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Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located about 80 miles west-northwest of Detroit and is mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County and Clinton County. As of the July 1, 2009 Census Bureau estimate, it has a population of 113,802 and a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population of 453,603. The even larger Combined Statistical Area (CSA) population, which includes Shiawassee County, is estimated at 523,609.
The Lansing Metropolitan Area, colloquially referred to as "Mid-Michigan", is an important center for educational, cultural, governmental, business, and high-tech manufacturing institutions, including three medical schools (two human medicine and one veterinary), two nursing schools, two law schools including the nation's largest law school (Thomas M. Cooley Law School), a Big Ten Conference university (Michigan State), the state capital, the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, a federal court, the Library of Michigan and Historical Center, and headquarters of four national insurance companies.
Lansing is the only U.S. state capital (among the 44 located in counties) that is not also a county seat. The county seat of Ingham County is Mason, but the county maintains some offices in Lansing.
Lansing Economy
The Lansing metropolitan area's major industries are government, education, insurance, healthcare, and automobile manufacturing. Being the state capital, many state government workers reside in the area.
Michigan State University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and Lansing Community College are significant employers in the region.
General Motors has offices and a hi-tech manufacturing facility in Lansing and several manufacturing facilities immediately outside the city, as well, in nearby Lansing and Delta townships. The Lansing area is headquarters to four major national insurance companies: Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Jackson National Life, the Accident Fund, and Michigan Millers Insurance Company.
The recent decline of the auto industry in the region has increased the region's awareness of the importance of a strategy to foster the high-technology sector.
- An initiative called Prima Civitas, created by Michigan State University, in cooperation with the cities of Lansing and East Lansing, under the direction of former Lansing mayor David Hollister, is spearheading focused economic development in the technology sector in the region.
- Early availability of high-speed Internet in 1996, as well as the MSU, Cooley Law School, and LCC student population, fostered an intellectual environment for information technology companies to incubate.
Lansing has a number of technology companies in the fields of information technology and biotechnology.
- Emergent BioSolutions is an international biopharmaceutical company that maintains significant operations in Lansing. Emergent BioSolutions is developing an array of biodefense and commercial products and currently manufactures the only FDA approved anthrax vaccine at its Lansing operations. In March 2009 Emergent announced another $10.9 million investment in its Lansing facility and is adding 93 new employees.
- Neogen Corporation is an international food and animal safety and diagnostics company headquartered in Lansing.
- IBM announced in January 2009 that it was opening its first U.S. programming center in the former MSU Federal Credit Union headquarters in East Lansing for application software for governments, universities, etc.
- Liquid Web, the largest web hosting company in Michigan, moved into its new $80 million Lansing headquarters (third facility in Lansing) in November 2009 and announced that it would hire 600 new employees over the next 3–4 years.
Lansing Education
Michigan State University, a member of the Big Ten Conference, is known as "the pioneer land grant college", located in neighboring East Lansing. MSU has the largest land campus in the United States and is home to several nationally and internationally recognized academic and research oriented programs. Michigan State offers over 200 programs of study and is home to fourteen different degree-granting schools and colleges including three medical schools, a law school, and numerous PhD programs. It is the only university in the nation with three medical schools. MSU is consistently one of the top three programs in the United States for study abroad programs. The MSU College of Education is also consistently rated as the top education program in the nation. Michigan State University is the oldest agricultural college in the United States. The MSU School of Criminal Justice is the oldest continuous degree granting criminal justice program in the nation. In 2008, the Department of Energy announced MSU won the contest for a $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams that will attract top researchers from around the world to conduct experiments in nuclear science, astrophysics and applications of isotopes to other fields.
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the nation and is located in downtown Lansing. Cooley is fully accredited by the American Bar Association. A majority of Cooley students are from out-of-state.
Lansing Community College offers more than 500 areas of study to over 18,000 students at its main facilities in Lansing, and another 5,000 students at twenty-nine extension centers and a site in Otsu, Japan. LCC's new, state-of-the-art University Center enables students to take courses with the goal of eventually earning an undergraduate or graduate degree from other Michigan institutions. The University Center stands on the former site of "Old Central", Lansing's first public high school, which was established in 1875 as Lansing High School. (In the 1920s it was renamed as Central High School, and in 1957 became the first building on the LCC campus.)
Other institutions of higher education include Western Michigan University (branch campus in Delta Township), Davenport University in Downtown Lansing, Central Michigan University (branch campus), and Great Lakes Christian College (campus in Delta Township).
Public and private primary schools
- Lansing School District
- Lansing Public Schools: (Lansing Everett, JW Sexton High School, and Lansing Eastern)
- New Covenant Christian School
- Lansing Christian Schools
- Lansing Catholic Central
- Waverly School District
- Mid-Michigan Public School Academy
- El-Hajj Malik Shabazz Academy (named after Malcolm X)
- Gada Masif Johnson School for the Arts
- Our Savior Lutheran School
Lansing MI Area Information
- Total Crime Risk: 164.0 (100 = National Average)
- Population: 111,957
- Population Growth Since 2000: -6.02%
- Annual Max Avg. Temperature: 57 F
- Annual Min Avg. Temperature: 37 F
- Male Median Age: 29.9 years
- Female Median Age: 32.4 years
- Median Household Income: $44,913
- Highest Education Level Attained: High School 25.55%, Bachelors 17.04%, Grad School 11.02%
Community Demographics
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| 2010 Population Growth and Population Statistics | Lansing, MI | Michigan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 111,957 | 9,957,837 | ||
| Square Miles | 63.90 | 56,803.82 | ||
| Population Density | 1,752.10 | 175.30 | ||
| Population Change Since 1990 | -10.51% | 7.14% | ||
| Population Change Since 2000 | -6.02% | 0.20% | ||
| Forecasted Population Change by 2014 | -2.83% | -1.34% | ||
| Population Male | 54,352 | 48.55% | 4,925,999 | 49.47% |
| Population Female | 57,605 | 51.45% | 5,031,838 | 50.53% |
| Median Age | 31.10 | 36.10 | ||
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| 2010 Weather Summary | Lansing, MI | Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| Weather Index | 19 | 13 |
| Annual Maximum Avg. Temperature | 57.0 °F | 54.0 °F |
| Annual Minimum Avg. Temperature | 37.0 °F | 35.0 °F |
| Annual Avg. Temperature | 46.8 °F | 44.2 °F |
| Annual Heating Degree Days (Tot Degrees < 65) | 7,101 | 7,909 |
| Annual Cooling Degree Days (Tot Degrees > 65) | 490 | 358 |
| Percent of Possible Sunshine | 51 | 49 |
| Mean Sky Cover (Sunrise to Sunset - Out of 10) | 7 | 7 |
| Mean Number of Days Clear (Out of 365 Days) | 71 | 68 |
| Mean Number of Days Rain (Out of 365 Days) | 140 | 149 |
| Mean Number of Days Snow (Out of 365 Days) | 16 | 28 |
| Avg. Annual Precipitation (Total Inches) | 31.00" | 32.00" |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall (Total Inches) | 49.00" | 85.00" |
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