Lansing, Michigan

Lansing population, 2020 to 2024

Lansing added 1,781 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,112. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Lansing is 9.4 times that size.

Lansing covers 39.37 square miles of land and 0.64 of water, for 2,904 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Lansing is denser than the typical town.

The 3 counties Lansing spans

Lansing crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 114,336 residents as follows; Ingham County holds 95.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lansing

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lansing by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48906, 48910, 48911, 48912, 48915, 48933. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lansing is

The Census internal point of Lansing is at 42.714300, -84.560900. Lansing, the capital, is 1.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ann Arbor, MI (122,925 people), 52.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 262 m (860 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Lansing

At 42.71° N, Lansing gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Lansing daylight page.

Places near Lansing

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is East Lansing, 4.6 miles away, with 48,964 people.