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Chico
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city in Butte County, California, United States
Chico is a city located in Butte County in northern California. It is home to California State University, Chico, a major public university that shapes the city's character and economy.
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Official website
City of Chico - Home
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chico
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Butte County
- Population
- 101475
- Area
- 85.716092
- Elevation
- 60
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Los Molinos
- Founded by
- John Bidwell
- Official website
- chico.ca.us
- Image
- ChicoSquare.jpg
- Households
- 37628
- Dialing code
- 530
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- postal code
- 95976
- Commons category
- Chico, California
- topic's main category
- Category:Chico, California
- twinned administrative body
- Pascagoula
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Chico, California
- inception
- 1860-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chico, California
- owner of
- Chico station
- different from
- Chino
- water as percent of area
- 0.5198
- P8168
- Nancy Kerrigan
- water area
- 0.445536
- per capita income
- 31337
- P12749
- Motta di Livenza
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Encyclopedic overview
Chico (/ˈtʃiːkoʊ/ CHEE-koh; Spanish for "boy" or "small/little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, an increase from 86,187 in the 2010 census. Chico is the cultural and economic center of the northern Sacramento Valley, as well as the most populous city in California north of the capital city of Sacramento. The city is known as a college town, as the home of California State University, Chico, and for Bidwell Park, one of the largest urban parks in the world.
History
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