Alpena, Michigan

Alpena population, 2020 to 2024

Alpena lost 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -21. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 85th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Alpena is 83% of it.

Alpena covers 8.17 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 1,238 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Alpena is less dense than the typical town.

What county Alpena is in

All of Alpena's residents live in Alpena County, which had 28,903 residents in 2024. Alpena holds 35.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alpena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alpena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49707. 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 Alpena is

The Census internal point of Alpena is at 45.074500, -83.443600. Lansing, the capital, is 170.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bay City, MI (32,086 people), 104.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 172.3 miles away.

Daylight in Alpena

At 45.07° N, Alpena gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alpena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Rogers City, 29.5 miles away, with 2,890 people.