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Lancaster, CA vs Chico, CA

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- Chico is 0% more densely populated than Lancaster.
- People are 15.5% less likely to be married in Chico.
- The Median Age is 3.0 years younger in Chico.
 Lancaster, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock103,898329,725,481
 Female Population49.3%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.7%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock30.338.4
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 Population - 2010156,897  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock59,954285,036,114
 Population - 199097,291  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock71.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now60.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,105.193.4
 Land Area94.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Lancaster, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 149.5%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.1%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock12.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.4%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.3%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Lancaster, CAChico, CAUnited States
 White27.3%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.0%12.2%
 Asian3.9%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.1%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock19.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Lancaster, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Married Population43.8%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock35.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.0%50.2%
 Never Married43.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.1%10.8%
 Widowed4.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households52,448  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock22,20180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children33.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock37.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households14,192  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children14.0%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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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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