Facts
- Population
- 264,780 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.2 %
- Net migration
- 1,763 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6 % (2025)
- State
- Michigan
- Population base, April 2020
- 261,685 (2020)
- Births
- 2,635 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Deaths
- 2,459 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 176
- International migration
- 1,614 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 149 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.7
- Postal code
- MI
- FIPS code
- 26077
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 % |
| 2024 | 4.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 4.7 % |
| 2020 | 7.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 3.9 % |
| 2015 | 4.3 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 264,780 |
| 2023 | 263,297 |
| 2022 | 261,417 |
| 2021 | 260,566 |
| 2020 | 261,814 |