1. Start with Lansing geography, not assumptions about demand
Lansing is recorded as a municipality in Michigan, with recorded county relationships to Clinton County, Eaton County and Ingham County. That distinction matters when reviewing attribution. A person may discover your firm on a Lansing page, a county-focused page, a practice-area page or a referral link, while the matter itself may be handled for someone outside the city. Population does not establish which geography produces inquiries or which service pages produce signed cases. Attribution can make those questions testable by preserving the landing page and source associated with each contact. Ask whether your reporting can distinguish the page and channel that generated an inquiry from the location you later associate with the matter.
Recommended approach
Define the geographic fields your firm actually needs before reviewing reports. Keep Lansing, the three recorded county relationships and any broader service area separate. Do not use the Lansing population estimate as a forecast. Use your own inquiries and case records to decide whether geographic attribution changes budget or coverage decisions.
