Michigan: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Michigan's 548 recorded places, ranked by population — 5,936,587 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Detroit is the largest place we record in Michigan, with 645,705 residents. The three largest together hold 16% of the 5,936,587 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 548 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Detroit 645,705 2 Grand Rapids 195,097 3 Warren 134,056 4 Sterling Heights 132,052 5 Ann Arbor 117,070 6 Lansing 112,644 7 Clinton Township 99,753 8 Flint 98,310 9 Dearborn 95,171 10 Livonia 94,635 11 Canton 86,825 12 Troy 83,280 13 Westland 82,000 14 Farmington Hills 81,330 15 Kalamazoo 76,041 16 Waterford 75,737 17 Wyoming 75,275 18 Shelby 74,099 19 Rochester Hills 73,424 20 Southfield 73,156 21 West Bloomfield Township 64,690 22 Taylor 61,568 23 Pontiac 59,917 24 Saint Clair Shores 59,715 25 Royal Oak 59,008 26 Novi 58,723 27 Dearborn Heights 56,145 28 Battle Creek 51,589 29 Kentwood 51,357 30 Redford 49,936 31 Saginaw 49,347 32 East Lansing 48,471 33 Portage 48,177 34 Roseville 47,637 35 Midland 42,200 36 Muskegon 38,401 37 Lincoln Park 37,012 38 Bay City 33,917 39 Holland 33,742 40 Jackson 33,133 41 Eastpointe 32,657 42 Madison Heights 30,198 43 Oak Park 29,752 44 Port Huron 29,330 45 Southgate 29,293 46 Burton 28,788 47 Allen Park 27,425 48 Garden City 26,920 49 Mount Pleasant 26,060 50 Forest Hills 25,867 51 Wyandotte 25,156 52 Saginaw Township North 24,994 53 Inkster 24,672 54 Walker 24,647 55 Norton Shores 24,208 56 Holt 23,973 57 Waverly 23,925 58 Romulus 23,417 59 Auburn Hills 22,672 60 Hamtramck 22,002 61 Okemos 21,369 62 Marquette 21,297 63 Birmingham 20,857 64 Adrian 20,691 65 Ferndale 20,177 66 Monroe 20,092 67 Ypsilanti 19,945 68 Haslett 19,220 69 Trenton 18,380 70 Allendale 17,579 71 Wayne 17,081 72 Hazel Park 16,597 73 Jenison 16,538 74 Mount Clemens 16,400 75 Grandville 15,953 76 Grosse Pointe Woods 15,762 77 Berkley 15,268 78 Traverse City 15,218 79 Owosso 14,699 80 Fraser 14,636 81 Northview 14,541 82 Cutlerville 14,370 83 Harper Woods 13,836 84 Sault Ste. Marie 13,827 85 Wixom 13,746 86 Rochester 12,993 87 Woodhaven 12,539 88 New Baltimore 12,354 89 Escanaba 12,334 90 Riverview 12,181 91 Clawson 12,015 92 South Lyon 11,722 93 Fenton 11,442 94 Ionia 11,372 95 Grosse Ile 11,361 96 Niles 11,333 97 East Grand Rapids 11,311 98 Grosse Pointe Park 11,220 99 Grand Haven 11,062 100 Highland Park 10,949 101 Sturgis 10,896 102 Coldwater 10,844 103 Muskegon Heights 10,796 104 Farmington 10,523 105 Melvindale 10,404 106 Big Rapids 10,397 107 Cadillac 10,373 108 Beverly Hills 10,267 109 Beecher 10,232 110 Alpena 10,175 111 Comstock Park 10,088 112 Benton Harbor 9,976 113 Lambertville 9,953 114 Flat Rock 9,914 115 Marysville 9,757 116 Howell 9,521 117 Ecorse 9,257 118 Belmont 9,244 119 Grosse Pointe Farms 9,232 120 Alma 9,193 121 Saline 9,100 122 Charlotte 9,054 123 Plymouth 8,905 124 Lapeer 8,790 125 Westwood 8,653 126 Temperance 8,517 127 Greenville 8,444 128 Mason 8,427 129 Menominee 8,382 130 Tecumseh 8,372 131 Saint Joseph 8,365 132 Center Line 8,320 133 Albion 8,229 134 Hillsdale 8,163 135 Flushing 8,086 136 Ludington 8,058 137 Grand Blanc 7,993 138 Houghton 7,970 139 Saint Johns 7,865 140 Grand Ledge 7,791 141 Three Rivers 7,752 142 Fair Plain 7,631 143 Brighton 7,609 144 River Rouge 7,546 145 Iron Mountain 7,504 146 Saint Louis 7,482 147 Hudsonville 7,324 148 Hastings 7,284 149 Walled Lake 7,110 150 Marshall 7,045 151 Freeland 6,969 152 Bridgeport 6,950 153 Buena Vista 6,816 154 Shields 6,587 155 Carrollton 6,583 156 Ishpeming 6,483 157 Milford 6,472 158 South Monroe 6,433 159 Whitmore Lake 6,423 160 Eastwood 6,340 161 Huntington Woods 6,340 162 Holly 6,169 163 Rockford 6,134 164 Manistee 6,084 165 Northville 6,010 166 Milan 5,983 167 Richmond 5,864 168 Dowagiac 5,851 169 Byron Center 5,822 170 Belding 5,769 171 Bay Harbor 5,749 172 Petoskey 5,719 173 Zeeland 5,626 174 Swartz Creek 5,567 175 Lake Fenton 5,559 176 Saint Clair 5,485 177 Comstock Northwest 5,455 178 Grosse Pointe 5,232 179 Eaton Rapids 5,225 180 Chelsea 5,205 181 Springfield 5,192 182 New Haven 5,123 183 Allegan 5,071 184 Kingsford 5,069 185 Frankenmuth 5,025 186 Ironwood 5,002 187 Davison 4,965 188 Utica 4,942 189 Gladstone 4,830 190 Cheboygan 4,733 191 Vandercook Lake 4,721 192 New Haven 4,694 193 Michigan Center 4,672 194 DeWitt 4,655 195 Negaunee 4,582 196 Hancock 4,555 197 Gibraltar 4,531 198 Buchanan 4,362 199 South Haven 4,359 200 Coopersville 4,351
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