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San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA vs Chico, CA

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- Chico is 0% more densely populated than San Buenaventura (Ventura).
- People are 23.8% less likely to be married in Chico.
- The Median Age is 10.4 years younger in Chico.
 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CAChico, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock103,898329,725,481
 Female Population50.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population49.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock30.338.4
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 Population - 2010107,053  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock59,954285,036,114
 Population - 199092,575  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock71.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now15.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,105.193.4
 Land Area21.9  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CAChico, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.0%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.4%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.1%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock12.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.3%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.5%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.7%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CAChico, CAUnited States
 White53.8%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.0%12.2%
 Asian4.2%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.8%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock19.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CAChico, CAUnited States
 Married Population48.6%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock35.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.0%50.2%
 Never Married34.7%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.1%10.8%
 Widowed5.3%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households42,091  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock22,20180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children28.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock37.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households15,106  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children12.6%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for San Buenaventura (Ventura)    28 Reviews

I have lived in Ventura for over 20 years, worked for over 30. While this was a nice town it has essentially turned into a worse place than LA, with a huge amount of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here my entire life of 43 years. Ventura used to be very nice in the 80s and 90s, now it is an extension of Los Angeles in the worst way. Super overpriced  More

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I have lived in Ventura County since 2006 and that includes Port Hueneme, Oxnard, Camarillo, and Ventura. This city has a lot of friendly, down to earth people that seem  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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