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8 State of the Lansing Region, 2020
Key Population
Benchmarks 11
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Demographics 550K
Measures the region’s total 988K
By tracking key demographic indicators over time, we can number of residents in 2018.
gauge the region’s progress toward prosperity. Growth Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
in population and positive net migration are indicators for how well the region attracts and
retains residents. Population diversity related to ages and generations reflects how well a region
attracts and retains workers.
Image courtesy of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
Population Growth Migration
The Lansing region’s population has grown each year since Net migration is the difference between the number of
2009, reaching 550,085 in 2018. However, since 2014 people coming into an area and the number of people
the Lansing area population increased by less than 2%, leaving. The Lansing area experienced positive net migration
while most peer regions experienced much higher rates of every year between 2014 and 2018. However, our migration
growth. growth has been much smaller than that of peer regions.
