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Thornton, CO vs Mesa, AZ

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- Mesa is 0% more densely populated than Thornton.
- People are 6.5% less likely to be married in Mesa.
- The Median Age is 2.9 years older in Mesa.
 Thornton, COMesa, AZUnited States
 Population  Unlock497,752329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock36.638.4
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 Population - 2010119,544  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock396,375285,036,114
 Population - 199055,031  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock33.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now169.1%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,606.793.4
 Land Area35.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.8264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Thornton, COMesa, AZUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.6%6.1%
 Age 10 to 148.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.8%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.2%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3416.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.4%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Thornton, COMesa, AZUnited States
 White52.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock4.2%12.2%
 Asian5.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock27.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Thornton, COMesa, AZUnited States
 Married Population53.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock48.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock49.8%50.2%
 Never Married32.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.0%10.8%
 Widowed3.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.602.60
 Households47,599  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock124,13580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children40.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock43.0%42.9%
 Non Family Households13,584  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock17.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  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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