Lansing, New York

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The 2000 Census showed that Lansing had a population of 3,417 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Lansing had 1,705 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Lansing has an area^<3> of 4.61 square miles [11.95 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Lansing had a 2000 population density of 740 people per square mile [286 people/km²].

Tompkins County

The village of Lansing is located in Tompkins County.

The county had a population of 96,656 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 3,417 people, Lansing contained 3.54% of the Tompkins County total.

In addition, where the community of Lansing has a population density of 740 people per square mile [286 people/km²], Tompkins County averages 203 people per square mile [78.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Tompkins County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Lansing and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Lansing. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Lansing.

A Census Quickfact is available for Tompkins County (QF-36109).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Tompkins County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cayuga	QF-36011	N	79,823	2.57% decrease
	Chemung	QF-36015	SW	87,813	3.58% decrease
	Cortland	QF-36023	NE	48,302	0.56% decrease
	Schuyler	QF-36097	W	18,888	2.04% decrease
	Seneca	QF-36099	NW	34,086	2.23% increase
	Tioga	QF-36107	S	50,171	3.01% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Lansing:

Lansing is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Lansing.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lansing. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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