren, MI137,132Sterling Heights, MI: 133,788 personsSterling Heights, MI133,788Ann Arbor, MI: 121,447 personsAnn Arbor, MI121,447Lansing, MI: 113,125 personsLansing, MI113,125Dearborn, MI: 106,016 personsDearborn, MI106,016Livonia, MI: 92,799 personsLivonia, MI92,799Troy, MI: 88,220 personsTroy, MI88,220Farmington Hills, MI: 83,274 personsFarmington Hills, MI83,274Westland, MI: 82,455 personsWestland, MI82,455Flint, MI: 79,590 personsFlint, MI79,590Wyoming, MI: 78,258 personsWyoming, MI78,258Rochester Hills, MI: 77,476 personsRochester Hills, MI77,476Southfield, MI: 76,041 personsSouthfield, MI76,041Kalamazoo, MI: 72,857 personsKalamazoo, MI72,857Novi, MI: 66,926 personsNovi, MI66,926Pontiac, MI: 61,855 personsPontiac, MI61,855Taylor, MI: 61,334 personsTaylor, MI61,334Dearborn Heights, MI: 60,819 personsDearborn Heights, MI60,819St. Clair Shores, MI: 57,845 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI57,845Royal Oak, MI: 57,607 personsRoyal Oak, MI57,607Kentwood, MI: 54,563 personsKentwood, MI54,563Battle Creek, MI: 52,174 personsBattle Creek, MI52,174Portage, MI: 49,658 personsPortage, MI49,658East Lansing, MI: 48,698 personsEast Lansing, MI48,698Roseville, MI: 46,848 personsRoseville, MI46,848Saginaw, MI: 43,015 personsSaginaw, MI43,015Midland, MI: 42,661 personsMidland, MI42,661Lincoln Park, MI: 38,637 personsLincoln Park, MI38,637Muskegon, MI: 37,247 personsMuskegon, MI37,247Holland, MI: 34,991 personsHolland, MI34,991Eastpointe, MI: 33,803 personsEastpointe, MI33,803Bay City, MI: 32,023 personsBay City, MI32,023Jackson, MI: 30,816 personsJackson, MI30,816Burton, MI: 29,338 personsBurton, MI29,338Oak Park, MI: 29,083 personsOak Park, MI29,083Southgate, MI: 28,984 personsSouthgate, MI28,984Port Huron, MI: 28,340 personsPort Huron, MI28,340Madison Heights, MI: 28,307 personsMadison Heights, MI28,307
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Detroit, MI644,035+1%
2Grand Rapids, MI199,388+0.8%
3Warren, MI137,132+0.2%
4Sterling Heights, MI133,788+0.3%
5Ann Arbor, MI121,447-0.4%
6Lansing, MI113,125+0.4%
7Dearborn, MI106,0160%
8Livonia, MI92,799+0.1%
9Troy, MI88,220+0.9%
10Farmington Hills, MI83,274+0.6%
11Westland, MI82,455-0.1%
12Flint, MI79,590-0.1%
13Wyoming, MI78,258+0.8%
14Rochester Hills, MI77,476+0.2%
15Southfield, MI76,041+0.3%
16Kalamazoo, MI72,857-0.4%
17Novi, MI66,926+0.3%
18Pontiac, MI61,855+0.2%
19Taylor, MI61,334+0.1%
20Dearborn Heights, MI60,819-0.1%
21St. Clair Shores, MI57,845+0.2%
22Royal Oak, MI57,607+0.1%
23Kentwood, MI54,563+0.8%
24Battle Creek, MI52,174-0.1%
25Portage, MI49,658+0.7%
26East Lansing, MI48,698-0.7%
27Roseville, MI46,848+0.2%
28Saginaw, MI43,015-0.4%
29Midland, MI42,661-0.2%
30Lincoln Park, MI38,637-0.1%
31Muskegon, MI37,247+0.3%
32Holland, MI34,991+1.4%
33Eastpointe, MI33,803+0.2%
34Bay City, MI32,023-0.4%
35Jackson, MI30,816-0.3%
36Burton, MI29,338-0.1%
37Oak Park, MI29,083+0.2%
38Southgate, MI28,984-0.1%
39Port Huron, MI28,340-0.5%
40Madison Heights, MI28,307+0.3%
41Allen Park, MI27,514-0.1%
42Hamtramck, MI27,336-0.1%
43Garden City, MI26,322-0.1%
44Walker, MI25,805+1.8%
45Auburn Hills, MI25,784+1.6%
46Norton Shores, MI25,050+0.3%
47Inkster, MI25,023-0.2%
48Romulus, MI24,562-0.1%
49Wyandotte, MI24,133-0.1%
50Birmingham, MI21,842+1.6%
51Marquette, MI21,788+0.8%
52Mount Pleasant, MI21,034+0.4%
53Adrian, MI20,2910%
54Monroe, MI20,152-0.1%
55Ypsilanti, MI19,879+2.4%
56Ferndale, MI19,210+0.7%
57Trenton, MI17,892-0%
58Wixom, MI17,293+0.3%
59Wayne, MI17,112-0.1%
60Grandville, MI17,015+1.8%
61Grosse Pointe Woods, MI15,834-0.1%
62Traverse City, MI15,761+0.4%
63Mount Clemens, MI15,417+0.2%
64Berkley, MI15,145+0.5%
65Hazel Park, MI14,922+0.5%
66Harper Woods, MI14,901-0.1%
67Owosso, MI14,506-0.3%
68Fraser, MI14,491+0.2%
69Coldwater, MI14,261+0.7%
70Sault Ste. Marie, MI13,235-0.7%
71Rochester, MI12,826+0.3%
72Woodhaven, MI12,534-0.1%
73Melvindale, MI12,358-0.1%
74Escanaba, MI12,308-0.4%
75Ionia, MI12,235+0.1%
76South Lyon, MI12,082+0.9%
77New Baltimore, MI12,081+0.5%
78Riverview, MI11,978-0.1%
79Fenton, MI11,790-0.2%
80Niles, MI11,718+0.4%
81East Grand Rapids, MI11,606+1%
82Farmington, MI11,413+0.2%
83Clawson, MI11,319+0.2%
84Grosse Pointe Park, MI11,120-0.1%
85Grand Haven, MI11,031+0.2%
86Sturgis, MI10,988-0.3%
87Cadillac, MI10,480+0.1%
88Beverly Hills, MI10,438+0.1%
89Flat Rock, MI10,219+0.2%
90Alpena, MI10,130-0.2%

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Resident population.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Michigan by population, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

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Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Michigan by population, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/michigan-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Michigan by population, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/michigan-cities?period=2024.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Michigan by population, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/michigan-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals): Cities in Michigan by population, 2024}},
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Detroit, MI, with 644,035 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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