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East Lansing, MI vs Ottumwa, IA

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- Ottumwa is 0% more densely populated than East Lansing.
- People are 118.4% more likely to be married in Ottumwa.
- The Median Age is 16.3 years older in Ottumwa.
 East Lansing, MIOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Population  Unlock25,379329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock37.738.4
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 Population - 201048,597  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock24,998285,036,114
 Population - 199050,677  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-2.5%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,600.593.4
 Land Area13.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.7264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 East Lansing, MIOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Age 0 to 42.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.8%6.1%
 Age 10 to 141.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.2%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2036.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.3%12.9%
 Age 45 to 545.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 642.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.8%1.9%
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 Race
 East Lansing, MIOttumwa, IAUnited States
 White74.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock4.5%12.2%
 Asian9.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock14.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 East Lansing, MIOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Married Population20.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock43.9%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock54.7%50.2%
 Never Married74.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.8%10.8%
 Widowed2.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households14,405  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock6,48280,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.5%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock41.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households9,358  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock25.9%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 Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 16 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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