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Pittsfield, MA vs Chico, CA

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- Chico is 0% more densely populated than Pittsfield.
- People are 15.6% less likely to be married in Chico.
- The Median Age is 14.3 years younger in Chico.
 Pittsfield, MAChico, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock103,898329,725,481
 Female Population51.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock30.338.4
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 Population - 201044,716  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock59,954285,036,114
 Population - 199048,622  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock71.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-14.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,105.193.4
 Land Area40.5  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Pittsfield, MAChico, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.6%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.1%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock12.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3413.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.8%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 648.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 845.9%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Pittsfield, MAChico, CAUnited States
 White80.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.0%12.2%
 Asian1.3%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock19.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Pittsfield, MAChico, CAUnited States
 Married Population43.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock35.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.0%50.2%
 Never Married37.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.1%10.8%
 Widowed6.1%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households19,290  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock22,20180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children20.4%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock37.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households8,477  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children10.5%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  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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