† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLansing-East Lansing, MIMichiganUnited States
German20.7%17.7%12.5%
English13.3%10.5%9.5%
Irish11.3%9.9%9.4%
Polish4.8%7.2%2.2%
American3.7%4.2%5.3%
Italian3.7%4.2%4.8%
French2.5%3.0%1.6%
Dutch2.4%3.0%—
African American†7.4%12.2%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Mexican5.4%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian1.2%1.2%1.4%
Chinese1.0%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.2%0.6%
Korean0.4%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Nepalese0.2%——
Burmese0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Michigan
United States
Median age
36.6
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
14.2%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.6%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$72,596
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.6%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.8%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.3%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
1.8%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.1%
0.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Michigan
United States
Catholic
11.4%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.3%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
64.2%
60.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−6.7%
1896
+4.0%
1900
−7.6%
1904
−32.8%
1908
−16.2%
1912
+2.1%
1916
−6.1%
1920
−46.2%
1924
−63.0%
1928
−57.0%
1932
+4.2%
1936
+9.9%
1940
−21.4%
1944
−25.4%
1948
−28.7%
1952
−40.0%
1956
−36.5%
1960
−28.6%
1964
+22.3%
1968
−14.5%
1972
−17.2%
1976
−19.8%
1980
−13.7%
1984
−28.6%
1988
−9.7%
1992
+6.4%
1996
+9.7%
2000
+7.8%
2004
+5.0%
2008
+21.9%
2012
+15.7%
2016
+11.9%
2020
+16.7%
2024
+14.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.2%Harris148,048
41.9%Trump110,417
0.5%Stein1,402 +7
D+14.3
R+2.4
D+15.8
263,295
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic56.2%148,048
Donald J TrumpRepublican41.9%110,417
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%1,402
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%1,353
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%1,189
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%355
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%263
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%118
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%117
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%33
D
57.4%Biden147,479
40.7%Trump104,535
1.9%
D+16.7
D+4.8
D+12.3
256,804
D
52.5%Clinton120,540
40.5%Trump93,113
7.0%
D+11.9
R+3.7
D+9.9
229,647
D
57.1%Obama126,951
41.4%Romney92,153
1.5%
D+15.7
R+6.2
D+11.8
222,333
D
60.1%Obama144,741
38.3%McCain92,109
1.6%
D+21.9
D+16.9
D+14.6
240,726
D
52.0%Kerry117,771
47.0%Bush106,504
1.0%
D+5.0
R+2.8
D+7.4
226,615
D
52.4%Gore105,836
44.6%Bush90,171
3.0%
D+7.8
R+1.9
D+7.2
202,066
D
50.1%Clinton95,310
40.4%Dole76,882
9.4%
D+9.7
D+3.3
D+1.2
190,082
D
41.7%Clinton88,464
35.3%Bush74,811
23.0%
D+6.4
D+16.2
D+0.9
212,014
R
44.7%Dukakis80,531
54.5%Bush98,053
0.8%
R+9.7
D+18.9
R+2.0
180,078
R
35.4%Mondale62,927
64.0%Reagan113,860
0.7%
R+28.6
R+14.9
R+10.4
178,008
R
36.0%Carter68,559
49.7%Reagan94,672
14.2%
R+13.7
D+6.1
R+4.0
190,299
R
38.5%Carter67,522
58.3%Ford102,324
3.2%
R+19.8
R+2.6
R+21.9
175,430
R
40.7%McGovern68,314
58.0%Nixon97,227
1.3%
R+17.2
R+2.8
D+5.9
167,707
R
38.7%Humphrey51,257
53.2%Nixon70,405
8.1%
R+14.5
R+36.7
R+13.8
132,364
D
61.0%Johnson75,207
38.8%Goldwater47,775
0.2%
D+22.3
D+50.9
R+0.3
123,221
R
35.6%Kennedy43,777
64.2%Nixon79,045
0.2%
R+28.6
D+7.9
R+28.8
123,128
R
31.7%Stevenson37,049
68.2%Eisenhower79,743
0.2%
R+36.5
D+3.5
R+21.1
116,978
R
29.7%Stevenson32,272
69.6%Eisenhower75,736
0.7%
R+40.0
R+11.2
R+29.2
108,745
R
34.4%Truman26,153
63.1%Dewey48,015
2.5%
R+28.7
R+3.4
R+33.2
76,086
R
37.0%Roosevelt31,237
62.4%Dewey52,652
0.6%
R+25.4
R+4.0
R+32.9
84,437
R
39.0%Roosevelt32,765
60.4%Willkie50,740
0.7%
R+21.4
R+31.3
R+31.3
84,057
D
52.9%Roosevelt38,162
43.0%Landon30,998
4.2%
D+9.9
D+5.7
R+14.3
72,167
D
50.8%Roosevelt34,355
46.7%Hoover31,531
2.5%
D+4.2
D+61.2
R+13.6
67,570
R
21.2%Smith11,952
78.2%Hoover44,037
0.5%
R+57.0
D+6.0
R+39.5
56,289
R
15.9%Davis8,635
78.9%Coolidge42,874
5.2%
R+63.0
R+16.8
R+37.9
54,321
R
25.3%Cox11,252
71.5%Harding31,799
3.2%
R+46.2
R+40.1
R+20.0
44,452
R
44.8%Wilson13,219
51.0%Hughes15,029
4.2%
R+6.1
R+8.3
R+9.3
29,487
O
31.4%Wilson8,120
29.3%Taft7,571
39.3%
Roosevelt +7.8
D+18.3
R+17.4
25,835
R
39.5%Bryan10,335
55.7%Taft14,577
4.8%
R+16.2
D+16.5
R+6.7
26,178
R
31.6%Parker8,080
64.3%Roosevelt16,465
4.1%
R+32.8
R+25.2
R+13.1
25,601
R
44.9%Bryan11,940
52.4%McKinley13,954
2.7%
R+7.6
R+11.6
±0.0
26,619
D
50.9%Bryan13,789
46.9%McKinley12,708
2.3%
D+4.0
D+10.6
D+10.1
27,114
R
39.9%Cleveland9,654
46.6%Harrison11,262
13.5%
R+6.7
—
R+8.3
24,172
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
57.0%148,732
40.5%105,613
260,990
2020
D
57.1%145,328
41.1%104,523
254,559
2018
D
58.7%121,723
39.4%81,587
207,189
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
341,754
2018
341,614
2020
364,994
2022
369,089
2024
378,102
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+846 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −17,736 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lansing-East Lansing, MI in Lansing-East Lansing, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,838
2012
−3,081
2013
−2,329
2014
−1,815
2015
−2,113
2016
−438
2017
−216
2018
−2,200
2019
−883
2021
−12,359
2022
+10,504
2023
−443
2024
−1,371
2025
+846
Ingham County anchors a metro where state-government employment and a large student population at Michigan State University consistently push turnout patterns and partisan margins apart from surrounding rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.3 points.
A population of 472,669, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,596 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kalamazoo-Portage, MI and Madison, WI.
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How did Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan voted Democratic by 14.3 points (D+14.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 263,295 votes cast, 148,048 went Democratic and 110,417 went Republican.
When did Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan?
Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan has a population of 472,669 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan is $72,596 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
