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Saginaw, Michigan

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The city of Saginaw is located in Saginaw County and is the county seat.

Saginaw is 180 feet [54.86 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Saginaw lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Saginaw can be found in:

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Saginaw had a population of 61,799 people<2> (or 29.44% of the total population of Saginaw County). The population of Saginaw represented 0.62% of the total of Michigan, making it the state's 20th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Saginaw had a population of 55,620 people. This is a decrease of 10% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Saginaw.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200855,620-10%-0.98% since 2007
200756,170-9.11%-1.49% since 2006
200657,022-7.73%-1.31% since 2005
200557,776-6.51% 
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200061,799The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Auburn   NW14 mi [22.53 km]2,0310.99% increase
 Bay City   N12 mi [19.31 km]33,8747.99% decrease
 Birch Run   SE14 mi [22.53 km]1,6400.79% decrease
 Chesaning   SW18 mi [28.97 km]2,3457.97% decrease
 Clio   SE19 mi [30.58 km]2,4890.24% increase
 Essexville   N14 mi [22.53 km]3,4937.25% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Saginaw.

Websites for Saginaw

Official Website:   www.saginaw-mi.com/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.saginawchamber.org/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Saginaw or Saginaw County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Saginaw. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Saginaw:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Saginaw? Please visit the Map Page for Saginaw.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saginaw - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Saginaw.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Saginaw and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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