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Lancaster is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the third-fastest growing.Lancaster is located in the Palmdale / Lancaster Urbanized Area, bordering the northernedge of Palmdale. Lancaster is the second largest desert city in California after Palmdale.Lancaster, California is the largest city named Lancaster in the world, and it possiblynamed after Lancaster, Pennsylvania via Lancaster, England [1]. For a list of others, seeLancaster.Founded in 1876 along the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad (now merged into theUnion Pacific Railroad), Lancaster was originally a commercial and social centerprimarily for Antelope Valley farmers. During World War II, the city was home to thePolaris Flight Academy at War Eagle Field, the only civilian school offering basic flighttraining for army cadets. After the war, Lancaster's population saw a noticeable increasedue to its proximity to Edwards Air Force Base (formerly known as Muroc Army AirField) and U.S. Air Force Plant 42. In the 1990s and 2000s, Lancaster has seen anotherhousing boom as developers seek to build new housing in formerly undeveloped landacross the southwest U.S.The Single-A Baseball Lancaster JetHawks of the California League call the city home.Like Palmdale, Lancaster is a contract city, in which the Los Angeles County Sheriff'sDepartment provides law enforcement services. It is served by Lancaster station.GeographyLancaster is located at 34°41′13″N, 118°9′15″W (34.686980, -118.154062) GR1 .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 243.9 km²(94.2 mi²). 243.5 km² (94.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0.19%) is water.DemographicsAs of the census GR2 of 2000, there were 118,718 people, 38,224 households, and 27,674families residing in the city. The population density was 487.6/km² (1,263.0/mi²). Therewere 41,745 housing units at an average density of 171.5/km² (444.1/mi²). The racialmakeup of the city was 62.82% White, 16.01% African American, 1.02% NativeAmerican, 3.81% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 11.11% from other races, and 5.00%from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.13% of the population.There were 38,224 households out of which 42.8% had children under the age of 18living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a femalehouseholder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 22.1% of allhouseholds were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family sizewas 3.41.