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Chico, CA vs Leland, NC

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- Leland is 0% more densely populated than Chico.
- People are 65.1% more likely to be married in Leland.
- The Median Age is 16.0 years older in Leland.
 Chico, CALeland, NCUnited States
 Population  Unlock22,794329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock46.338.4
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 Population - 201089,049  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock1,938285,036,114
 Population - 199040,079  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock1,223.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now156.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,159.693.4
 Land Area33.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Chico, CALeland, NCUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock3.8%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 208.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock2.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.7%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock20.0%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Chico, CALeland, NCUnited States
 White68.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock10.0%12.2%
 Asian4.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock4.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Chico, CALeland, NCUnited States
 Married Population37.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock60.7%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock38.8%50.2%
 Never Married48.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.9%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.382.60
 Households41,787  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock6,72580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock60.4%42.9%
 Non Family Households19,586  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock8.3%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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Uuwuu · 
Over 3 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 Leland    4 Reviews

J · Apex, NC
Over 3 years ago

Possibly a 5 Star Place to live. No concerns about crime in Leland. The only reason I would not give 5 stars would be: town is still developing--so not everything is  More

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Over 11 years ago

Having grown older, I find myself increasingly intolerant of cold weather, but the type of winter weather here mimics that of my home state, Texas, and I hated it  More

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Over 17 years ago

We've been in Leland for almost 2 months now. We really like it here. We transplanted from Brevard County Florida, and we used to commute for everything at least 30  More

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