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East Lansing, MI vs Chico, CA

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- Chico is 0% more densely populated than East Lansing.
- People are 78.8% more likely to be married in Chico.
- The Median Age is 8.9 years older in Chico.
 East Lansing, MIChico, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock103,898329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock30.338.4
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 Population - 201048,597  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock59,954285,036,114
 Population - 199050,677  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock71.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,105.193.4
 Land Area13.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 East Lansing, MIChico, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 42.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 141.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.1%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2036.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock12.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 545.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 642.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 East Lansing, MIChico, CAUnited States
 White74.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.0%12.2%
 Asian9.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock19.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 East Lansing, MIChico, CAUnited States
 Married Population20.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock35.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.0%50.2%
 Never Married74.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.1%10.8%
 Widowed2.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households14,405  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock22,20180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.5%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock37.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households9,358  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 18 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 4 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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