Michigan · Census place 2665820

Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron is a city in St. Clair County, Michigan with an estimated 28,342 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,342
#40 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-593 people
Land area
8.1 sq mi
+ 4.17 sq mi water
Density
3,499 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Port Huron. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Port Huron population, 2020 to 2024

Port Huron lost 593 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -131. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 120th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Port Huron is 2.3 times that size.

28.9k202028.9k202128.6k202228.5k202328.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,974. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Port Huron covers 8.10 square miles of land and 4.17 of water, for 3,499 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Port Huron is denser than the typical town.

What county Port Huron is in

All of Port Huron's residents live in St. Clair County, which had 160,308 residents in 2024. Port Huron holds 17.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Port Huron

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Port Huron by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48060. 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 Port Huron is

The Census internal point of Port Huron is at 42.993800, -82.433700. Lansing, the capital, is 108.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sterling Heights, MI (134,342 people), 41.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.993800, -82.433700
DMS
42°59'37.68"N 82°26'1.32"W
UTM
17N 383128.9E 4761123.5N
Geohash
dptks4v95
Plus code
86JVXHV8+GG

Daylight in Port Huron

At 42.99° N, Port Huron gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Port Huron

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Marysville, 6.4 miles away, with 9,868 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Port Huron, MI?

28,342 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 593 (2.0%) from 28,935 in July 2020.

What county is Port Huron in?

St. Clair County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Port Huron?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48060.

How far is Port Huron from Lansing?

108.9 miles (175.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Port Huron.

What is the nearest larger city to Port Huron?

Sterling Heights, MI, with 134,342 residents, 41.6 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.