Michigan · Census place 2679000

Taylor, Michigan

Taylor is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 61,544 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
61,544
#19 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-1,623 people
Land area
23.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,606 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Taylor. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Taylor population, 2020 to 2024

Taylor lost 1,623 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +105. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 127th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Taylor is 5.1 times that size.

63.2k202062.4k202161.7k202261.4k202361.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 63,390. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Taylor covers 23.62 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,606 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Taylor is close to the typical town.

What county Taylor is in

All of Taylor's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Taylor holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Taylor

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Taylor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48180. 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 Taylor is

The Census internal point of Taylor is at 42.225300, -83.267700. Lansing, the capital, is 74.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dearborn, MI (106,377 people), 6.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.225300, -83.267700
DMS
42°13'31.08"N 83°16'3.72"W
UTM
17N 312853.6E 4677281.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JR6PGJ+4W

Daylight in Taylor

At 42.23° N, Taylor gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Taylor

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Southgate, 3.5 miles away, with 29,081 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Taylor, MI?

61,544 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,623 (2.6%) from 63,167 in July 2020.

What county is Taylor in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Taylor?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48180.

How far is Taylor from Lansing?

74.4 miles (119.8 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Taylor.

What is the nearest larger city to Taylor?

Dearborn, MI, with 106,377 residents, 6.7 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.

  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.