Saginaw, Michigan

Saginaw population, 2020 to 2024

Saginaw lost 1,113 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -171. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 126th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Saginaw is 3.5 times that size.

Saginaw covers 17.10 square miles of land and 0.71 of water, for 2,515 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Saginaw is close to the typical town.

What county Saginaw is in

All of Saginaw's residents live in Saginaw County, which had 187,714 residents in 2024. Saginaw holds 22.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Saginaw

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Saginaw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48601, 48602, 48607. 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 Saginaw is

The Census internal point of Saginaw is at 43.419900, -83.950200. Lansing, the capital, is 56.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Flint, MI (79,735 people), 30.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 57.7 miles away.

Daylight in Saginaw

At 43.42° N, Saginaw gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Saginaw

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Zilwaukee, 4.6 miles away, with 1,493 people.