Lansing is a village in Cook County, Illinois, USA. Lansing is a southern suburb of Chicago. It is located 6.9 miles from Chicago city limits at 138th Street, and 25.6 miles from the Chicago Loop. The population was 28,332 at the 2000 census. It is bordered by Glenwood and Thornton to the west; Calumet City to the north; Lynwood to the south; and Munster,IN and Hammond, IN to the east.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km©÷), of which, 6.8 square miles (17.5 km©÷) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km©÷) of it (0.88%) is water. Lansing sits on the Calumet Shoreline, an ancient shoreline of Lake Michigan. This shoreline runs along Ridge Road.

Government

The current Mayor of Lansing is Norman Abbott. The Village Clerk is Pattie Eidamn. Lansing is a home rule community.

Lansing is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district.

History

Lansing was incorporated in 1893. The first family to settle in Lansing was that of August Hildebrandt. Henry, George, and John Lansing settled the area in 1846. It was mainly settled by Dutch and German immigrants; hence, there is a large Dutch and German population in Lansing.

Ellen L. Fogle, Executive Producer of "Married With Children" and writer for "Saturday Night Live" spent her formative years in Lansing and is a product of the public schools.

Harry Smith, co-anchor for CBS' The Early Show and the host of A&E's Biography series, is arguably the most prominent person to have come from this suburban village. New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson and New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas (American football) both graduated from TFS. Chicago Cubs pitcher Tom Gorzelanny spent part of his childhood living in Lansing.

Schools

     Public high schools

        Thornton Fractional South

     Private high schools

        Illiana Christian High School[1] is an accredited high school affiliated with Christian Schools International.

        Luther East High School

     Public primary and middle schools

        Memorial Junior High School

        Nathan Hale Elementary School

        Heritage Middle School

        Oak Glen Elementary School

        Reavis Elementary School

        Coolidge Elementary School

     Private primary and middle schools

        Saint Ann Elementary School

        Lansing Christian School

        Trinity Lutheran School

        Saint John Lutheran School

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 28,332 people, 11,416 households, and 7,774 families residing in the village. The population density was 4,188.7 people per square mile (1,618.2/km©÷). There were 11,748 housing units at an average density of 1,736.9/sq mi (671.0/km©÷). The racial makeup of the village was 85.7% White, 10.3% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.5% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.7% of the population.

There were 11,416 households out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $47,554, and the median income for a family was $56,901. Males had a median income of $45,186 versus $29,152 for females. The per capita income for the village was $22,547. About 3.5% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.