Michigan · Census place 2670680
St. Clair, Michigan
St. Clair is a city in St. Clair County, Michigan with an estimated 5,824 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 140th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,824
- #140 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +6.5%
- +356 people
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- + 0.68 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,981 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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St. Clair population, 2020 to 2024
St. Clair added 356 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by -10. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so St. Clair is 48% of it.
St. Clair covers 2.94 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 1,981 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so St. Clair is less dense than the typical town.
What county St. Clair is in
All of St. Clair's residents live in St. Clair County, which had 160,308 residents in 2024. St. Clair holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in St. Clair
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Clair by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48079. 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 St. Clair is
The Census internal point of St. Clair is at 42.826500, -82.492400. Lansing, the capital, is 104.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marysville, MI (9,868 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 32.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.826500, -82.492400
- DMS
- 42°49'35.40"N 82°29'32.64"W
- UTM
- 17N 378014.2E 4742628.3N
- Geohash
- dpt7du6f7
- Plus code
- 86JVRGG5+J2
Daylight in St. Clair
At 42.83° N, St. Clair 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 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near St. Clair
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Marysville, 5.7 miles away, with 9,868 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of St. Clair, MI?
5,824 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 356 (6.5%) from 5,468 in July 2020.
What county is St. Clair in?
St. Clair County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover St. Clair?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48079.
How far is St. Clair from Lansing?
104.8 miles (168.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from St. Clair.
What is the nearest larger city to St. Clair?
Marysville, MI, with 9,868 residents, 5.7 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.