Michigan · Census place 2684000

Warren, Michigan

Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan with an estimated 137,686 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
137,686
#3 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-1,522 people
Land area
34.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
4,005 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Warren. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Warren population, 2020 to 2024

Warren lost 1,522 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +534. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 95th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Warren is 11.3 times that size.

139.2k2020138.3k2021137.3k2022137.2k2023137.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 139,395. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Warren covers 34.38 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 4,005 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Warren is denser than the typical town.

What county Warren is in

All of Warren's residents live in Macomb County, which had 886,175 residents in 2024. Warren holds 15.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Warren

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Warren by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48088, 48089, 48091, 48092, 48093. 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 Warren is

The Census internal point of Warren is at 42.492900, -83.025000. Lansing, the capital, is 79.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Detroit, MI (645,705 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 6.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 191 m (627 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
42.492900, -83.025000
DMS
42°29'34.44"N 83°01'30.00"W
UTM
17N 333591.7E 4706491.6N
Geohash
dpscwxx51
Plus code
86JRFXVG+52
Time zone
America/Detroit

Daylight in Warren

At 42.49° N, Warren gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Warren daylight page.

Places near Warren

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Center Line, 0.9 miles away, with 8,533 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Warren, MI?

137,686 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,522 (1.1%) from 139,208 in July 2020.

What county is Warren in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Warren?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 48088, 48089, 48091, 48092, 48093.

How far is Warren from Lansing?

79.6 miles (128.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Warren.

What is the nearest larger city to Warren?

Detroit, MI, with 645,705 residents, 8.6 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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