Michigan · Census place 2646360

Laurium, Michigan

Laurium is a village in Houghton County, Michigan with an estimated 1,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 261st largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,904; #261 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020: +1.8%; +34 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi
Density: 2,929 / sq mi; State median 2,478

Orange pin: Laurium. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Laurium population, 2020 to 2024

Laurium added 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,877. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Laurium covers 0.65 square miles of land, for 2,929 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Laurium is denser than the typical town.

What county Laurium is in

All of Laurium's residents live in Houghton County, which had 38,041 residents in 2024. Laurium holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Laurium

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Laurium by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49913. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Laurium is

The Census internal point of Laurium is at 47.235100, -88.438200. Lansing, the capital, is 364.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hancock, MI (4,620 people), 10.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 188.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 47.235100, -88.438200
DMS: 47°14'6.36"N 88°26'17.52"W
UTM: 16N 391141.4E 5232293.6N
Geohash: f03hewck2
Plus code: 86VH6HP6+2P

Daylight in Laurium

At 47.24° N, Laurium gets about 15 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Laurium

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Linden, 3.1 miles away, with 1,051 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Laurium, MI?

1,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 34 (1.8%) from 1,870 in July 2020.

What county is Laurium in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Laurium?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49913.

How far is Laurium from Lansing?

364.2 miles (586.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Laurium.

What is the nearest larger city to Laurium?

Hancock, MI, with 4,620 residents, 10.1 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.

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