Michigan · Census place 2674960
Southgate, Michigan
Southgate is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 29,081 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 29,081
- #38 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -821 people
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- Density
- 4,227 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Southgate population, 2020 to 2024
Southgate lost 821 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 130th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Southgate is 2.4 times that size.
Southgate covers 6.88 square miles of land, for 4,227 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Southgate is denser than the typical town.
What county Southgate is in
All of Southgate's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Southgate holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Southgate
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Southgate by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48195. 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 Southgate is
The Census internal point of Southgate is at 42.204700, -83.205700. Lansing, the capital, is 77.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lincoln Park, MI (38,774 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 7.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.204700, -83.205700
- DMS
- 42°12'16.92"N 83°12'20.52"W
- UTM
- 17N 317911.3E 4674859.4N
- Geohash
- dpsb4e5kn
- Plus code
- 86JR6Q3V+VP
Daylight in Southgate
At 42.20° N, Southgate 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 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Southgate
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverview, 2.2 miles away, with 12,011 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Southgate, MI?
29,081 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 821 (2.7%) from 29,902 in July 2020.
What county is Southgate in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Southgate?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48195.
How far is Southgate from Lansing?
77.9 miles (125.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Southgate.
What is the nearest larger city to Southgate?
Lincoln Park, MI, with 38,774 residents, 2.9 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.