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East Lansing, MI vs Columbia, MO

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- Columbia is 0% more densely populated than East Lansing.
- People are 95.2% more likely to be married in Columbia.
- The Median Age is 7.8 years older in Columbia.
 East Lansing, MIColumbia, MOUnited States
 Population  Unlock124,342329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock29.238.4
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 Population - 201048,597  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock84,531285,036,114
 Population - 199050,677  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock47.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,896.493.4
 Land Area13.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.3264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 East Lansing, MIColumbia, MOUnited 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  Unlock3.0%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2036.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock12.3%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.1%12.9%
 Age 45 to 545.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 642.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.5%1.9%
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 Race
 East Lansing, MIColumbia, MOUnited States
 White74.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock11.4%12.2%
 Asian9.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.4%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock3.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 East Lansing, MIColumbia, MOUnited States
 Married Population20.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock39.2%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock59.6%50.2%
 Never Married74.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.7%10.8%
 Widowed2.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.332.60
 Households14,405  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock25,12680,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.5%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock41.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households9,358  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock16.1%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 17 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 Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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