Michigan · Census place 2660860

Ontonagon, Michigan

Ontonagon is a village in Ontonagon County, Michigan with an estimated 1,262 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 328th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,262
#328 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+1 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
343 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Ontonagon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Ontonagon population, 2020 to 2024

Ontonagon added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,264. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ontonagon covers 3.68 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 343 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Ontonagon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ontonagon is in

All of Ontonagon's residents live in Ontonagon County, which had 5,824 residents in 2024. Ontonagon holds 21.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ontonagon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ontonagon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49953. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ontonagon is

The Census internal point of Ontonagon is at 46.866300, -89.312400. Lansing, the capital, is 368.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hancock, MI (4,620 people), 38.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 174.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.866300, -89.312400
DMS
46°51'58.68"N 89°18'44.64"W
UTM
16N 323763.5E 5192902.7N
Geohash
f026xesxy
Plus code
86RGVM8Q+G2

Daylight in Ontonagon

At 46.87° N, Ontonagon gets about 15 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ontonagon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Hancock, 38.5 miles away, with 4,620 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ontonagon, MI?

1,262 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.1%) from 1,261 in July 2020.

What county is Ontonagon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ontonagon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49953.

How far is Ontonagon from Lansing?

368.5 miles (593.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Ontonagon.

What is the nearest larger city to Ontonagon?

Hancock, MI, with 4,620 residents, 38.5 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.