Saginaw, MI Metro Area
The Saginaw, MI metro area is one county in Michigan: Saginaw County. About 187,688 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.3% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 187,688 1.3% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Saginaw County
- Land area
- 801 sq mi (2,074 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- Michigan
- Combined statistical area
- Saginaw-Midland-Bay City, MI
- CBSA code
- 40980
The county in the Saginaw, MI metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Saginaw County | Central | 187,688 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Saginaw43,536 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Saginaw-Midland-Bay City, MI combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:
- Bay City, MI Metro Area102,123 people
- Midland, MI Metro Area83,754 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Bay City, MI Metro Area12 mi north
- Midland, MI Metro Area20 mi northwest
- Flint, MI Metro Area30 mi southeast
- Owosso, MI Micro Area31 mi south
- Alma, MI Micro Area35 mi west
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