Language Spoken At Home in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 47,237 | 100% |
English only | 38,894 | 82.3% |
Language other than English | 8,343 | 17.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,314 | 9.1% |
Spanish | 1,055 | 2.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 309 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European languages | 2,339 | 5.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 575 | 1.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 3,966 | 8.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,913 | 6.2% |
Other languages | 983 | 2.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 517 | 1.1% |
Ancestry in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 48,449 | 100% |
American | 886 | 1.8% |
Arab | 897 | 1.9% |
Czech | 335 | 0.7% |
Danish | 228 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 1,505 | 3.1% |
English | 5,284 | 10.9% |
French (except Basque) | 2,204 | 4.5% |
French Canadian | 536 | 1.1% |
German | 10,981 | 22.7% |
Greek | 299 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 506 | 1.0% |
Irish | 7,780 | 16.1% |
Italian | 4,056 | 8.4% |
Lithuanian | 273 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 667 | 1.4% |
Polish | 4,663 | 9.6% |
Portuguese | 63 | 0.1% |
Russian | 904 | 1.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 514 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 1,417 | 2.9% |
Slovak | 248 | 0.5% |
Subsaharan African | 1,145 | 2.4% |
Swedish | 1,126 | 2.3% |
Swiss | 205 | 0.4% |
Ukrainian | 273 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 517 | 1.1% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 160 | 0.3% |
Households By Type in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 13,314 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 4,651 | 34.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,103 | 15.8% |
Married-couple family | 3,536 | 26.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,556 | 11.7% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 323 | 2.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 114 | 0.9% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 792 | 5.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 433 | 3.3% |
Nonfamily households | 8,663 | 65.1% |
Householder living alone | 5,150 | 38.7% |
65 years and over | 1,128 | 8.5% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 2,158 | 16.2% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 2,196 | 16.5% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 30,859 | 100% |
Householder | 13,314 | 43.1% |
Spouse | 3,540 | 11.5% |
Child | 4,928 | 16.0% |
Other relatives | 494 | 1.6% |
Nonrelatives | 8,583 | 27.8% |
Unmarried partner | 516 | 1.7% |
Marital Status in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 23,010 | 100% |
Never married | 18,337 | 79.7% |
Now married, except separated | 3,842 | 16.7% |
Separated | 81 | 0.4% |
Widowed | 174 | 0.8% |
Divorced | 576 | 2.5% |
Females 15 years and over | 22,046 | 100% |
Never married | 16,223 | 73.6% |
Now married, except separated | 3,862 | 17.5% |
Separated | 101 | 0.5% |
Widowed | 718 | 3.3% |
Divorced | 1,142 | 5.2% |
Fertility in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 320 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 47 | 14.7% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 3 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 17 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 28 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 29 | 0% |
Grandparents in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 82 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 19 | 23.2% |
Less than 1 year | 15 | 18.3% |
1 or 2 years | 0 | 0.0% |
3 or 4 years | 0 | 0.0% |
5 or more years | 4 | 4.9% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 19 | 100% |
Who are female | 19 | 100.0% |
Who are married | 0 | 0.0% |
School Enrollment in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 34,668 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 360 | 1.0% |
Kindergarten | 281 | 0.8% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,674 | 4.8% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 846 | 2.4% |
College or graduate school | 31,507 | 90.9% |
Educational Attainment in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 14,780 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 195 | 1.3% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 166 | 1.1% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 1,413 | 9.6% |
Some college, no degree | 1,957 | 13.2% |
Associate's degree | 875 | 5.9% |
Bachelor's degree | 4,575 | 31.0% |
Graduate or professional degree | 5,599 | 37.9% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 97.6% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 68.8% |
Veteran Status in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 44,283 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,179 | 2.7% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 48,325 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,397 | 5.0% |
Under 18 years | 4,134 | 100% |
With a disability | 189 | 4.6% |
18 to 64 years | 41,090 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,099 | 2.7% |
65 years and over | 3,101 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,109 | 35.8% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 48,166 | 100% |
Same house | 22,484 | 46.7% |
Different house in the U.S. | 23,380 | 48.5% |
Same county | 10,650 | 22.1% |
Different county | 12,730 | 26.4% |
Same state | 10,786 | 22.4% |
Different state | 1,944 | 4.0% |
Abroad | 2,302 | 4.8% |
Place Of Birth in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 48,449 | 100% |
Native | 41,054 | 84.7% |
Born in United States | 40,590 | 83.8% |
State of residence | 29,989 | 61.9% |
Different state | 10,601 | 21.9% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 464 | 1.0% |
Foreign born | 7,395 | 15.3% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 7,395 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 1,676 | 22.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 5,719 | 77.3% |
Year of Entry in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 7,859 | 100% |
Native | 464 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 22 | 4.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 442 | 95.3% |
Foreign born | 7,395 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 1,978 | 26.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 5,417 | 73.3% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in East Lansing City
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 7,395 | 100% |
Europe | 939 | 12.7% |
Asia | 5,106 | 69.0% |
Africa | 753 | 10.2% |
Oceania | 32 | 0.4% |
Latin America | 362 | 4.9% |
Northern America | 203 | 2.7% |