Michigan · Census place 2671000

St. Louis, Michigan

St. Louis is a city in Gratiot County, Michigan with an estimated 7,465 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,465
#123 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+10 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
2,262 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: St. Louis. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

St. Louis population, 2020 to 2024

St. Louis added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -11. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so St. Louis is 62% of it.

7,45520207,16220217,26020227,47620237,4652024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,463. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Louis covers 3.30 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 2,262 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so St. Louis is close to the typical town.

What county St. Louis is in

All of St. Louis's residents live in Gratiot County, which had 41,372 residents in 2024. St. Louis holds 18.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Louis

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Louis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48880. 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. Louis is

The Census internal point of St. Louis is at 43.408500, -84.611200. Lansing, the capital, is 46.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alma, MI (9,349 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 48.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.408500, -84.611200
DMS
43°24'30.60"N 84°36'40.32"W
UTM
16N 693415.5E 4808951.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MQC95Q+CG

Daylight in St. Louis

At 43.41° N, St. Louis 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 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Louis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Alma, 2.9 miles away, with 9,349 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Louis, MI?

7,465 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.1%) from 7,455 in July 2020.

What county is St. Louis in?

Gratiot County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover St. Louis?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48880.

How far is St. Louis from Lansing?

46.7 miles (75.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from St. Louis.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Louis?

Alma, MI, with 9,349 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.

  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.