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East Lansing, MI vs Portland, ME

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- Portland is 0% more densely populated than East Lansing.
- People are 91.1% more likely to be married in Portland.
- The Median Age is 15.5 years older in Portland.
 East Lansing, MIPortland, MEUnited States
 Population  Unlock68,063329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock36.938.4
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 Population - 201048,597  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock64,249285,036,114
 Population - 199050,677  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock4.0%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,155.693.4
 Land Area13.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock47.9264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 East Lansing, MIPortland, MEUnited States
 Age 0 to 42.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.4%6.1%
 Age 10 to 141.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.1%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2036.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock6.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.5%12.9%
 Age 45 to 545.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 642.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.2%1.9%
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 Race
 East Lansing, MIPortland, MEUnited States
 White74.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock8.9%12.2%
 Asian9.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock2.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 East Lansing, MIPortland, MEUnited States
 Married Population20.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock38.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock60.4%50.2%
 Never Married74.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock11.4%10.8%
 Widowed2.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.122.60
 Households14,405  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock13,49080,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.5%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock49.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households9,358  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock13.7%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 Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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