Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
Ann Arbor, Michigan population is 122,233 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #247 nationally and #5 in Michigan. Cost of living runs 0.9% above the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); the four-person spending scenario corresponds to modeled gross income of $126,925/yr (TY2026 tax assumptions; partial scenario excluding unverified local income tax). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
122,233 people live in Ann Arbor as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #247 largest U.S. city.
How big is Ann Arbor?
Ann Arbor covers 28.4 square miles of land and 0.9 square miles of water. Its population density is about 4,305 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population shrank 1.3% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 123,899 → 2025: 122,233 (-1.3%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
123,899
April 1, 2020
2020
123,772
July 1, 2020
2021
119,534
July 1, 2021
2022
121,110
July 1, 2022
2023
121,885
July 1, 2023
2024
121,447
July 1, 2024
2025
122,233
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 5.1% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Ann Arbor is the #247 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #5 in Michigan.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
123,899
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
-1,666
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
-1.3%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+786
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.6%
within V2025 only
Density
4,305
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
28.4
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#247
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#5
of 533 in Michigan
What is the median household income in Ann Arbor?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 2% above the U.S. median ($82,212 vs $80,734); 23.8% live in poverty, 11.4 points above the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$82,212
US
Ann Arbor: $82,212 — 2% above the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
Ann Arbor
$82,212
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for Ann Arbor from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$82,212+1.8% vs US
±$5,268
Per capita income
$55,459+24.1% vs US
±$1,987
Population in poverty
23.8% ± 1.5 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 36% above the U.S. median ($453,400 vs $332,700); median rent is 17% above ($1,649 vs $1,413); the ratio of median home value to median household income is 5.5× versus 4.1× nationally; this compares two distributions and does not measure an individual household's housing burden.
Median home value$453,400
US
Ann Arbor: $453,400 — 36% above the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,656/mo
US
Ann Arbor: $1,656/mo — 54% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median value, owner-occupied units
$453,400+36.3% vs US
±$7,438
Median gross rent
$1,649+16.7% vs US
±$39
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR (FY2026)
$1,656-0.4% vs US
Ann Arbor, MI MSA· 40th-percentile gross rent · HUD methodology
Owner-occupied share
45.5% ± 1.2 percentage points
of occupied housing units
Price-to-income ratio
5.5x± 0.36x approximate 90% MOE+33.8% vs US
median home value ÷ median household income · U.S. ratio: 4.1x
Rent-burdened (≥30% of income)
60.4% ± 3.4 percentage points+18.2% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
37.7% ± 2.7 percentage points+45.5% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 25.9%
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Ann Arbor. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.5%
Ann Arbor (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
68,971
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
28.7% ± 1.8 percentage points+89.8% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — Ann Arbor sits in Washtenaw County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Washtenaw County
13.9%
$90,907
4.3%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Ann Arbor's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2025 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
28,974
$1,375 / wk
#2
Professional and technical services (54)
17,686
$2,320 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
16,818
$807 / wk
#4
Accommodation and food services (72)
13,550
$551 / wk
#5
Manufacturing (31-33)
11,228
$1,654 / wk
What workers earn in the Ann Arbor, MI metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary is the largest tracked occupation in the Ann Arbor, MI metro (12,860 jobs, median $38,990/yr).
▸Show all 14 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
12,860
$38,990
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Office Clerks, General
5,460
$38,350
$18.44
Fast Food and Counter Workers
4,800
$33,220
$15.97
Cashiers
4,510
$32,370
$15.56
Customer Service Representatives
3,440
$39,480
$18.98
Nursing Assistants
3,430
$44,570
$21.43
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
3,410
$36,710
$17.65
Recreation Workers
3,190
$35,090
$16.87
Registered Nurses · benchmark
10,980
$103,450
$49.74
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
4,570
$35,040
$16.85
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
3,180
$106,000
$50.96
Software Developers · benchmark
2,740
$126,830
$60.98
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
1,630
$64,060
—
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
All items run within 1 point of the U.S. average (RPP 100.9); rents stand out at RPP 125.3 (25.3% above the U.S. average).
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 100.9
US
Ann Arbor's cost of living runs 0.9% above the U.S. average (RPP 100.9 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 100.9
+0.9% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Ann Arbor, MI metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,656/mo
FY2026 · Ann Arbor, MI MSA
State income tax (top marginal rate)
4.25%
flat · TY2026
Four-person monthly spending scenario
$10,577/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
One-person monthly spending scenario
$3,984/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
18.6% ± 0.9 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) is the most-spoken language at home other than English (5.5% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Ann Arbor's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (83°F avg high). Coldest: January (16°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 33.3 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Ann Arbor from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for Ann Arbor from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Washtenaw County
89.3
Relatively Moderate
Strong Wind 98.0 Relatively High · Tornado 96.9 Relatively High · Cold Wave 93.1 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Ann Arbor?
12 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 63% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Ann Arbor from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
12 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
12
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
63.0%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
63.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
51,471
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
Ann Arbor sits at state rank #5 among 533 cities in Michigan. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Fairfield, CA · #246 · 122,489 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Thousand Oaks, CA · #248 · 122,230 residents.
Quick travel facts for Ann Arbor
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
889 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport(DTW) · 20 mi 32 km from city centroid
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Ann Arbor.
How many people live in Ann Arbor, MI?
Ann Arbor has 122,233 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #247 largest city in the United States and #5 in Michigan. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Ann Arbor growing or shrinking?
Ann Arbor has shrunk 1.3% since the April 2020 census baseline, losing 1,666 residents. The most recent year ticked up slightly (+786 residents, +0.6% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Ann Arbor's population in the 2020 census?
The GEOID for Ann Arbor is 2603000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
