Michigan · Census place 2607960
Bessemer, Michigan
Bessemer is a city in Gogebic County, Michigan with an estimated 1,780 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 271st largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,780
- #271 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -1.3%
- -23 people
- Land area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Density
- 324 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Bessemer population, 2020 to 2024
Bessemer lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Bessemer covers 5.50 square miles of land, for 324 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Bessemer is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bessemer is in
All of Bessemer's residents live in Gogebic County, which had 14,217 residents in 2024. Bessemer holds 12.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bessemer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bessemer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49911. 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 Bessemer is
The Census internal point of Bessemer is at 46.477600, -90.049800. Lansing, the capital, is 373.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ironwood, MI (4,938 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 168.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.477600, -90.049800
- DMS
- 46°28'39.36"N 90°02'59.28"W
- UTM
- 15N 726462.3E 5151343.8N
- Geohash
- cbrbqugxx
- Plus code
- 86RFFXH2+23
Daylight in Bessemer
At 46.48° N, Bessemer gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bessemer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Ironwood, 5.1 miles away, with 4,938 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bessemer, MI?
1,780 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.3%) from 1,803 in July 2020.
What county is Bessemer in?
Gogebic County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bessemer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49911.
How far is Bessemer from Lansing?
373.9 miles (601.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Bessemer.
What is the nearest larger city to Bessemer?
Ironwood, MI, with 4,938 residents, 5.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.