Economic Profile for
Butte County

Information provided by
California Department of Finance
Economic Research

					Population
Land area (acres):		1,049,340		Cities	1-1-95
Population, 7-1-94		204,200		Chico	48,450
Percent of California		0.6		Paradise	27,050
Population, 1-1-95		204,300		Oroville	12,750
				Gridley	5,000
1-1-95				Biggs	1,720
Population in households		199,709		Unincorporated	109,300
Population/household		2.539

EDUCATION					1993-94
					($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***		13.2		Spending on education:
				School districts*	186.0
Enrollment, Fall 1994				Community colleges**	34.2
Kindergarten-12		35,550
				* Not including community college districts.
Enrollment, Fall 1987				** Includes governmental, proprietary and fidiciary group funds.
College/University		24,991		*** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
CSU Chico		15,434		basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
Community colleges		9,557		completed.

LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT				Total employment, 1993	84,900		Number of establishments
				(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994		83,300		Percent of California	0.5
Civilian employment		74,800		Wage and salary	66,034		1-4	2,666
Unemployment		8,500		Proprietors	18,866		5-9	920
Unemployment rate		10.2		Farm	1,965		10-19	532
				Non-Farm	16,901		20-49	349
Nonagricultural wage & salary							50-99	97
employment, 1993 (BLS series)		58,800		Farm	3,808		100-249	38
Percent of California		0.5		Agricultural services	1,960		250-499	9
Mining/construction		2,300		Mining	103		500-999	1
Manufacturing		5,100		Construction	4,594		1000 +	1
Transportation-utility		2,600		Manufacturing	5,731		Total	4,613
Trade		15,100		Transportation-utility	3,146
Finance-insurance-				Wholesale trade	2,461
real estate		3,400		Retail trade	16,375
Services		17,200		Finance, insurance,
Federal government		500		real estate	5,925
State-local government		12,600		Services	27,634
				Federal civilian	547
				Military	469
Totals may not add due to rounding.				State and local	12,147

INCOME AND SALES						1979	1989
Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)		3,153.7		Median family income, Census		16,301	28,314
Percent of California		0.5		Median household income, Census		13,012	22,776
Per capita income, 1993		16,507
Percent of California		75.4				1993	1994
Avg. earnings per job, 1993		21,177		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		1,430.2	1,479.8
Avg. wages per job, 1993		19,427		Percent of California		0.5	0.5
Avg. earnings per nonfarm				Taxable retail sales		1,100.7	1,124.2
proprietor, 1993		19,046

HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION		4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
						Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock		76,115	83,544	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California		0.7	0.7	Total		852	$91.4
Single family		46,265	50,611	Percent of California		0.9	0.6
Multiple family		15,437	18,186	Single family		620	72.9
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.		14,413	14,747	Multi-family		232	8.9
Vacancy rate (percent):		5.8	5.9
				Nonresidential permits		--	$28.3
				Percent of California			0.4

INDUSTRY			1982		1987				($ mill.)
Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.)			164.0		274.3		Capital expenditures:
Percent of California			0.2		0.2			1982	9.9
								1987	20.5
Industries:
Food and kindred products					97.4		Payroll in manufacturing:
Lumber and wood products					68.9			1987	107.7
Industrial machinery and equipment					18.8			1990*	128.0
							Number of mfg. establishments:
Timber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.)			97,724					1987	222
Percent of California			4.2					1990*	247
							* Not comparable with 1987 because of
							source difference.

AGRICULTURE
Number of farms, 1992		1,944			Leading commodities with
Acreage in farms, 1992		452,347			value of production, 1994			$ mill.
% of land area		43.1
					Rice			82.7
Agricultural employment, 1994		2,900			Almonds			75.1
					Prunes			27.0
Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.)		281.3			Walnuts, english			25.7
Percent of California		1.2			Kiwifruit			14.2
County Rank		21			Peaches, clingstone			7.8
Livestock and livestock products		9.3			Nursery stock			6.4
Poultry and poultry products		0.0			Cattle and calves			5.1
Field crops		98.5			Rice seed			5.0
Vegetables		1.0			Olives			2.8
Fruits and nuts		157.5
Nursery products		6.4
Seed crops		7.2
Apiary products		1.5

TRANSPORTATION
Vehicle registrations, 1994
Total		179,668			Miles of streets, roads and
Automobiles		101,148			highways, 1994		2,149.9
Per capita (7-1-94 pop.)		0.50
Trucks		44,820
Motorcycles		4,968
Trailers		28,732

PUBLIC FINANCE
			Per		Per
1993-94		$ mill.	capita*		$1,000 income**		1993-94		$ mill.
County government tax collections, total		24.7	124.95		7.84		Expenditures:
Property tax		15.5	78.20		4.91		Federal		775.2
Sales tax		3.0	15.27		0.96		Defense		24.8
							County		164.6
Total receipts, local government		485.0					City		65.6
							School districts		186.0
* 7-1-93 population							Special districts		61.0
** 1993 personal income							Redevelopment agencies		16.8
California Department of Finance