2022 population: 497,598 ( 4,996 from 2010 , 7,043 from 2020)
Land area: 12854.3 square miles
Population density: 38.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	349,614	70.26%	9.0%
Black:	6,425	1.29%	24.6%
Indian:	9,595	1.93%	2.1%
Asian:	20,060	4.03%	30.7%
2+ races:	18,697	3.76%	17.3%
Hispanic:	93,207	18.73%	30.5%

Total non-White:	147,984	29.74%	25.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	11,279	11.2
Deaths:	14,510	14.4
Net Migration:	-4,216	-4.2
Net Immigration:	572	0.6

Change in White population:	-34,684	-6.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	29,688	5.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
502,594
384,298	76.46%
5,157	1.03%
9,797	1.95%
15,345	3.05%
15,943	3.17%
71,398	14.21%
118,296	23.54%

2000
461,941
375,452	81.28%
4,328	0.94%
9,350	2.02%
11,546	2.50%
12,843	2.78%
47,565	10.30%
86,489	18.72%

1990
416,642
365,651	87.76%
3,682	0.88%
8,828	2.12%
9,196	2.21%
n/a
29,285	7.03%
50,991	12.24%

1980
331,662
304,052	91.68%
2,359	0.71%
6,154	1.86%
2,936	0.89%
n/a
15,772	4.76%
27,610	8.32%

1970
234,262
215,236	91.88%
2,275	0.97%
2,840	1.21%
833	0.36%
n/a
11,897	5.08%
19,026	8.12%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
54,005	11.7
46,905	10.2
32,399	7.0
6,256	1.4

8,846	1.9
31,807	6.9

Number	Rate
1990's
58,184	14.0
45,947	11.0
20,166	4.8
5,936	1.4

9,801	2.4
35,498	8.5

Number	Rate
1980's
55,657	16.8
36,583	11.0
65,875	19.9
n/a

61,599	18.6
23,381	7.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
83,599	35.7
n/a

88,816	37.9
8,584	3.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.4
107,965	21.7%
389,633	78.3%
99,430	20.0%

194,274
2.54

120,944	62.3%
86,949	71.9%
11,476	9.5%
73,330	37.7%

2010
Number	Percent
39.3
112,365	22.4%
390,229	77.6%
80,361	16.0%

197,614
2.50

126,886	64.2%
92,315	72.8%
12,967	10.2%
70,728	35.8%

2000
Number	Percent
37.2
117,700	25.5%
344,241	74.5%
71,232	15.4%

179,040
2.52

119,217	66.6%
91,855	77.0%
12,628	10.6%
59,823	33.4%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
107,355	25.8%
309,287	74.2%
65,962	15.8%

160,485
2.54

111,629	69.6%
90,765	81.3%
10,512	9.4%
48,856	30.4%

1980
Number	Percent
31.7
87,433	26.4%
244,229	73.6%
44,829	13.5%

127,169
2.56

91,501	72.0%
78,724	86.0%
6,911	7.6%
35,668	28.0%

2022 Housing Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	11,043	5.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,055	4.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,568	3.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,937	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,077	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,692	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,370	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,417	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,541	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	14,050	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	17,633	9.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	25,138	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,313	9.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	12,184	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	14,669	7.6%
$200,000 or more	15,587	8.0%

Median Household Income	65,386
Per Capita Income	35,564

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	98

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,580	7.5%
Public Assistance	7,577	3.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	26,876	13.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	162,295	64.2%
Unemployed	11,470	4.5%
In Armed Forces	246	0.1%

Total Labor Force	174,011	68.9%
Not in Labor Force	78,700	31.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	73,370	57,119	56.2%
Non-Profit	6,540	11,270	36.7%
Self-Employed	15,732	10,333	60.4%

Local Government	8,505	14,223	37.4%
State Government	6,125	6,904	47.0%
Federal Government	2,393	1,894	55.8%

Total Private + Self	89,102	67,452	56.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	23,563	34,291	40.7%
Total	112,665	101,743	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	18.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	29,514	13.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	45,622	21.2%
Professional, Technical	47,159	21.9%
Service Occupations	44,935	20.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,675	2.2%
All others	47,755	22.2%

White Collar		56.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	33,037	635.3%
Retail trade	25,934	498.7%
Educational services	20,013	384.9%
Accommodation and food services	17,690	340.2%
Construction	16,171	311.0%
Manufacturing	13,874	266.8%
Public administration	13,342	256.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	11,710	225.2%
Other services	10,919	210.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,007	192.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,716	167.6%
Transportation and warehousing	8,482	163.1%
Finance and insurance	6,194	119.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,220	100.4%
Wholesale trade	3,843	73.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,733	71.8%
Information	3,088	59.4%
Utilities	2,509	48.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	335	6.4%
Management	168	3.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	75,075	14.85%
Puerto Rican	1,896	0.38%
Cuban	559	0.11%
Dominican	542	0.11%

Total Central American	2,751	0.54%
Costa Rican	215	0.04%
Guatemalan	357	0.07%
Honduran	189	0.04%
Nicaraguan	514	0.10%
Panamanian	293	0.06%
Salvadoran	1,183	0.23%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,301	0.26%
Argentinean	97	0.02%
Bolivian	53	0.01%
Chilean	120	0.02%
Colombian	378	0.07%
Ecuadorian	122	0.02%
Paraguayan	23	0.00%
Peruvian	482	0.10%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	26	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	7,426	1.47%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	6,247	1.24%
Chinese	2,329	0.46%
Filipino	2,290	0.45%
Indian	1,506	0.30%
Laotian	1,495	0.30%
Mien	1,130	0.22%
Vietnamese	1,056	0.21%
Korean	972	0.19%
Japanese	517	0.10%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	409,167	85.7%
Spanish	48,428	10.1%
Other Asian	6,683	1.4%
Other Indo-European	3,840	0.8%
Chinese	1,771	0.4%
Tagalog	1,420	0.3%
German, other Germanic	1,379	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,022	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	938	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	66,943	13.2%
English	56,781	11.2%
Irish	53,056	10.5%
American	36,513	7.2%
Italian	24,518	4.9%
European	17,125	3.4%
French	12,894	2.6%
Scottish	11,646	2.3%
Norwegian	9,832	1.9%
Swedish	8,158	1.6%
Portuguese	7,561	1.5%
Dutch	6,944	1.4%
Polish	5,890	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	4,632	0.9%
Danish	3,747	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	486,755	96.3%
Not a citizen	18,732	3.7%

Native	468,013	92.6%
Foreign-born	37,474	7.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
12,539	3.6%	21,881	6.4%	89,193	25.9%	134,760	39.2%	57,409	16.7%	28,101	8.2%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	12,539	3.6%
9-12 Years	21,881	6.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	89,193	25.9%
Some College	134,760	39.2%
Bach. Degree	57,409	16.7%
Grad Degree	28,101	8.2%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	182,938	166,456	16,482	9.0%
1991	185,387	165,010	20,377	11.0%
1992	194,560	169,187	25,373	13.0%
1993	195,518	170,445	25,073	12.8%
1994	196,198	173,308	22,890	11.7%
1995	194,249	172,765	21,484	11.1%
1996	193,575	173,728	19,847	10.3%
1997	196,661	178,216	18,445	9.4%
1998	196,830	178,996	17,834	9.1%
1999	197,492	183,079	14,413	7.3%

2000	207,826	194,675	13,151	6.3%
2001	213,522	199,190	14,332	6.7%
2002	220,458	203,871	16,587	7.5%
2003	222,837	205,315	17,522	7.9%
2004	221,804	204,828	16,976	7.7%
2005	221,997	206,238	15,759	7.1%
2006	224,275	209,582	14,693	6.6%
2007	225,878	209,729	16,149	7.1%
2008	227,699	206,400	21,299	9.4%
2009	232,051	199,731	32,320	13.9%

2010	225,833	190,606	35,227	15.6%
2011	221,610	188,264	33,346	15.0%
2012	220,379	190,793	29,586	13.4%
2013	219,588	194,877	24,711	11.3%
2014	218,783	198,362	20,421	9.3%
2015	218,312	201,686	16,626	7.6%
2016	218,868	203,713	15,155	6.9%
2017	219,179	206,011	13,168	6.0%
2018	218,649	207,164	11,485	5.3%
2019	213,928	202,807	11,121	5.2%

2020	208,093	189,506	18,587	8.9%
2021	208,011	193,588	14,423	6.9%
2022	208,280	198,685	9,595	4.6%
2023	209,222	198,021	11,201	5.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	219,250
Median Value	$339,930

Occupied	194,274	88.6%
Vacant	24,976	11.4%

Owned	120,990	62.3%
Rented	73,284	37.7%
Median Rent	$1,214

Single-Family Units	150,989	68.9%
Detached	145,131	66.2%
Attached	5,858	2.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	23,352	10.7%
Mobile Homes	26,471	12.1%

Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Chico-Redding, CA Market Area