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Soledad, CA vs Chico, CA

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- Chico is 0% more densely populated than Soledad.
- People are 11.2% less likely to be married in Chico.
- The Median Age is 5.0 years younger in Chico.
 Soledad, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock103,898329,725,481
 Female Population31.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population68.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock30.338.4
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 Population - 201026,026  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock59,954285,036,114
 Population - 19907,146  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock71.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now253.3%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,105.193.4
 Land Area4.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Soledad, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.4%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 149.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.1%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock12.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5416.8%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 643.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 841.7%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Soledad, CAChico, CAUnited States
 White10.3%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.0%12.2%
 Asian2.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races1.1%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock19.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Soledad, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Married Population41.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock35.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated3.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.0%50.2%
 Never Married45.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.1%10.8%
 Widowed2.3%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households3,660  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock22,20180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children52.8%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock37.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households373  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children8.9%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Soledad    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

First of all, Soledad is not a beach town. It is located about 45 min from the nearest popular beach. Second, it is windy everyday for a few hours. Third, texcept for  More

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Over 15 years ago

Soledad is a small town, and there really isn't much to do in the city itself, we don't even have a target. But Salinas, a mid size city is within 30 miles. One thing  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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