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Lansing, MI
114,336 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2646000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lansing ranked #267 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lansing and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Ann Arbor MI, Albany NY, New Haven CT, Springfield IL, Everett WA, Gainesville FL, Warren MI, Palm Bay FL, League City TX, South Fulton GA, Athens GA, Waterbury CT, Hillsboro OR · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #267 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #166 | #265 | #264 | #268 | #264 | #243 | #323 | #313 | #315 | #322 | #295 | #314 | #289 | #299 | #307 | #281 | #310 | #306 | #267 | #237 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 118,084 | 117,202 | 116,365 | 115,569 | 114,732 | 114,321 | 114,559 | 114,661 | 114,734 | 115,093 | 115,324 | 116,569 | 117,730 | 117,931 | 118,210 | 112,555 | 112,497 | 112,652 | 113,224 | 114,336 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #217 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -1.3 | -1.4 | -1.2 | -1.2 | -1.1 | — | -0.6 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -4.7 | +3.6 | -0.2 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #210 of 303 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2022 | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 4.0 | — | 1.8 | 2.2 | — | — | — | 2.3 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #82 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 21.0% | 21.0% | 19.7% | 19.6% | 21.6% | 25.0% | 25.3% | 25.1% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 23.7% | 23.9% | 23.6% | 24.2% | 23.3% | — | 21.2% | 22.0% | 20.9% | 21.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #218 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | 7.6 | 5.1 | 13.7 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 11.3 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 16.9 | 23.1 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 9.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #275 of 295 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 89.8 | 69.1 | 67.9 | 71.0 | 99.4 | 95.3 | 109.1 | 114.2 | 122.0 | 117.3 | 109.3 | 129.5 | 125.7 | 118.7 | 139.6 | 317.2 | 362.7 | 227.2 | 272.9 | 265.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 109,318 | 106,708 | 109,509 | 109,046 | 108,450 | 115,585 | 108,882 | 110,640 | 113,978 | 110,944 | 109,329 | 74,164 | 98,323 | 99,708 | 100,812 | 96,978 | 96,249 | — | — | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #231 of 336 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2021 | +4.3 | -0.5 | +1.9 | +0.9 | +2.5 | +3.3 | -4.8 | +2.2 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -1.8 | -20.2 | +18.1 | +1.9 | -0.9 | +3.3 | -1.4 | — | — | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50,926 | 51,641 | 49,571 | 52,746 | 54,582 | 58,039 | 56,692 | 55,491 | 60,744 | — | 53,828 | 59,075 | 60,635 | 59,970 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #206 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.2% | 14.8% | 15.0% | 9.0% | 8.3% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 8.0% | 5.5% | — | 9.5% | 6.4% | 6.3% | 5.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #165 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 23% | 22% | -0% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 11% | 14% | 11% | 18% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 11% | 4% | 15% | 1% | 5% | 22% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #308 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $6,108 | $5,913 | $5,798 | $6,022 | $6,094 | $6,082 | $8,770 | $8,259 | $7,857 | $7,415 | $7,019 | $6,505 | $6,148 | $5,713 | $9,201 | $9,406 | $10,550 | $9,500 | $11,564 | $14,114 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Lansing. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.