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- Placerville is 0% more densely populated than Chico.
- People are 29.9% more likely to be married in Placerville.
- The Median Age is 13.0 years older in Placerville.
 Chico, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock10,777329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock43.338.4
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 Population - 201089,049  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock9,610285,036,114
 Population - 199040,079  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock15.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now156.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,845.493.4
 Land Area33.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Chico, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.7%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  Unlock3.7%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.4%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.8%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock11.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.8%1.9%
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 Race
 Chico, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 White68.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.9%12.2%
 Asian4.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.7%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock19.3%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Chico, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Married Population37.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock45.7%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock51.9%50.2%
 Never Married48.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock16.8%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.252.60
 Households41,787  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock2,77880,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock38.5%42.9%
 Non Family Households19,586  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock20.5%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 Placerville    6 Reviews

We've lived in PV for over 20 years, having moved from the LA area. We chose to move here while working with the intent on retiring here and commuted to Sacramento to  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have built our retirement home here completed in 2013. Still a few years away from moving in (kid's college & weddings) but we are really looking forward to it. We  More

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Over 17 years ago

Placerville is a Republican Island in a Blue State- all of the politics are dominated by San Francisco and L.A. limosine liberals, and how they vote controls state  More

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