Michigan · Census place 2641060
Ironwood, Michigan
Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County, Michigan with an estimated 4,938 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 154th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,938
- #154 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -85 people
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- Density
- 750 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Ironwood population, 2020 to 2024
Ironwood lost 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -27.
Ironwood covers 6.58 square miles of land, for 750 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Ironwood is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ironwood is in
All of Ironwood's residents live in Gogebic County, which had 14,217 residents in 2024. Ironwood holds 34.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ironwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ironwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49938. 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 Ironwood is
The Census internal point of Ironwood is at 46.452200, -90.150400. Lansing, the capital, is 376.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ashland, WI (7,940 people), 35.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 169.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.452200, -90.150400
- DMS
- 46°27'7.92"N 90°09'1.44"W
- UTM
- 15N 718842.3E 5148238.0N
- Geohash
- cbrbk867x
- Plus code
- 86RFFR2X+VR
Daylight in Ironwood
At 46.45° N, Ironwood 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 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ironwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Bessemer, 5.1 miles away, with 1,780 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ironwood, MI?
4,938 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 85 (1.7%) from 5,023 in July 2020.
What county is Ironwood in?
Gogebic County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ironwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49938.
How far is Ironwood from Lansing?
376.4 miles (605.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Ironwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Ironwood?
Ashland, WI, with 7,940 residents, 35.5 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.
- 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.