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East Lansing, MI vs Fresno, CA

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- Fresno is 0% more densely populated than East Lansing.
- People are 106.9% more likely to be married in Fresno.
- The Median Age is 10.3 years older in Fresno.
 East Lansing, MIFresno, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock538,678329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock31.738.4
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 Population - 201048,597  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock427,652285,036,114
 Population - 199050,677  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock24.0%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock4,711.793.4
 Land Area13.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 East Lansing, MIFresno, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 42.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.8%6.1%
 Age 10 to 141.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2036.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock6.0%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock13.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 545.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.2%6.7%
 Age 60 to 642.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.5%1.9%
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 Race
 East Lansing, MIFresno, CAUnited States
 White74.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock6.5%12.2%
 Asian9.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock50.0%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 East Lansing, MIFresno, CAUnited States
 Married Population20.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock40.0%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock57.1%50.2%
 Never Married74.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.1%10.8%
 Widowed2.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock3.032.60
 Households14,405  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock117,83980,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.5%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock29.4%42.9%
 Non Family Households9,358  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock25.8%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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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