† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupChico, CACaliforniaUnited States
German13.8%6.8%12.5%
English12.3%6.3%9.5%
Irish11.4%5.9%9.4%
Italian5.4%3.4%4.8%
American5.0%2.8%5.3%
Scottish2.7%0.9%1.3%
French2.6%1.3%1.6%
Norwegian1.8%——
Mexican17.0%32.3%11.3%
Spanish0.6%0.3%—
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.2%2.0%0.7%
Hmong2.4%0.3%—
Filipino0.6%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%1.7%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%2.3%1.4%
Korean0.2%1.2%0.4%
African American†1.4%4.4%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Chico, CA
California
United States
Median age
36.2
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
14.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chico, CA
California
United States
Median household income
$67,928
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.9%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chico, CA
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
10.8%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.5%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chico, CA
California
United States
Catholic
10.6%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.2%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
71.1%
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Chico, CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−0.8%
1896
+1.0%
1900
−7.0%
1904
−25.8%
1908
−16.2%
1912
+45.7%
1916
+9.6%
1920
−38.2%
1924
−29.7%
1928
−22.6%
1932
+35.9%
1936
+33.8%
1940
+17.7%
1944
+5.7%
1948
−3.7%
1952
−27.1%
1956
−17.3%
1960
−15.7%
1964
+3.1%
1968
−23.8%
1972
−20.8%
1976
−7.7%
1980
−28.3%
1984
−27.7%
1988
−13.6%
1992
+1.0%
1996
−10.4%
2000
−17.0%
2004
−9.6%
2008
+2.3%
2012
−2.0%
2016
−3.7%
2020
+1.9%
2024
−3.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
46.8%Harris44,228
49.9%Trump47,179
1.7%Kennedy1,587 +4
R+3.1
R+5.1
R+1.7
94,523
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.9%47,179
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic46.8%44,228
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.7%1,587
Jill SteinIndependent0.7%690
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%505
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%329
OtherAll other candidates0.0%5
D
49.5%Biden50,815
47.6%Trump48,819
2.9%
D+1.9
D+5.6
R+2.5
102,565
R
42.9%Clinton41,567
46.5%Trump45,144
10.6%
R+3.7
R+1.7
R+5.8
97,002
R
46.9%Obama42,669
48.9%Romney44,479
4.3%
R+2.0
R+4.3
R+5.8
91,021
D
49.7%Obama49,013
47.3%McCain46,706
3.0%
D+2.3
D+11.9
R+4.9
98,707
R
44.1%Kerry42,448
53.7%Bush51,662
2.1%
R+9.6
D+7.4
R+7.1
96,157
R
37.4%Gore31,338
54.4%Bush45,584
8.1%
R+17.0
R+6.6
R+17.5
83,721
R
38.5%Clinton30,651
49.0%Dole38,961
12.5%
R+10.4
R+11.5
R+19.0
79,550
D
38.2%Clinton32,489
37.2%Bush31,608
24.6%
D+1.0
D+14.6
R+4.5
85,014
R
42.4%Dukakis30,406
56.0%Bush40,143
1.5%
R+13.6
D+14.1
R+5.9
71,631
R
35.3%Mondale25,421
63.1%Reagan45,381
1.6%
R+27.7
D+0.5
R+9.5
71,964
R
29.6%Carter19,520
57.9%Reagan38,188
12.6%
R+28.3
R+20.6
R+18.5
66,012
R
44.1%Carter24,203
51.8%Ford28,400
4.1%
R+7.7
D+13.2
R+9.7
54,854
R
36.8%McGovern18,401
57.6%Nixon28,819
5.6%
R+20.8
D+3.0
D+2.3
50,028
R
32.9%Humphrey12,887
56.7%Nixon22,225
10.5%
R+23.8
R+26.9
R+23.1
39,211
D
51.5%Johnson20,831
48.4%Goldwater19,574
0.0%
D+3.1
D+18.8
R+19.5
40,419
R
41.9%Kennedy15,163
57.6%Nixon20,838
0.5%
R+15.7
D+1.6
R+15.9
36,175
R
41.1%Stevenson12,933
58.4%Eisenhower18,382
0.5%
R+17.3
D+9.8
R+1.9
31,462
R
36.0%Stevenson10,491
63.1%Eisenhower18,390
0.9%
R+27.1
R+23.4
R+16.4
29,133
R
45.7%Truman10,133
49.4%Dewey10,948
5.0%
R+3.7
R+9.4
R+8.2
22,181
D
52.5%Roosevelt8,811
46.8%Dewey7,852
0.6%
D+5.7
R+12.0
R+1.8
16,768
D
58.2%Roosevelt10,684
40.5%Willkie7,433
1.4%
D+17.7
R+16.1
D+7.7
18,372
D
65.9%Roosevelt10,490
32.0%Landon5,103
2.1%
D+33.8
R+2.1
D+9.6
15,928
D
65.0%Roosevelt9,645
29.1%Hoover4,322
5.8%
D+35.9
D+58.5
D+18.1
14,832
R
37.8%Smith3,946
60.4%Hoover6,306
1.7%
R+22.6
D+7.1
R+5.2
10,432
O
12.5%Davis1,299
42.2%Coolidge4,382
45.2%
La Follette +3.0
D+8.5
R+4.5
10,372
R
27.5%Cox2,262
65.7%Harding5,409
6.8%
R+38.2
R+47.9
R+12.0
8,234
D
50.6%Wilson4,888
40.9%Hughes3,956
8.5%
D+9.6
R+36.0
D+6.5
9,669
O
45.7%Wilson4,028
0.0%Taft0
54.3%
Roosevelt +8.7
D+61.8
D+26.1
8,822
R
36.6%Bryan2,146
52.7%Taft3,094
10.7%
R+16.2
D+9.6
R+6.6
5,866
R
33.1%Parker1,574
58.8%Roosevelt2,799
8.1%
R+25.8
R+18.7
R+6.1
4,757
R
45.5%Bryan2,011
52.5%McKinley2,322
1.9%
R+7.0
R+8.1
D+0.5
4,419
D
49.4%Bryan2,120
48.3%McKinley2,075
2.3%
D+1.0
D+1.9
D+7.1
4,295
R
45.9%Cleveland2,141
46.7%Harrison2,180
7.4%
R+0.8
—
R+2.5
4,665
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
46.3%42,417
53.7%49,192
91,609
2022
R
46.7%33,467
53.3%38,183
71,650
2018
D
100.0%75,526
0.0%0
75,526
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+3.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+3.1
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.0 points.
121,973 registered voters · 2024 · down from 122,965 in 2022
Domestic migration in Chico, CA in Chico, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−301
2012
+629
2013
+555
2014
+1,235
2015
+733
2016
+1,316
2017
+2,335
2018
+1,684
2019
−11,249
2021
−3,265
2022
+1,214
2023
+38
2024
+866
2025
+504
Chico's metro, anchored in Butte County, recorded an R+9.1 margin in 2024—a striking lean for a Northern California college town that once split closer to evenly before the Camp Fire reshaped its population and politics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 38.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.1 points.
A population of 207,929, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,928 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Eureka-Arcata, CA and Corvallis, OR.
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In 2024, Chico, CA, California voted Republican by 3.1 points (R+3.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 94,523 votes cast, 44,228 went Democratic and 47,179 went Republican.
When did Chico, CA, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Chico, CA, California voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Chico, CA, California?
Chico, CA, California has a population of 207,929 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chico, CA, California?
Median household income in Chico, CA, California is $67,928 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Chico, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Chico, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
