Chico 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, reflecting 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 largest 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.
Image: Kendall Hall, Chico State (cropped)
Image: Senator Theatre Building, Chico, in fall 2020 (cropped)
Image: Entrance of the Diamond Hotel on 4th in Chico (cropped)
Image: Chico Square (cropped)
Butte County is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California. In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. The county seat is Oroville.
Butte County in 2005, with a view of the Sutter Buttes in the background
South Table Mountain Near Oroville
California State University, Chico was founded in 1887
Butte County is home to Bidwell Park in Chico, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States
