Michigan · Census place 2689320

Zilwaukee, Michigan

Zilwaukee is a city in Saginaw County, Michigan with an estimated 1,493 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 296th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,493
#296 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-38 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
676 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Zilwaukee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Zilwaukee population, 2020 to 2024

Zilwaukee lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,534. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Zilwaukee covers 2.21 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 676 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Zilwaukee is less dense than the typical town.

What county Zilwaukee is in

All of Zilwaukee's residents live in Saginaw County, which had 187,714 residents in 2024. Zilwaukee holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Zilwaukee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Zilwaukee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48604. 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 Zilwaukee is

The Census internal point of Zilwaukee is at 43.483600, -83.924500. Lansing, the capital, is 60.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saginaw, MI (43,001 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 62.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.483600, -83.924500
DMS
43°29'0.96"N 83°55'28.20"W
UTM
17N 263501.2E 4818675.3N
Geohash
dpsr67bn3
Plus code
86MRF3MG+C6

Daylight in Zilwaukee

At 43.48° N, Zilwaukee 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 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Zilwaukee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Saginaw, 4.6 miles away, with 43,001 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Zilwaukee, MI?

1,493 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (2.5%) from 1,531 in July 2020.

What county is Zilwaukee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Zilwaukee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48604.

How far is Zilwaukee from Lansing?

60.8 miles (97.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Zilwaukee.

What is the nearest larger city to Zilwaukee?

Saginaw, MI, with 43,001 residents, 4.6 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.