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Lansing, MI Urban Area

318,001 Population
155.8 square miles 2,040.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,820 ±$1,278 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,473 ±$3,540 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16% ±1.9% (47,572  ±5,645) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.6 minutes ±0.9 (2,843,030  ±170,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

134,372 ±2,625 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (297,102  ±5,518) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.4% ±1% (3,047  ±933) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

145,320 ±2,157 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$202,400 ±$8,939 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18.8% ±1.7% (59,227  ±5,335.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.8% ±2.9% (184,917  ±6,704.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.6% ±2.1% (83,898  ±4,380.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.6% ±1.3% (27,195  ±4,040) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.9% ±0.6% (12,762  ±1,643) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
12,762 Total veterans ±1,643 11,143 Male ±1,522 1,619 Female ±783

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