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Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area Demographics

Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area is the 114th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 473,203 residents across 1,699 square miles. That is about 279 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 473,203
Land area 1,699 sq mi
Density 279 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Ingham County 284,900 556.1 512
County Eaton 109,175 575.2 190
Clinton County, MI 79,128 566.3 140

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