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Ingham County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- October 29, 1829 (created), 1838 (organized)
- Named after
- Samuel D. Ingham
- Seat
- Mason
- Largest city
- Lansing
- Total
- 561 sq mi (1,450 km )
- Land
- 556 sq mi (1,440 km )
- Water
- 4.6 sq mi (12 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 289,709
- Density
- 512/sq mi (198/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- ingham .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 284900
- Area
- 1453
- Official website
- www.ingham.org
- Image
- Ingham county courthouse night.jpg
- Households
- 113678
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- Commons category
- Ingham County, Michigan
- inception
- 1838-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Ingham County
- per capita income
- 30721
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Ingham County (/ˈɪŋəm/ ING-um) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 284,900. The county seat is Mason. Lansing, the state capital of Michigan, is largely located within the county. Lansing is the only state capital in the United States located in a county of which it is not also the seat of government. The county is home to Michigan State University, Lansing Community College, and the Class A minor league baseball team Lansing Lugnuts. Ingham County is included in the Lansing–East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is considered to be a part of Mid Michigan.
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