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- Mesa is 0% more densely populated than Chico.
- People are 35.5% more likely to be married in Mesa.
- The Median Age is 6.3 years older in Mesa.
 Chico, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Population  Unlock497,752329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock36.638.4
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 Population - 201089,049  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock396,375285,036,114
 Population - 199040,079  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock33.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now156.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,606.793.4
 Land Area33.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.8264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Chico, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.6%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.8%3.9%
 Age 18 to 208.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.2%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.4%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Chico, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 White68.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock4.2%12.2%
 Asian4.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock1.7%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock27.5%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Chico, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Married Population37.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock48.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock49.8%50.2%
 Never Married48.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.0%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.602.60
 Households41,787  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock124,13580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock43.0%42.9%
 Non Family Households19,586  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock17.3%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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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 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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