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Chico, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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- Pacific Grove is 0% more densely populated than Chico.
- People are 46.5% more likely to be married in Pacific Grove.
- The Median Age is 17.7 years older in Pacific Grove.
 Chico, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock15,169329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4838.4
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 Population - 201089,049  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock15,522285,036,114
 Population - 199040,079  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-1.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now156.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock5,305.793.4
 Land Area33.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Chico, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.4%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  Unlock10.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock16.3%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.1%1.9%
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 Race
 Chico, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 White68.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.7%12.2%
 Asian4.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock11.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Chico, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Married Population37.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock45.7%50.2%
 Never Married48.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.4%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.212.60
 Households41,787  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock3,88580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock53.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households19,586  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock9.5%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 Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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