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 Lift Truck Chain Lansing - Lansing City, Michigan, has a population of around 114,000, making it the fifth largest city in the state, for which is serves as the capital. Lansing is located within Eaton and Ingham Counties. The entire Lansing Metropolitan Area is referred to locally as "Mid-Michigan", a center for government, education, business and culture. The population of its Metropolitan Statistical Area is around 464,000.
The region's educational institutions consist of nursing and medical schools, a veterinary school, two law schools (including the Thomas M. Cooley Law School) and Michigan State University. Government institutions include the state capital, a federal court, the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The region is home to the head offices of four national insurance companies and high-tech manufacturing.
Lansing vied with the city of Detroit to become the state capital in 1847. The city of Lansing, that was a small community at the time, was chosen partially due to its central location. By the year 1859, Lansing became incorporated as a city with a population of only a few thousand. As Lansing grew, a state capitol building was built and a railroad was constructed through the city. When Olds Motor Vehicle Company was established in the city of Lansing in 1897, the city's growth increased since it became a major industrial center. Automotive manufacturing and other industries flourished. The city of Lansing has become more diversified in recent decades, with the expansion of government, manufacturing, healthcare, banking, insurance and education. The services sector is based mainly on healthcare.
There is a GM assembly plant operating plant within the city of Lansing, along with many other manufacturing facilities. Numerous people are employed by government, information technology and biotechnology businesses, and by national insurance companies: Auto-Owners Insurance, Jackson National Life, Michigan Millers Insurance Company and the Accident Fund.
The city of Lansing has a job-creation initiative called Prima Civitas. Launched during the year 2006 by Michigan State University in partnership with East Lansing and the city of Lansing, it is intended to boost the area's technology industries.
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