Michigan · Census place 2647980
Litchfield, Michigan
Litchfield is a city in Hillsdale County, Michigan with an estimated 1,390 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 309th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,390
- #309 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -5 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 500 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Litchfield population, 2020 to 2024
Litchfield lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -1.
Litchfield covers 2.78 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 500 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Litchfield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Litchfield is in
All of Litchfield's residents live in Hillsdale County, which had 45,590 residents in 2024. Litchfield holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Litchfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Litchfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49252. 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 Litchfield is
The Census internal point of Litchfield is at 42.040200, -84.752200. Lansing, the capital, is 49.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jonesville, MI (2,167 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 47.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.040200, -84.752200
- DMS
- 42°02'24.72"N 84°45'7.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 686045.2E 4656684.1N
- Geohash
- dp7xpmjmf
- Plus code
- 86JQ26RX+34
Daylight in Litchfield
At 42.04° N, Litchfield gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Litchfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Jonesville, 6.1 miles away, with 2,167 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Litchfield, MI?
1,390 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.4%) from 1,395 in July 2020.
What county is Litchfield in?
Hillsdale County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Litchfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49252.
How far is Litchfield from Lansing?
49.0 miles (78.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Litchfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Litchfield?
Jonesville, MI, with 2,167 residents, 6.1 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.