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East Lansing, MI vs Troy, MI

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- Troy is 0% more densely populated than East Lansing.
- People are 187.5% more likely to be married in Troy.
- The Median Age is 20.7 years older in Troy.
 East Lansing, MITroy, MIUnited States
 Population  Unlock86,912329,725,481
 Female Population50.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock42.138.4
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 Population - 201048,597  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock80,959285,036,114
 Population - 199050,677  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock3.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock2,597.293.4
 Land Area13.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 East Lansing, MITroy, MIUnited States
 Age 0 to 42.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.3%6.1%
 Age 10 to 141.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 2036.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.7%5.2%
 Age 25 to 349.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.5%12.9%
 Age 45 to 545.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.8%6.7%
 Age 60 to 642.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock10.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.6%1.9%
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 Race
 East Lansing, MITroy, MIUnited States
 White74.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock3.6%12.2%
 Asian9.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.6%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock2.2%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 East Lansing, MITroy, MIUnited States
 Married Population20.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock59.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock40.4%50.2%
 Never Married74.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock6.9%10.8%
 Widowed2.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.642.60
 Households14,405  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock23,57980,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.5%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock46.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households9,358  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock6.4%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews
James · East Lansing, MI
A lively, youthful, down-to-Earth college town
Over 3 years ago

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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William · East Lansing, MI
East Lansing -- a very nice university town
Over 10 years ago

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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DF · Topeka, KS
East Lansing
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 Troy    9 Reviews
MARVIN · Center Line, MI
fake city
Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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marvin · Pleasant Ridge, MI
Beware
Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Bruce · Troy, MI
Great place to live!!
Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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