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- Mesa is 0% more densely populated than Lancaster.
- People are 14.5% more likely to be married in Mesa.
- The Median Age is 3.3 years older in Mesa.
 Lancaster, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Population  Unlock497,752329,725,481
 Female Population49.3%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.7%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock36.638.4
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 Population - 2010156,897  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock396,375285,036,114
 Population - 199097,291  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock33.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now60.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,606.793.4
 Land Area94.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.8264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Lancaster, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.6%6.1%
 Age 10 to 149.5%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.8%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.2%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.4%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.4%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.3%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Lancaster, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 White27.3%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock4.2%12.2%
 Asian3.9%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.1%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock27.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Lancaster, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Married Population43.8%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock48.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock49.8%50.2%
 Never Married43.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.0%10.8%
 Widowed4.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.602.60
 Households52,448  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock124,13580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children33.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock43.0%42.9%
 Non Family Households14,192  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock17.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children14.0%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 2 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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