Michigan City, Indiana

Michigan City population, 2020 to 2024

Michigan City lost 555 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -164. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 116th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Michigan City is 2.2 times that size.

Michigan City covers 20.63 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 1,525 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Michigan City is close to the typical town.

What county Michigan City is in

All of Michigan City's residents live in LaPorte County, which had 111,348 residents in 2024. Michigan City holds 28.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Michigan City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Michigan City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46360. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Michigan City is

The Census internal point of Michigan City is at 41.708800, -86.866900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 139.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Portage, IN (38,576 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 30.9 miles away.

Daylight in Michigan City

At 41.71° N, Michigan City gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Michigan City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Trail Creek, 1.0 miles away, with 2,010 people.