2022 population: 45,403
( 3,176 from 2010
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Land area: 20.0 square miles
Population density: 2264.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 33,411 | 73.59% | 9.9% |
Black: | 3,289 | 7.24% | 1.2% |
Indian: | 100 | 0.22% | 17.4% |
Asian: | 4,141 | 9.12% | 19.4% |
2+ races: | 1,913 | 4.21% | 52.7% |
Hispanic: | 2,481 | 5.46% | 51.0% |
Total non-White: | 11,992 | 26.41% | 4.3% |
2010-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
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Change in White population: | -3,675 | -9.2 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 499 | 1.2 |
Age, Family & Household Data for East Lansing city, MI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 15,745 | |
Median Value | $234,498 | |
Occupied | 13,865 | 88.1% |
Vacant | 1,880 | 11.9% |
Owned | 5,507 | 39.7% |
Rented | 8,358 | 60.3% |
Median Rent | $1,090 | |
Single-Family Units | 6,783 | 43.1% |
Detached | 5,724 | 36.4% |
Attached | 1,059 | 6.7% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 7,849 | 49.9% |
Mobile Homes | 41 | 0.3% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,070 | 14.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 990 | 7.1% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 657 | 4.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 722 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 866 | 6.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 385 | 2.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 836 | 6.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 483 | 3.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 552 | 4.0% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 664 | 4.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 674 | 4.9% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 1,199 | 8.6% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 958 | 6.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 705 | 5.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 884 | 6.4% |
$200,000 or more | 1,220 | 8.8% |
Median Household Income | 46,017 | |
Per Capita Income | 29,597 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 300 | 2.2% |
Public Assistance | 155 | 1.1% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 673 | 4.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 20,101 | 56.0% |
Unemployed | 1,433 | 4.0% |
In Armed Forces | 73 | 0.2% |
Total Labor Force | 21,607 | 60.2% |
Not in Labor Force | 14,305 | 39.8% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 43.8% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 5,597 | 6,672 | 45.6% |
Non-Profit | 1,336 | 1,816 | 42.4% |
Self-Employed | 368 | 279 | 56.9% |
Local Government | 408 | 510 | 44.4% |
State Government | 2,322 | 2,442 | 48.7% |
Federal Government | 78 | 137 | 36.3% |
Total Private + Self | 5,965 | 6,951 | 46.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,144 | 4,905 | 45.8% |
Total | 10,109 | 11,856 | 46.0% |
Pct. Govt. | 26.8% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,902 | 13.2% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,808 | 21.9% |
Professional, Technical | 7,515 | 34.2% |
Service Occupations | 4,857 | 22.1% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 81 | 0.4% |
All others | 1,916 | 8.7% |
White Collar | 69.2% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Educational services | 7,424 | 33.7% |
Accommodation and food services | 2,520 | 11.5% |
Retail trade | 1,935 | 8.8% |
Health care and social assistance | 1,826 | 8.3% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,472 | 6.7% |
Manufacturing | 1,036 | 4.7% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 934 | 4.2% |
Finance and insurance | 934 | 4.2% |
Other services | 856 | 3.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 734 | 3.3% |
Public administration | 621 | 2.8% |
Information | 436 | 2.0% |
Construction | 405 | 1.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 281 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 240 | 1.1% |
Wholesale trade | 205 | 0.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 92 | 0.4% |
Utilities | 39 | 0.2% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 8 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,462 | 3.22% |
Puerto Rican | 277 | 0.61% |
Cuban | 120 | 0.26% |
Dominican | 25 | 0.06% |
Total Central American | 109 | 0.24% |
Costa Rican | 35 | 0.08% |
Guatemalan | 47 | 0.10% |
Honduran | 8 | 0.02% |
Nicaraguan | 4 | 0.01% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 15 | 0.03% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 324 | 0.71% |
Argentinean | 110 | 0.24% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 25 | 0.06% |
Colombian | 29 | 0.06% |
Ecuadorian | 38 | 0.08% |
Paraguayan | 1 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 77 | 0.17% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 44 | 0.10% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 164 | 0.36% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 2,154 | 4.74% |
Indian | 817 | 1.80% |
Korean | 419 | 0.92% |
Vietnamese | 141 | 0.31% |
Filipino | 103 | 0.23% |
Japanese | 75 | 0.17% |
Taiwanese | 49 | 0.11% |
Indonesian | 34 | 0.07% |
Hmong | 16 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 37,456 | 84.2% |
Chinese | 1,864 | 4.2% |
Spanish | 1,434 | 3.2% |
Other Indo-European | 1,082 | 2.4% |
Other Asian | 556 | 1.3% |
German, other Germanic | 431 | 1.0% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 358 | 0.8% |
Other | 350 | 0.8% |
Arabic | 293 | 0.7% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 6,142 | 13.5% |
Irish | 4,217 | 9.3% |
English | 3,649 | 8.0% |
Polish | 2,570 | 5.7% |
Italian | 2,502 | 5.5% |
Dutch | 1,320 | 2.9% |
European | 1,068 | 2.4% |
Swedish | 943 | 2.1% |
American | 825 | 1.8% |
French | 742 | 1.6% |
Scottish | 667 | 1.5% |
British | 489 | 1.1% |
Greek | 418 | 0.9% |
Hungarian | 311 | 0.7% |
Welsh | 307 | 0.7% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 42,053 | 92.6% |
Not a citizen | 3,350 | 7.4% |
Native | 40,338 | 88.8% |
Foreign-born | 5,065 | 11.2% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
84 | 0.6% | 162 | 1.1% | 1,716 | 11.7% | 2,777 | 18.9% | 4,486 | 30.5% | 5,489 | 37.3% |
Average years of education: 15.9 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 84 | 0.6% |
9-12 Years | 162 | 1.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 1,716 | 11.7% |
Some College | 2,777 | 18.9% |
Bach. Degree | 4,486 | 30.5% |
Grad Degree | 5,489 | 37.3% |
Average years of education: 15.9 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R -1,231 | D +156 | D + 9.1% | |
D -1,075 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R -2,228 | D +1,376 | D + 18.1% | |
D -852 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R -3,004 | R +3,429 | D + 9.5% | |
D -6,433 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -1,773 | R +3,585 | D + 0.5% | |
D -5,358 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
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2020 | 43% | Joe Biden (D) | 11,998 | 79.4% | Donald Trump* (R) | 2,916 | 19.3% | 203 | 1.3% | 15,117 | -28 | -28 | 0.27% |
2016 | 47% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 13,073 | 71.3% | Donald Trump (R) | 4,147 | 22.6% | 1,114 | 6.1% | 18,334 | -25 | -23 | 0.38% |
2012 | 42% | Barack Obama* (D) | 12,850 | 70.7% | Mitt Romney (R) | 5,144 | 28.3% | 179 | 1.0% | 18,173 | -16 | -19 | 0.38% |
2008 | 56% | Barack Obama (D) | 18,431 | 74.6% | John McCain (R) | 5,920 | 24.0% | 339 | 1.4% | 24,690 | -17 | -22 | 0.49% |
2004 | 43% | John Kerry (D) | 13,117 | 69.9% | George W. Bush* (R) | 5,391 | 28.7% | 264 | 1.4% | 18,772 | -19 | -22 | 0.39% |
2000 | 38% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 10,772 | 66.0% | George W. Bush (R) | 4,702 | 28.8% | 836 | 5.1% | 16,310 | -17 | -19 | 0.39% |
2020 President, East Lansing city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 11,998 | 79.4% | |||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 2,916 | 19.3% | |||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 129 | 0.9% | |||||||||
Other | 74 | 0.5% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 15,117 | ||||||||||
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2016 President, East Lansing city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 13,073 | 71.3% | |||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 4,147 | 22.6% | |||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 645 | 3.5% | |||||||||
Other | 469 | 2.6% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 18,334 | ||||||||||
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2012 President, East Lansing city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 12,850 | 70.7% | |||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 5,144 | 28.3% | |||||||||
Other | 179 | 1.0% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 18,173 | ||||||||||
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2008 President, East Lansing city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 18,431 | 74.6% | |||||||||
John McCain (R) | 5,920 | 24.0% | |||||||||
Other | 339 | 1.4% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 24,690 | ||||||||||
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2004 President, East Lansing city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 5,391 | 28.7% | |||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 13,117 | 69.9% | |||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 150 | 0.8% | |||||||||
Other | 114 | 0.6% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 18,772 | ||||||||||
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2000 President, East Lansing city | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 4,702 | 28.8% | |||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 10,772 | 66.0% | |||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 765 | 4.7% | |||||||||
Other | 71 | 0.4% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 16,310 | ||||||||||
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Year | Type | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff | PSV | |||||
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2022 | G | 40% | Gretchen Whitmer* (D) | 11,615 | 82.9% | Tudor Dixon (R) | 2,240 | 16.0% | 160 [+] | 1.1% | 14,015 | -28 | 0.31% |
2020 | S2 | 43% | Gary Peters* (D) | 11,513 | 76.6% | John James (R) | 3,329 | 22.1% | 196 [+] | 1.3% | 15,038 | -26 | 0.27% |
2018 | S1 | 40% | Debbie Stabenow* (D) | 11,350 | 75.8% | John James (R) | 3,434 | 22.9% | 199 [+] | 1.3% | 14,983 | -23 | 0.35% |
2018 | G | 40% | Gretchen Whitmer (D) | 11,840 | 78.8% | Bill Schuette (R) | 2,888 | 19.2% | 303 [+] | 2.0% | 15,031 | -25 | 0.35% |
2014 | S2 | 22% | Gary Peters (D) | 6,688 | 73.8% | Terri Lynn Land (R) | 2,151 | 23.7% | 228 [+] | 2.5% | 9,067 | -18 | 0.29% |
2014 | G | 22% | Mark Schauer (D) | 5,813 | 63.7% | Rick Snyder* (R) | 3,163 | 34.7% | 152 [+] | 1.7% | 9,128 | -16 | 0.29% |