Michigan · Census place 2665860
Portland, Michigan
Portland is a city in Ionia County, Michigan with an estimated 3,770 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,770
- #184 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -39 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,433 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Portland population, 2020 to 2024
Portland lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
Portland covers 2.63 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,433 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Portland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Portland is in
All of Portland's residents live in Ionia County, which had 66,250 residents in 2024. Portland holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Portland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Portland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48875. 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 Portland is
The Census internal point of Portland is at 42.869800, -84.898900. Lansing, the capital, is 19.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grand Ledge, MI (7,838 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 20.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.869800, -84.898900
- DMS
- 42°52'11.28"N 84°53'56.04"W
- UTM
- 16N 671621.3E 4748497.8N
- Geohash
- dpeeuh4w8
- Plus code
- 86JQV492+WC
Daylight in Portland
At 42.87° N, Portland gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Portland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Grand Ledge, 11.2 miles away, with 7,838 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Portland, MI?
3,770 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 39 (1.0%) from 3,809 in July 2020.
What county is Portland in?
Ionia County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Portland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48875.
How far is Portland from Lansing?
19.8 miles (31.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Portland.
What is the nearest larger city to Portland?
Grand Ledge, MI, with 7,838 residents, 11.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.