Ranking · Michigan
Fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking places in Michigan
Manton has the highest population change, 2020 to 2025 of Michigan's 1,281 ranked places (+29.0%); Madison has the lowest (−10.6%). Ranked: places with 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census that are incorporated (the Census Bureau estimates only those each year).
Which are the fastest-growing places?
Fastest-growing places in Michigan, first to fifth: Manton (+29.0%), Saline Township (+20.5%), Sumpter Township (+17.9%), Lyon Charter Township (+15.5%) and Riga Township (+15.3%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manton | +29.0% |
| 2 | Saline Township | +20.5% |
| 3 | Sumpter Township | +17.9% |
| 4 | Lyon Charter Township | +15.5% |
| 5 | Riga Township | +15.3% |
| 6 | Mattawan | +14.6% |
| 7 | Dundee | +11.7% |
| 8 | Grand Haven Charter Township | +10.9% |
| 9 | Jamestown Charter Township | +10.9% |
| 10 | New Haven | +10.6% |
| 11 | Caledonia | +10.2% |
| 12 | Whitehall | +10.1% |
| 13 | Casco Township, St. Clair County | +9.8% |
| 14 | Lenox Township | +9.3% |
| 15 | Pleasant Plains Township | +9.2% |
| 16 | Bruce Township, Macomb County | +9.2% |
| 17 | Howell Township | +9.1% |
| 18 | Chase Township | +9.1% |
| 19 | Port Sheldon Township | +8.7% |
| 20 | Caledonia Township, Kent County | +8.6% |
| 21 | Kent City | +8.1% |
| 22 | South Branch Township, Crawford County | +7.9% |
| 23 | Moorland Township | +7.9% |
| 24 | Beaver Creek Township | +7.9% |
| 25 | Morton Township | +7.8% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
Which are the fastest-shrinking places?
Fastest-shrinking places in Michigan, first to fifth: Madison Charter Township (−10.6%), Ionia (−8.7%), Baraga (−8.3%), Highland Park (−8.2%) and Kinross Charter Township (−7.9%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,281 | Madison Charter Township | −10.6% |
| 1,280 | Ionia | −8.7% |
| 1,279 | Baraga | −8.3% |
| 1,278 | Highland Park | −8.2% |
| 1,277 | Kinross Charter Township | −7.9% |
| 1,276 | Olivet | −6.4% |
| 1,275 | River Rouge | −5.5% |
| 1,274 | Ecorse | −4.7% |
| 1,273 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores | −4.4% |
| 1,272 | Riverview | −4.4% |
| 1,271 | Grosse Pointe Park | −4.4% |
| 1,270 | Inkster | −4.3% |
| 1,269 | Lincoln Park | −4.3% |
| 1,268 | Allen Park | −4.2% |
| 1,267 | Harper Woods | −4.2% |
| 1,266 | Munising Township | −4.2% |
| 1,265 | Gibraltar | −4.2% |
| 1,264 | Grosse Pointe Woods | −4.2% |
| 1,263 | Ypsilanti | −4.2% |
| 1,262 | Melvindale | −4.1% |
| 1,261 | Hamtramck | −4.1% |
| 1,260 | Dearborn Heights | −4.1% |
| 1,259 | Redford Charter Township | −4.1% |
| 1,258 | Grosse Pointe Farms | −4.1% |
| 1,257 | Garden City | −4.1% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
How is this ranking made?
Each place's population change, 2020 to 2025 is read from the Census Bureau's April 1, 2020 estimates base and its July 1, 2025 estimate. A place enters the ranking if it had 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census and is incorporated. Ties in the published figure share a rank. This is a measurement of one figure, not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · How ranks are computed
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