Michigan · Census place 2663800

Petersburg, Michigan

Petersburg is a city in Monroe County, Michigan with an estimated 1,162 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 337th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,162
#337 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-10 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
2,421 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Petersburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Petersburg population, 2020 to 2024

Petersburg lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,172. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Petersburg covers 0.48 square miles of land, for 2,421 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Petersburg is close to the typical town.

What county Petersburg is in

All of Petersburg's residents live in Monroe County, which had 156,045 residents in 2024. Petersburg holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Petersburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Petersburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49270. 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 Petersburg is

The Census internal point of Petersburg is at 41.899700, -83.714000. Lansing, the capital, is 71.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dundee, MI (6,006 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 17.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.899700, -83.714000
DMS
41°53'58.92"N 83°42'50.40"W
UTM
17N 274871.1E 4642202.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HRV7XP+VC

Daylight in Petersburg

At 41.90° N, Petersburg gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Petersburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Dundee, 5.2 miles away, with 6,006 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Petersburg, MI?

1,162 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 10 (0.9%) from 1,172 in July 2020.

What county is Petersburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Petersburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49270.

How far is Petersburg from Lansing?

71.9 miles (115.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Petersburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Petersburg?

Dundee, MI, with 6,006 residents, 5.2 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.