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Washington, DC vs Chico, CA

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- Chico is 0% more densely populated than Washington.
- People are 13.6% more likely to be married in Chico.
- The Median Age is 4.0 years younger in Chico.
 Washington, DCChico, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock103,898329,725,481
 Female Population52.4%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.7%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock30.338.4
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 Population - 2010605,282  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock59,954285,036,114
 Population - 1990606,900  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock71.6%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now17.5%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,105.193.4
 Land Area61.1  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.2264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Washington, DCChico, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.3%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 144.6%  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 3422.8%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5410.8%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock4.6%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.9%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.5%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Washington, DCChico, CAUnited States
 White36.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.0%12.2%
 Asian4.0%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.5%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock19.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Washington, DCChico, CAUnited States
 Married Population32.6%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock35.3%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.0%50.2%
 Never Married55.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.1%10.8%
 Widowed3.5%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.402.60
 Households310,104  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock22,20180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children24.1%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock37.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households178,908  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children16.2%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  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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