Michigan · Census place 2629000

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in Genesee County, Michigan with an estimated 79,735 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 12th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
79,735
#12 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-1,374 people
Land area
33.4 sq mi
+ 0.67 sq mi water
Density
2,384 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Flint. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Flint population, 2020 to 2024

Flint lost 1,374 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +66. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 113th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Flint is 6.6 times that size.

81.1k202080.6k202179.9k202279.7k202379.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 81,266. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Flint covers 33.44 square miles of land and 0.67 of water, for 2,384 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Flint is close to the typical town.

What county Flint is in

All of Flint's residents live in Genesee County, which had 402,279 residents in 2024. Flint holds 19.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Flint

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Flint by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48502, 48503, 48504, 48505, 48506, 48507. 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 Flint is

The Census internal point of Flint is at 43.024400, -83.692000. Lansing, the capital, is 48.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Farmington Hills, MI (84,173 people), 40.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 45.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.024400, -83.692000
DMS
43°01'27.84"N 83°41'31.20"W
UTM
17N 280660.7E 4767041.5N
Geohash
dpskz8377
Plus code
86MR28F5+Q6

Daylight in Flint

At 43.02° N, Flint gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Flint

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Burton, 4.1 miles away, with 29,420 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Flint, MI?

79,735 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,374 (1.7%) from 81,109 in July 2020.

What county is Flint in?

Genesee County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Flint?

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 48502, 48503, 48504, 48505, 48506, 48507.

How far is Flint from Lansing?

48.1 miles (77.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Flint.

What is the nearest larger city to Flint?

Farmington Hills, MI, with 84,173 residents, 40.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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