Michigan · 353 places

Cities and towns in Michigan

Short answer

Michigan has 353 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 5,007,013 residents in 2024. Detroit is the largest with 645,705.
Places 1,000+
353
5,000+
153
Share of state
49%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is New Baltimore with 12,132 people, and the smallest in that group is Davison with 5,059. 61 of the 153 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 16 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Michigan

  1. 01Detroit645,705
  2. 02Grand Rapids200,117
  3. 03Warren137,686
  4. 04Sterling Heights134,342
  5. 05Ann Arbor122,925
  6. 06Lansing114,336
  7. 07Dearborn106,377
  8. 08Livonia93,113
  9. 09Troy89,209
  10. 10Farmington Hills84,173
  11. 11Westland82,745
  12. 12Flint79,735
  13. 13Wyoming78,559
  14. 14Rochester Hills78,330
  15. 15Southfield76,874
  16. 16Kalamazoo73,290
  17. 17Novi67,675
  18. 18Pontiac62,528
  19. 19Taylor61,544
  20. 20Dearborn Heights61,040
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Dundee (+11.6%), New Haven (+9.6%), Auburn Hills (+6.9%). Largest decline: Ionia (-8.3%).

All 353 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Michigan?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 353 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Michigan, and 153 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Michigan?

Detroit, with 645,705 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Michigan town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Dundee grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +11.6%, to 6,006.

What share of Michigan lives in incorporated places?

49%: 5,007,013 of the state's 10,140,459 residents live in the 353 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.