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Chico, CA Metro Area

208,334 Population
1,636.5 square miles 127.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,028 ±$2,013 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,221 ±$3,857 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.5% ±2.4% (39,470  ±4,797) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.4 minutes ±1.7 (1,730,895  ±159,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

85,034 ±1,914 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (201,786  ±178) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±1.6% (1,935  ±833) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

95,770 ±90 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$420,400 ±$15,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.7% ±2.3% (32,379  ±4,727) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±4.1% (122,242  ±5,620.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.2% ±2.3% (42,450  ±3,150.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.6% (20,074  ±4,205) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±0.9% (9,601  ±1,510) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,601 Total veterans ±1,510 8,811 Male ±1,359 790 Female ±540

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