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Long Beach, CA vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale is 0% more densely populated than Long Beach.
- People are 47.3% less likely to be married in Carbondale.
- The Median Age is 11.1 years younger in Carbondale.
 Long Beach, CACarbondale, ILUnited States
 Population  Unlock22,388329,725,481
 Female Population50.8%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.3%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock24.838.4
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 Population - 2010462,311  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock20,681285,036,114
 Population - 1990429,433  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock21.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now5.9%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,295.993.4
 Land Area50.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Long Beach, CACarbondale, ILUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.8%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock3.4%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.4%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.0%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock22.8%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3417.4%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock8.3%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5413.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.2%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.9%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.2%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.9%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.9%1.9%
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 Race
 Long Beach, CACarbondale, ILUnited States
 White27.8%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock27.4%12.2%
 Asian12.6%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.5%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.5%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock5.0%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Long Beach, CACarbondale, ILUnited States
 Married Population41.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock19.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock78.4%50.2%
 Never Married45.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock6.9%10.8%
 Widowed4.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock1.862.60
 Households169,958  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock3,13980,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.8%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock34.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households68,984  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock27.4%15.8%
     Single householder, no children16.1%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 6 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 8 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 18 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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