Chico, California
Chico, California | |
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Chico Plaza Downtown Chico | |
| Nickname(s): "City of Trees", "City of Roses" | |
Location of Chico in Butte County, California | |
| Coordinates: 39°44′24″N 121°50′8″W / 39.74000°N 121.83556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Butte |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Incorporated | January 8, 1872 |
| Founded by | John Bidwell |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager government |
| • Mayor | Kacey Reynolds |
| • City Manager | Mark Sorensen |
| • State Legislators | Sen. Megan Dahle (R) Asm. James Gallagher (R) |
| Area | |
| 34.62 sq mi (89.67 km2) | |
| • Land | 34.45 sq mi (89.23 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2) 0.52% |
| Elevation | 243 ft (74 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 101,000 | |
| • Rank | 72nd in California 330th in the United States |
| • Density | 2,945.57/sq mi (1,137.24/km2) |
| • Metro | 211,632 |
| Demonym | Chicoan |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 95926–95929, 95973, 95976 |
| Area code | 530, 837 |
| FIPS code | 06-13014 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2409447 |
| Website | www |
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Chico (/ˈtʃiːkoʊ/ CHEE-koh; Spanish for "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.