2022 population: 540,870 ( 76,834 from 2010 , 413 from 2020)
Land area: 2228.6 square miles
Population density: 242.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	418,989	77.47%	15.3%
Black:	43,091	7.97%	7.5%
Indian:	2,226	0.41%	13.9%
Asian:	23,193	4.29%	32.4%
2+ races:	16,868	3.12%	40.0%
Hispanic:	36,503	6.75%	27.7%

Total non-White:	121,881	22.53%	20.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	12,000	11.1
Deaths:	12,257	11.3
Net Migration:	-2,038	-1.9
Net Immigration:	1,779	1.6

Change in White population:	55,747	12.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	21,087	4.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
464,036
363,242	78.28%
40,098	8.64%
1,955	0.42%
17,512	3.77%
12,049	2.60%
28,574	6.16%
100,794	21.72%

2000
447,728
367,996	82.19%
35,510	7.93%
2,029	0.45%
11,841	2.64%
8,520	1.90%
21,201	4.74%
79,732	17.81%

1990
432,674
374,361	86.52%
30,675	7.09%
2,536	0.59%
8,531	1.97%
n/a
16,571	3.83%
58,313	13.48%

1980
419,750
377,179	89.86%
22,998	5.48%
2,085	0.50%
4,010	0.96%
n/a
13,011	3.10%
42,571	10.14%

1970
378,423
353,142	93.32%
14,376	3.80%
756	0.20%
1,170	0.31%
n/a
8,302	2.19%
25,281	6.68%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
52,544	11.7
29,676	6.6
-25,405	-5.7
10,573	2.4

-4,754	-1.1
21,062	4.7

Number	Rate
1990's
60,759	14.0
29,617	6.8
-28,993	-6.7
5,285	1.2

-6,365	-1.5
21,419	5.0

Number	Rate
1980's
64,933	15.5
26,156	6.2
-24,780	-5.9
n/a

-2,818	-0.7
15,742	3.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-2,716	-0.7
n/a

24,037	6.4
17,290	4.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.3
109,272	20.2%
431,598	79.8%
88,304	16.3%

219,633
2.36

129,650	59.0%
97,483	75.2%
11,876	9.2%
89,983	41.0%

2010
Number	Percent
34.6
102,312	22.0%
361,724	78.0%
54,226	11.7%

183,422
2.42

112,131	61.1%
82,747	73.8%
12,700	11.3%
71,291	38.9%

2000
Number	Percent
32.9
110,589	24.7%
337,139	75.3%
45,014	10.1%

172,525
2.48

110,774	64.2%
86,290	77.9%
11,990	10.8%
61,751	35.8%

1990
Number	Percent
29.8
110,989	25.7%
321,685	74.3%
38,987	9.0%

156,994
2.62

106,447	67.8%
85,424	80.3%
11,163	10.5%
50,547	32.2%

1980
Number	Percent
26.3
119,350	28.4%
300,400	71.6%
31,778	7.6%

143,349
2.77

101,626	70.9%
84,890	83.5%
9,590	9.4%
41,723	29.1%

2022 Housing Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	11,161	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,719	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,196	3.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,393	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,051	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,525	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	9,641	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	8,396	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	8,735	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	18,099	8.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	21,708	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	30,449	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	22,849	10.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,124	6.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,989	7.7%
$200,000 or more	14,598	6.6%

Median Household Income	68,369
Per Capita Income	37,176

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,297	4.7%
Public Assistance	7,620	3.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	25,045	11.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	235,928	71.3%
Unemployed	13,016	3.9%
In Armed Forces	346	0.1%

Total Labor Force	249,290	75.3%
Not in Labor Force	81,629	24.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	92,059	75,077	55.1%
Non-Profit	9,859	18,892	34.3%
Self-Employed	10,972	7,368	59.8%

Local Government	6,317	10,363	37.9%
State Government	14,715	16,541	47.1%
Federal Government	1,484	2,191	40.4%

Total Private + Self	103,031	82,445	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	32,375	47,987	40.3%
Total	135,406	130,432	50.9%

Pct. Govt.	19.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	41,134	15.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	54,780	20.6%
Professional, Technical	65,679	24.7%
Service Occupations	45,405	17.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,428	0.5%
All others	59,252	22.3%

White Collar		60.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	36,325	13.6%
Health care and social assistance	35,248	13.2%
Manufacturing	32,680	12.3%
Retail trade	26,763	10.1%
Public administration	20,337	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	17,782	6.7%
Finance and insurance	16,044	6.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	14,107	5.3%
Construction	13,253	5.0%
Other services	12,453	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,924	3.7%
Transportation and warehousing	9,815	3.7%
Wholesale trade	5,201	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,338	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,837	1.4%
Information	3,093	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,525	0.9%
Utilities	2,276	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	162	0.1%
Management	87	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	26,251	4.87%
Puerto Rican	2,201	0.41%
Cuban	2,206	0.41%
Dominican	207	0.04%

Total Central American	1,045	0.19%
Costa Rican	235	0.04%
Guatemalan	346	0.06%
Honduran	184	0.03%
Nicaraguan	4	0.00%
Panamanian	148	0.03%
Salvadoran	128	0.02%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,147	0.21%
Argentinean	170	0.03%
Bolivian	77	0.01%
Chilean	93	0.02%
Colombian	273	0.05%
Ecuadorian	155	0.03%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%
Peruvian	176	0.03%
Uruguayan	13	0.00%
Venezuelan	127	0.02%
Other South American	62	0.01%

Other Hispanic	2,421	0.45%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	5,731	1.06%
Indian	5,345	0.99%
Vietnamese	2,334	0.43%
Korean	2,050	0.38%
Filipino	1,137	0.21%
Burmese	752	0.14%
Hmong	388	0.07%
Japanese	353	0.07%
Thai	285	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	464,347	91.0%
Spanish	13,051	2.6%
Other Indo-European	6,867	1.3%
Chinese	5,120	1.0%
Other Asian	4,908	1.0%
Other	3,996	0.8%
German, other Germanic	2,593	0.5%
Arabic	2,260	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,141	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	117,952	21.9%
English	67,446	12.5%
Irish	63,601	11.8%
Polish	25,865	4.8%
American	23,267	4.3%
Italian	18,601	3.5%
French	15,871	2.9%
Dutch	13,998	2.6%
Scottish	11,922	2.2%
European	10,465	1.9%
Swedish	7,471	1.4%
French Canadian	6,260	1.2%
Norwegian	4,724	0.9%
Czech	4,026	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	3,490	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	520,376	96.5%
Not a citizen	18,609	3.5%

Native	504,443	93.6%
Foreign-born	34,542	6.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
7,051	2.0%	14,709	4.1%	88,888	25.0%	123,310	34.7%	72,202	20.3%	49,107	13.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	7,051	2.0%
9-12 Years	14,709	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	88,888	25.0%
Some College	123,310	34.7%
Bach. Degree	72,202	20.3%
Grad Degree	49,107	13.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	538,172	502,620	35,552	6.6%
1991	529,348	487,948	41,400	7.8%
1992	527,410	493,022	34,388	6.5%
1993	531,134	498,838	32,296	6.1%
1994	540,994	514,806	26,188	4.8%
1995	539,804	517,266	22,538	4.2%
1996	545,818	524,468	21,350	3.9%
1997	554,870	537,314	17,556	3.2%
1998	558,578	540,192	18,386	3.3%
1999	557,930	543,448	14,482	2.6%

2000	570,230	552,532	17,698	3.1%
2001	573,676	550,250	23,426	4.1%
2002	562,648	536,300	26,348	4.7%
2003	564,614	533,376	31,238	5.5%
2004	569,506	535,320	34,186	6.0%
2005	570,466	534,768	35,698	6.3%
2006	573,550	536,894	36,656	6.4%
2007	572,388	536,778	35,610	6.2%
2008	567,982	527,938	40,044	7.1%
2009	561,584	499,260	62,324	11.1%

2010	554,924	499,918	55,006	9.9%
2011	545,744	500,478	45,266	8.3%
2012	541,472	500,752	40,720	7.5%
2013	544,982	504,890	40,092	7.4%
2014	549,044	515,550	33,494	6.1%
2015	551,446	525,600	25,846	4.7%
2016	560,970	536,678	24,292	4.3%
2017	565,662	541,754	23,908	4.2%
2018	566,316	545,750	20,566	3.6%
2019	567,216	547,762	19,454	3.4%

2020	552,040	510,222	41,818	7.6%
2021	533,746	505,048	28,698	5.4%
2022	547,378	523,286	24,092	4.4%
2023	573,816	552,080	21,736	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	236,080
Median Value	$182,334

Occupied	219,633	93.0%
Vacant	16,447	7.0%

Owned	148,476	67.6%
Rented	71,157	32.4%
Median Rent	$1,001

Single-Family Units	168,654	71.4%
Detached	158,982	67.3%
Attached	9,672	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	45,283	19.2%
Mobile Homes	9,806	4.2%

Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area