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Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area is made up of 3 counties in Michigan: Ingham, Eaton, and Clinton, largest first. About 479,722 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.3% more than in April 2020.

Clinton County, centralEaton County, centralIngham County, centralLansing
3 counties in Michigan
Population, July 2025
479,722 1.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
3, all central
Land area
1,699 sq mi (4,399 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Michigan
Combined statistical area
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
CBSA code
29620
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Counties in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Ingham CountyCentral289,70960.4%
Eaton CountyCentral109,58122.8%
Clinton CountyCentral80,43216.8%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Lansing113,023 people
  2. East Lansing45,758 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Owosso, MI Micro Area67,681 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Owosso, MI Micro Area28 mi northeast
  2. Jackson, MI Metro Area33 mi south
  3. Battle Creek, MI Metro Area45 mi southwest
  4. Alma, MI Micro Area46 mi north
  5. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area58 mi west
  6. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area78 mi east

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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