Michigan · Census place 2653920

Milan, Michigan

Milan is a city in 2 counties of Michigan with an estimated 6,048 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,048
#133 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-22 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,738 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Milan. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Lansing.

Milan population, 2020 to 2024

Milan lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -1. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Milan is 50% of it.

6,07020206,03020216,05620226,04920236,0482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,081. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Milan covers 3.48 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,738 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Milan is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Milan spans

Milan crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,048 residents as follows; Washtenaw County holds 62.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Washtenaw County3,790
  2. 02Monroe County2,258
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Milan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48160. 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 Milan is

The Census internal point of Milan is at 42.081300, -83.684800. Lansing, the capital, is 63.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saline, MI (9,101 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Ann Arbor, MI, 13.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.081300, -83.684800
DMS
42°04'52.68"N 83°41'5.28"W
UTM
17N 277926.1E 4662291.3N
Geohash
dpkrrswt6
Plus code
86JR38J8+G3

Daylight in Milan

At 42.08° N, Milan gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Saline, 7.9 miles away, with 9,101 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Milan, MI?

6,048 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (0.4%) from 6,070 in July 2020.

What county is Milan in?

It spans 2 counties: Washtenaw County (3,790 residents), Monroe County (2,258 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Milan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48160.

How far is Milan from Lansing?

63.3 miles (101.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Milan.

What is the nearest larger city to Milan?

Saline, MI, with 9,101 residents, 8.0 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.