Cities

Lansing

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Lansing." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lansing.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Lansing. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lansing

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-lansing,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Lansing},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lansing},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan and the sixth-largest city in the state by population. It was selected as the capital in 1847 for its central, more defensible location, and it transformed into a major industrial center with the rise of automobile manufacturers such as Oldsmobile and the REO Motor Car Company. Its economy today spans government, higher education, healthcare, insurance and manufacturing.

Facts

Population

112,644 1

2020 census figure, from Lansing's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

101.38 1

Founding Year

1859 1

Lansing was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1859, the incorporation date the infobox itself gives; it was chosen as the state capital in 1847.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Latitude