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- Fountain Hills is 0% more densely populated than Chico.
- People are 82.2% more likely to be married in Fountain Hills.
- The Median Age is 29.4 years older in Fountain Hills.
 Chico, CAFountain Hills, AZUnited States
 Population  Unlock23,639329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock59.738.4
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 Population - 201089,049  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock20,235285,036,114
 Population - 199040,079  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock28.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now156.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,165.693.4
 Land Area33.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Chico, CAFountain Hills, AZUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock3.3%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock1.8%3.9%
 Age 18 to 208.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock1.6%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock9.3%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock10.2%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock21.8%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock4.3%1.9%
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 Race
 Chico, CAFountain Hills, AZUnited States
 White68.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.1%12.2%
 Asian4.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock3.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Chico, CAFountain Hills, AZUnited States
 Married Population37.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock66.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock32.5%50.2%
 Never Married48.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.4%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.152.60
 Households41,787  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock7,56180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock74.7%42.9%
 Non Family Households19,586  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock4.9%15.8%
     Single householder, no children12.8%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 4 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Fountain Hills    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We live in Boise but are seriously considering a move to Fountain Hills. We have visited FH and it's beautiful...but we are not sure we can do the Summers! In Boise  More

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Over 9 years ago

We have lived in many cities in the US we moved here 10 yrs ago raised 2 boys and I would not give it up for any other place. move here raise a family and retire  More

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Over 13 years ago

Beautiful homes with mountaineous  More

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