Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, and is located mostly in Ingham County. A small portion of the city extends into Eaton County, and a small portion containing Capital City Airport extends into adjacent Clinton County. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 119,128.

The Lansing metropolitan area is remarkable in that despite being a relatively small city it is an important center for manufacturing, educational, cultural, and governmental institutions, including three medical schools, two law schools, a Big Ten Conference university (Michigan State), the state capitol, the Supreme Court, an appellate court, a federal court, the Michigan State Library and Historical Center, and headquarters of four national insurance companies.