Michigan · Census place 2656200

Munising, Michigan

Munising is a city in Alger County, Michigan with an estimated 1,948 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 255th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,948
#255 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-24 people
Land area
5.3 sq mi
+ 3.78 sq mi water
Density
370 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Munising. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Munising population, 2020 to 2024

Munising lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

1,97220201,97620211,96520221,95720231,9482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,971. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Munising covers 5.26 square miles of land and 3.78 of water, for 370 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Munising is less dense than the typical town.

What county Munising is in

All of Munising's residents live in Alger County, which had 8,695 residents in 2024. Munising holds 22.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Munising

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Munising by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49862. 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 Munising is

The Census internal point of Munising is at 46.430900, -86.619400. Lansing, the capital, is 274.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manistique, MI (2,871 people), 37.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 147.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.430900, -86.619400
DMS
46°25'51.24"N 86°37'9.84"W
UTM
16N 529241.1E 5141995.6N
Geohash
f062humxt
Plus code
86RMC9JJ+96

Daylight in Munising

At 46.43° N, Munising gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Munising

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Manistique, 37.0 miles away, with 2,871 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Munising, MI?

1,948 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (1.2%) from 1,972 in July 2020.

What county is Munising in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Munising?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49862.

How far is Munising from Lansing?

274.9 miles (442.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Munising.

What is the nearest larger city to Munising?

Manistique, MI, with 2,871 residents, 37.0 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.