Michigan · Census place 2651940

Marshall, Michigan

Marshall is a city in Calhoun County, Michigan with an estimated 6,802 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,802
#126 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-37 people
Land area
7.8 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
874 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Marshall. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Marshall population, 2020 to 2024

Marshall lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +12. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Marshall is 56% of it.

6,83920206,80720216,77820226,79020236,8022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,847. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Marshall covers 7.78 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 874 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Marshall is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marshall is in

All of Marshall's residents live in Calhoun County, which had 133,785 residents in 2024. Marshall holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marshall

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marshall by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49068. 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 Marshall is

The Census internal point of Marshall is at 42.262700, -84.967500. Lansing, the capital, is 38.8 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albion, MI (7,494 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 37.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.262700, -84.967500
DMS
42°15'45.72"N 84°58'3.00"W
UTM
16N 667636.1E 4680944.3N
Geohash
dpe86t8w1
Plus code
86JQ727M+32

Daylight in Marshall

At 42.26° N, Marshall gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marshall

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Albion, 10.7 miles away, with 7,494 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Marshall, MI?

6,802 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (0.5%) from 6,839 in July 2020.

What county is Marshall in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Marshall?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49068.

How far is Marshall from Lansing?

38.8 miles (62.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Marshall.

What is the nearest larger city to Marshall?

Albion, MI, with 7,494 residents, 10.7 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.