Michigan · Census place 2662980

Paw Paw, Michigan

Paw Paw is a village in Van Buren County, Michigan with an estimated 3,408 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 191st largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,408
#191 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+43 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
1,276 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Paw Paw. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Paw Paw

Paw Paw population, 2020 to 2024

Paw Paw added 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

3,36520203,37220213,39620223,39820233,4082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,370. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Paw Paw covers 2.67 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 1,276 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Paw Paw is less dense than the typical town.

What county Paw Paw is in

All of Paw Paw's residents live in Van Buren County, which had 76,129 residents in 2024. Paw Paw holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Paw Paw

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paw Paw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49079. 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 Paw Paw is

The Census internal point of Paw Paw is at 42.214200, -85.892200. Lansing, the capital, is 77.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Portage, MI (49,975 people), 15.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 41.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.214200, -85.892200
DMS
42°12'51.12"N 85°53'31.92"W
UTM
16N 591437.6E 4674153.0N
Geohash
dpdbjkz5w
Plus code
86JP6475+M4

Daylight in Paw Paw

At 42.21° N, Paw Paw gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 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 Paw Paw

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lawton, 4.0 miles away, with 1,876 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Paw Paw, MI?

3,408 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 43 (1.3%) from 3,365 in July 2020.

What county is Paw Paw in?

Van Buren County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Paw Paw?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49079.

How far is Paw Paw from Lansing?

77.0 miles (124.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Paw Paw.

What is the nearest larger city to Paw Paw?

Portage, MI, with 49,975 residents, 15.4 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.