† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupLansingIllinoisUnited States
African American†47.9%12.1%9.9%
African1.4%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian1.2%0.3%0.2%
Jamaican0.5%—0.4%
German6.2%16.1%12.5%
Irish5.8%10.6%9.4%
Polish4.9%6.0%2.2%
Italian3.3%5.4%4.8%
English2.5%6.9%9.5%
American1.5%3.3%5.3%
Swedish0.8%1.5%—
Russian0.7%——
Mexican13.4%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.8%1.7%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.4%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.3%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.2%——
Asian Indian0.7%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.4%1.0%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%0.4%
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
Illinois
United States
Median age
41
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.8%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lansing
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$75,569
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.0%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.2%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lansing
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.0%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
11.6%
14.0%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.4%
0.2%
0.5%
Other languages
1.9%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lansing
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
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, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.5%
2008
+24.0%
2012
+29.3%
2016
+36.9%
2020
+47.2%
2024
+47.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
73.0%Harris8,559
25.7%Trump3,010
1.3%
D+47.3
D+0.1
D+48.8
11,722
D
72.9%Biden9,529
25.7%Trump3,355
1.4%
D+47.2
D+10.3
D+42.8
13,072
D
66.1%Clinton8,222
29.2%Trump3,631
4.7%
D+36.9
D+7.6
D+34.8
12,432
D
63.9%Obama7,575
34.6%Romney4,101
1.5%
D+29.3
D+5.3
D+25.4
11,857
D
61.3%Obama7,498
37.3%McCain4,562
1.4%
D+24.0
D+15.5
D+16.7
12,228
D
54.2%Kerry6,615
45.7%Bush5,577
0.1%
D+8.5
—
D+11.0
12,199
Lansing sits at Illinois's southeastern edge bordering Indiana, and its working-class, majority-homeowner demographic has produced competitive results in county and state races even as surrounding Cook County trends heavily in one direction.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.3 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 47.3 points.
A population of 28,284, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,569 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Reisterstown and Old Jamestown.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lansing, Illinois voted Democratic by 47.3 points (D+47.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,722 votes cast, 8,559 went Democratic and 3,010 went Republican.
How many people live in Lansing, Illinois?
Lansing, Illinois has a population of 28,284 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lansing, Illinois?
Median household income in Lansing, Illinois is $75,569 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Lansing, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lansing, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
