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Chico, CA vs Sonora, CA

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- Sonora is 0% more densely populated than Chico.
- People are 4.8% less likely to be married in Sonora.
- The Median Age is 8.0 years older in Sonora.
 Chico, CASonora, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock4,940329,725,481
 Female Population51.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock38.338.4
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 Population - 201089,049  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock4,423285,036,114
 Population - 199040,079  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock9.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now156.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,561.893.4
 Land Area33.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Chico, CASonora, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock10.4%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 208.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.1%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock9.7%12.9%
 Age 45 to 549.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.5%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock14.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock4.5%1.9%
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 Race
 Chico, CASonora, CAUnited States
 White68.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.4%12.2%
 Asian4.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock1.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.4%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock11.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Chico, CASonora, CAUnited States
 Married Population37.0%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock31.8%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock64.7%50.2%
 Never Married48.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock23.6%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.232.60
 Households41,787  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock1,02980,755,759
     Married couple, w/children27.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock30.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households19,586  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock28.1%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 Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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