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Boise City, ID vs Mesquite, NV

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- Mesquite is 0% more densely populated than Boise City.
- People are 27.4% more likely to be married in Mesquite.
- The Median Age is 22.0 years older in Mesquite.
 Boise City, IDMesquite, NVUnited States
 Population  Unlock20,019329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock59.738.4
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 Population - 2010209,586  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock9,389285,036,114
 Population - 1990125,738  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock117.7%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now82.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock633.993.4
 Land Area83.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Boise City, IDMesquite, NVUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.2%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock2.2%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.5%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock8.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.0%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock24.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.1%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.1%1.9%
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 Race
 Boise City, IDMesquite, NVUnited States
 White82.1%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.0%12.2%
 Asian3.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock28.2%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Boise City, IDMesquite, NVUnited States
 Married Population47.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock59.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock38.9%50.2%
 Never Married34.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock11.0%10.8%
 Widowed4.4%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.342.60
 Households96,395  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock5,92180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.8%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock68.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households40,870  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock8.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children8.9%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Mesquite    13 Reviews

Here's my take on Mesquite. I have a home in Orange County, CA and since 2005, a 2nd (vacation) home in St. George. We have spent much time in Mesquite. My daughter  More

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The rudest, most vile people I have ever met. We were considering retiring here but no way!! Bad drivers, no affordable housing, poor medical care (we would have to  More

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My husband and I visited Mesquite around Christmas as it had been suggested to us as a place to retire, but the impression we had was that retirees are a very large part  More

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