Texas · Census place 4814620

Chico, Texas

Chico is a city in Wise County, Texas with an estimated 1,103 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 777th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,103; #777 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +16.0%; +152 people
Land area: 1.5 sq mi
Density: 726 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Chico. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Chico population, 2020 to 2024

Chico added 152 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +16.0%. In the latest year it moved by +34.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 947. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chico covers 1.52 square miles of land, for 726 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Chico is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chico is in

All of Chico's residents live in Wise County, which had 81,275 residents in 2024. Chico holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chico

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chico by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76431. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Chico is

The Census internal point of Chico is at 33.296100, -97.798600. Austin, the capital, is 208.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bridgeport, TX (6,763 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Denton, TX, 38.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.296100, -97.798600
DMS: 33°17'45.96"N 97°47'54.96"W
UTM: 14N 611856.7E 3684757.2N
Geohash: 9vfmqt35z
Plus code: 865476W2+CH

Daylight in Chico

At 33.30° N, Chico gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chico

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bridgeport, 6.1 miles away, with 6,763 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chico, TX?

1,103 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 152 (16.0%) from 951 in July 2020.

What county is Chico in?

Wise County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Chico?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76431.

How far is Chico from Austin?

208.8 miles (336.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Chico.

What is the nearest larger city to Chico?

Bridgeport, TX, with 6,763 residents, 6.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.