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Garden Grove, CA vs Alameda, CA

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- Alameda is 0% more densely populated than Garden Grove.
- People are 9.9% more likely to be married in Alameda.
- The Median Age is 1.5 years older in Alameda.
 Garden Grove, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock78,320329,725,481
 Female Population49.9%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.1%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock40.638.4
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 Population - 2010171,073  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock72,259285,036,114
 Population - 1990143,050  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock9.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now19.8%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock7,500.593.4
 Land Area18.0  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock12.7264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Garden Grove, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.4%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.2%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.3%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.8%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5414.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.3%6.7%
 Age 60 to 646.3%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock10.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.3%1.9%
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 Race
 Garden Grove, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 White18.1%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock6.0%12.2%
 Asian41.7%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races1.7%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock12.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Garden Grove, CAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Married Population48.2%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock51.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock47.1%50.2%
 Never Married38.0%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock9.1%10.8%
 Widowed5.4%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.532.60
 Households48,217  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock19,00280,755,759
     Married couple, w/children32.8%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock40.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households10,273  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock11.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children16.9%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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