Chico, California | |
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Chico Plaza Downtown Chico | |
Nickname(s): "City of Trees", "City of Roses"[1] | |
![]() 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[2] |
Incorporated | January 8, 1872[3] |
Founded by | John Bidwell |
Area | |
• City | 34.31 sq mi (88.87 km2) |
• Land | 34.14 sq mi (88.42 km2) |
• Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2) 0.50% |
Elevation | 243 ft (74 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 101,475 |
• Rank | 75th in California 316th in the United States |
• Density | 2,972/sq mi (1,148/km2) |
• Metro | 211,632 |
Demonym | Chicoan |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes[6] | 95926–95929, 95973, 95976 |
Area code | 530 |
FIPS code | 06-13014 |
GNIS feature ID | 2409447[5] |
Website | www |
Chico is a city in the Central Valley of the American state of California. It is in the northern part of the state. Chico is in the Sacramento Valley close to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The city has a population of 101,475, as of 2020.[7] People first started living in Chico in 1843. The city was founded in 1860 and started to govern itself in 1872.