Michigan · Census place 2651900

Marquette, Michigan

Marquette is a city in Marquette County, Michigan with an estimated 21,845 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,845
#51 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+3.3%
+705 people
Land area
11.3 sq mi
+ 8.06 sq mi water
Density
1,942 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Marquette. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Marquette population, 2020 to 2024

Marquette added 705 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +178. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Marquette is 1.8 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,147. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Marquette covers 11.25 square miles of land and 8.06 of water, for 1,942 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Marquette is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marquette is in

All of Marquette's residents live in Marquette County, which had 67,979 residents in 2024. Marquette holds 32.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marquette

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marquette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49855. 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 Marquette is

The Census internal point of Marquette is at 46.550700, -87.395800. Lansing, the capital, is 298.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Howard, WI (21,961 people), 140.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 143.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.550700, -87.395800
DMS
46°33'2.52"N 87°23'44.88"W
UTM
16N 469657.8E 5155313.1N
Geohash
f03bg6236
Plus code
86RJHJ23+7M

Daylight in Marquette

At 46.55° N, Marquette gets about 15 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marquette

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Negaunee, 10.0 miles away, with 4,676 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Marquette, MI?

21,845 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 705 (3.3%) from 21,140 in July 2020.

What county is Marquette in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Marquette?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49855.

How far is Marquette from Lansing?

298.4 miles (480.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Marquette.

What is the nearest larger city to Marquette?

Howard, WI, with 21,961 residents, 140.8 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.