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The Tri-County Region, which includes Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties, has had a strong economic recovery since the pandemic. In fact, as of April 2023, unemployment reached pre-pandemic levels of 3%. Amid the pandemic, the monthly unemployment rate in the Tri-County Region peaked at 18.3%, nearly 4 points higher than the national rate. However, over the last five years, the Tri-County Region has seen unemployment rates track with the US. Unemployment in 2026 has been below 5%.
GRP increased by $1.35 billion (4.1%) in 2024, slower than the year before. Overall GRP exceeded $34 billion in 2024. The MSA has seen GRP growth in every year since 2012. Positive GRP growth of 7.0% and 4.1% in each of the last two years signals an overall healthy economy.
The Lansing Region Labor Shed’s population is 1,210,000 as of 2025. Ingham County is the region’s population hub (where Lansing is primarily located) with 290,000 people and 24% of the labor shed total. Livingston and Jackson counties are outside the Lansing metro but have 30% of the labor shed’s population. Eaton and Clinton counties, both part of the metro (along with Ingram), comprise 16% of the labor shed.
