Detroit, Michigan

Detroit population, 2020 to 2024

Detroit added 7,338 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6,791. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Detroit is 53.2 times that size.

Detroit covers 138.74 square miles of land and 4.17 of water, for 4,654 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Detroit is denser than the typical town.

What county Detroit is in

All of Detroit's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Detroit holds 36.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Detroit

30 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Detroit by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48201, 48202, 48203, 48204, 48205, 48206, 48207, 48208, 48209, 48210, 48211, 48212, 48213, 48214, 48215, 48216, 48217, 48219, 48221, 48223, 48224, 48226, 48227, 48228, 48233, 48234, 48235, 48238, 48239, 48243. 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 Detroit is

The Census internal point of Detroit is at 42.383000, -83.102200. Lansing, the capital, is 77.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, OH (933,263 people), 165.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 7.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 198 m (650 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Detroit

At 42.38° N, Detroit gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Detroit daylight page.

Places near Detroit

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Highland Park, 1.6 miles away, with 8,390 people.