Editing Butte County, California

{{short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Butte County, California
| official_name                   = County of Butte
| native_name                     = 
| other_name                      = 
| nickname                        = "The Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty"
| settlement_type                 = [[County (United States)|County]]
| image_skyline                   = Butte County, CA.jpg
| image_caption                   = Butte County in 2005, with a view of the<br> [[Sutter Buttes]] in the background
| image_flag                      = 
| flag_size                       = 
| image_seal                      = Seal of Butte County, California.png
| image_blank_emblem              = Logo of Butte County, California.png
| blank_emblem_link        = List of U.S. county and city insignia
| blank_emblem_size        = 
| blank_emblem_alt         = 
| blank_emblem_type        = Wordmark
| seal_size                       = 
| named_for                       = The nearby [[Sutter Buttes]]
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[California]]
| seat_type                       = [[County seat]]
| seat                            = [[Oroville, California|Oroville]]
| parts_type                      = Largest city
| parts                           = [[Chico, California|Chico]]
| unit_pref                       = US
| area_total_sq_mi                = 1677
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 1636
| area_water_sq_mi                = 41
| elevation_max_footnotes         = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2535|title=Butte County High Point|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=February 11, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502061014/http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2535|archive-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref>
| elevation_max_ft                = 7124
| elevation_min_footnotes         = 
| elevation_min_ft                = 
| government_type                 = [[Council–manager government|Council–CAO]]
| leader_title                    = Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.buttecounty.net/boardofsupervisors/District4 | title=District 4 Supervisor }}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| leader_name                     = Tod Kimmelshue
| leader_title1                   = Vice Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.buttecounty.net/boardofsupervisors/supervisorbillconnelly | title=Supervisor Bill Connelly | access-date=July 31, 2022 | archive-date=July 31, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731221821/http://www.buttecounty.net/boardofsupervisors/supervisorbillconnelly | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| leader_name1                    = Bill Connelly
| leader_title2                   = [[Butte County Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.buttecounty.net/boardofsupervisors | title=Board of Supervisors > Home }}</ref>
| leader_name2                    = {{Collapsible list
| title                           = Supervisors
| 1 = Bill Connelly
| 2 = Peter Durfee
| 3 = Tami Ritter 
| 4 = Tod Kimmelshue
| 5 = Doug Teeter
}}
| leader_title4                   = Chief Administrative Officer
| leader_name4                    = Andy Pickett
<!-- Population ----------->
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="QF"/>
| population_total                = 211632
| pop_est_as_of                   = 
| pop_est_footnotes               = 
| population_est                  = 
| population_density_sq_mi        = auto
| established_title               = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date                = February 18, 1850<ref>{{cite book |title= Statistical Report of the California State Board of Agriculture for the Year 1918|year= 1919|publisher= California State Printing Office|location= [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento, CA]]|pages= 316|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5MBBAQAAIAAJ|access-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref>
| demographics_type2       = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Butte County, CA|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL06007|work=[[Federal Reserve Economic Data]] |publisher=[[Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]]}}</ref>
|demographics2_title1     = Total
|demographics2_info1      = $11.077 billion (2022)
| timezone                        = [[Pacific Time Zone]]
| utc_offset                      = −8
| timezone_DST                    = [[Pacific Daylight Time]]
| utc_offset_DST                  = −7
| postal_code_type                = <!--[[ZIP Code]]-->
| postal_code                     = 
| image_map                       = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape|fill=#ffffff|fill-opacity=0|stroke-width=3}}
| map_caption                     = Interactive map of Butte County
| image_map1                      = Map of California highlighting Butte County.svg
| mapsize1                        = 200px
| map_caption1                    = Location in the state of [[California]]
| area_code_type                  = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code                       = [[Area code 530|530]]
| blank_name_sec1                 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info_sec1                 = 06-007
| blank1_name_sec1                = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info_sec1                = {{GNIS 4|1675842}}
| blank_name_sec2                 = Congressional district
| blank_info_sec2                 = [[California's 1st congressional district|1st]]
| website                         = {{URL|www.buttecounty.net}}
| footnotes                       = 
}}

'''Butte County''' ({{IPAc-en|'|b|j|uː|t|audio=En-us-butte.ogg}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Northern California|northern]] central part of the U.S. state of [[California]]. In the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 211,632.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/buttecountycalifornia/|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Butte County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06007|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Oroville, California|Oroville]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

Butte County comprises the [[Chico, California|Chico]], California, [[metropolitan statistical area]]. It is in the [[California Central Valley]], north of the state capital of [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. <!-- Butte County is known as the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty." {{Citation needed|reason=This nickname seems to only exist on this Wikipedia page|date=January 2018}} -->

Butte County is drained by the [[Feather River]] and the [[Sacramento River]]. [[Butte Creek (Butte County, California)|Butte Creek]] and [[Big Chico Creek]] are additional perennial streams, both tributary to the Sacramento. The [[list of California counties|county]] is home to [[California State University, Chico]] and [[Butte College]].

==History==
Butte County is named for the visually striking +{{convert|2000|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Sutter Buttes]] in neighboring [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gannett |first1=Henry |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |date=1905 |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |page=62|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0258/report.pdf |access-date=December 29, 2019}}</ref> Butte County was incorporated as one of California's 27 original counties on February 18, 1850. The county went across the present limits of the [[Tehama County, California|Tehama]], [[Plumas County, California|Plumas]], [[Colusa County, California|Colusa]], and [[Sutter County, California|Sutter]] Counties.<ref>George C. Mansfield, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.29799540;view=1up;seq=28 ''History of Butte County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present''], Hathitrust.org, 1918</ref>

Between November 8 and 25, 2018, a major wildfire, the [[Camp Fire (2018)|Camp Fire]], destroyed most of the town of [[Paradise, California|Paradise]], the adjacent community of [[Concow, California|Concow]], and a large area of rural, hilly country east of Chico. More than 80 people were killed, 50,000 were displaced, over 150,000 acres were burned, and nearly 20,000 buildings were destroyed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death toll jumps to 23 as 'challenging' Camp Fire pushes toward Lake Oroville |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article221471995.html |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |date=November 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111053416/https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article221471995.html |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=California wildfires: Death toll rises to 25 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46168107 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=November 18, 2018 |date=November 11, 2018}}</ref> The Camp Fire was California's most destructive and deadliest fire.<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Gina Martinez |title=The California Fire That Killed 48 People Is the Deadliest U.S. Wildfire in a Century |url=https://time.com/5453710/california-camp-fire-deadliest-wildfires-us-history/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=November 18, 2018 |date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:South Table Mountain Butte County.jpg|thumb|South Table Mountain Near Oroville]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1677|sqmi}}, of which  {{convert|41|sqmi}} (2.4%) are covered by water.<ref name="QF"/>

The county is drained by the [[Feather River]] and [[Butte Creek (Butte County, California)|Butte Creek]]. Part of the county's western border is formed by the Sacramento River. The county lies along the western slope of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], the steep slopes making it prime territory for the siting of [[hydroelectric]] power plants. About a half dozen of these plants are located in the county, one of which, serves the [[Oroville Dam]].

===National protected areas===
* [[Butte Sink National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Lassen National Forest]] (part)
* [[Plumas National Forest]] (part)
* [[Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Sutter County, California]] – south
*[[Colusa County, California]] – southwest
*[[Glenn County, California]] – west
*[[Tehama County, California]] – northwest
*[[Plumas County, California]] – northeast
*[[Yuba County, California]] – southeast

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 3574
|1860= 12106
|1870= 11403
|1880= 18721
|1890= 17939
|1900= 17117
|1910= 27301
|1920= 30030
|1930= 34093
|1940= 42840
|1950= 64930
|1960= 82030
|1970= 101969
|1980= 143851
|1990= 182120
|2000= 203171
|2010= 220000
|2020= 211632
|estyear=2024
|estimate=208334
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>
<br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|archive-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115745/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Butte County, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Butte County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US06007&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Butte County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06007&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Butte County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06007&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|162,564
|165,416
|style='background: #ffffe6; |139,651
|80.01%
|75.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.99%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|2,699
|3,133
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,320
|1.33%
|1.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.57%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3,295
|3,395
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,050
|1.62%
|1.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.44%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|6,676
|8,921
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,333
|3.29%
|4.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.88%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|273
|401
|style='background: #ffffe6; |508
|0.13%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some other race]] alone (NH)
|435
|318
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,184
|0.21%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.56%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multi-racial]] (NH)
|5,890
|7,300
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,474
|2.90%
|3.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.37%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|21,339
|31,116
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40,112
|10.50%
|14.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.95%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''203,171'''
|'''220,000'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''211,632'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

=== 2011 ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="6" | Population, ethnicity, and income
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 220,000
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 165,416
| 75.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 3,353
| 1.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 3,395
| 1.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 9,000
| 4.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 400
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 8,000
| 3.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 12,329
| 5.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| 31,116
| 14.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $23,431
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $42,971
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $54,175
|}

==== Places by population, race, and income ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Places by population and race
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/><br /><ref name="other" group=note>Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Black or African<br />American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/><br /><ref name="na" group=note>Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Hispanic or Latino<br />(of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003"/>
|-
| [[Bangor, California|Bangor]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 416 || 88.5% || 5.0% || 2.2% || 0.0% || 4.3% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Berry Creek, California|Berry Creek]] || CDP || 1,305 || 85.9% || 11.7% || 0.2% || 0.0% || 2.1% || 4.1%
|-
| [[Biggs, California|Biggs]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 1,707 || 74.2% || 19.8% || 3.3% || 0.6% || 2.1% || 35.6%
|-
| [[Butte Creek Canyon, California|Butte Creek Canyon]] || CDP || 924 || 96.6% || 2.4% || 0.6% || 0.0% || 0.3% || 3.6%
|-
| [[Butte Meadows, California|Butte Meadows]] || CDP || 21 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Butte Valley, California|Butte Valley]] || CDP || 954 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 10.5%
|-
| [[Cherokee, California|Cherokee]] || CDP || 105 || 86.7% || 0.0% || 13.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Chico, California|Chico]] || City || 86,187 || 80.0% || 6.3% || 4.2% || 2.1% || 1.4% || 15.5%
|-
| [[Clipper Mills, California|Clipper Mills]] || CDP || 91 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Cohasset, California|Cohasset]] || CDP || 955 || 98.4% || 1.0% || 0.0% || 0.5% || 0.0% || 3.0%
|-
| [[Concow, California|Concow]] || CDP || 581 || 78.0% || 12.4% || 2.4% || 3.8% || 3.4% || 1.0%
|-
| [[Durham, California|Durham]] || CDP || 5,800 || 91.8% || 2.6% || 3.8% || 0.2% || 1.5% || 11.6%
|-
| [[Forbestown, California|Forbestown]] || CDP || 291 || 72.9% || 24.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 2.4% || 10.0%
|-
| [[Forest Ranch, California|Forest Ranch]] || CDP || 1,294 || 93.9% || 6.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.5%
|-
| [[Gridley, California|Gridley]] || City || 6,600 || 79.8% || 18.8% || 0.0% || 1.0% || 0.4% || 50.5%
|-
| [[Honcut, California|Honcut]] || CDP || 745 || 54.6% || 43.9% || 0.0% || 1.5% || 0.0% || 52.5%
|-
| [[Kelly Ridge, California|Kelly Ridge]] || CDP || 2,246 || 99.2% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.8% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Magalia, California|Magalia]] || CDP || 11,188 || 90.5% || 5.7% || 1.8% || 0.2% || 1.8% || 9.2%
|-
| [[Nord, California|Nord]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 196 || 89.6% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 20.4%
|-
| [[Oroville, California|Oroville]] || City || 16,000 || 71.0% || 12.8% || 11.4% || 3.3% || 1.4% || 11.3%
|-
| [[Oroville East, California|Oroville East]] || CDP || 9,663 || 82.1% || 9.7% || 2.4% || 1.2% || 4.6% || 7.9%
|-
| [[Palermo, California|Palermo]] || CDP || 4,775 || 77.0% || 19.7% || 0.8% || 1.0% || 1.4% || 23.2%
|-
| [[Paradise, California|Paradise]] || Town || 26,348 || 91.0% || 6.0% || 1.4% || 0.8% || 0.7% || 7.7%
|-
| [[Rackerby, California|Rackerby]] || CDP || 254 || 96.5% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 3.5%
|-
| [[Richvale, California|Richvale]] || CDP || 155 || 83.9% || 16.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 16.1%
|-
| [[Robinson Mill, California|Robinson Mill]] || CDP || 136 || 84.6% || 15.4% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 15.4%
|-
| [[South Oroville, California|South Oroville]] || CDP || 5,982 || 63.9% || 7.8% || 17.3% || 8.3% || 2.7% || 15.2%
|-
| [[Stirling City, California|Stirling City]] || CDP || 271 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Thermalito, California|Thermalito]] || CDP || 6,295 || 80.2% || 5.9% || 10.8% || 1.3% || 1.7% || 12.7%
|-
| [[Yankee Hill, Butte County, California|Yankee Hill]] || CDP || 240 || 88.8% || 11.2% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 2.5%
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="6" | Places by population and income
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB"/>
! Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113"/>
|-
| [[Bangor, California|Bangor]] || CDP || 416 || $18,172 || $45,625 || $47,917
|-
| [[Berry Creek, California|Berry Creek]] || CDP || 1,305 || $22,277 || $36,164 || $51,607
|-
| [[Biggs, California|Biggs]] || City || 1,927 || $17,159 || $44,485 || $50,714
|-
| [[Butte Creek Canyon, California|Butte Creek Canyon]] || [CDP || 924 || $37,677 || $58,750 || $76,786
|-
| [[Butte Meadows, California|Butte Meadows]] || CDP || 21 || <ref name="ND">Data unavailable</ref> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Butte Valley, California|Butte Valley]] || CDP || 954 || $28,426 || $69,659 || $77,500
|-
| [[Cherokee, California|Cherokee]] || CDP || 105 || $20,351 || $80,714 || $80,714
|-
| [[Chico, California|Chico]] || City || 85,605 || $23,611 || $41,632 || $56,268
|-
| [[Clipper Mills, California|Clipper Mills]] || CDP || 91 || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Cohasset, California|Cohasset]] || CDP || 955 || $21,628 || $55,175 || $55,425
|-
| [[Concow, California|Concow]] || CDP || 581 || $26,821 || $24,792 || $53,750
|-
| [[Durham, California|Durham]] || CDP || 5,829 || $34,886 || $64,720 || $75,357
|-
| [[Forbestown, California|Forbestown]] || CDP || 291 || $19,434 || $58,167 || $82,750
|-
| [[Forest Ranch, California|Forest Ranch]] || CDP || 1,294 || $51,819 || $46,901 || $47,057
|-
| [[Gridley, California|Gridley]] || City || 6,509 || $15,525 || $36,563 || $41,474
|-
| [[Honcut, California|Honcut]] || CDP || 745 || $8,071 || $48,144 || $48,277
|-
| [[Kelly Ridge, California|Kelly Ridge]] || CDP || 2,246 || $33,366 || $49,444 || $60,205
|-
| [[Magalia, California|Magalia]] || CDP || 11,188 || $19,400 || $37,182 || $42,277
|-
| [[Nord, California|Nord]] || CDP || 196 || $19,182 || $69,063 || $69,063
|-
| [[Oroville, California|Oroville]] || City || 15,445 || $18,750 || $35,678 || $45,430
|-
| [[Oroville East, California|Oroville East]] || CDP || 9,663 || $24,503 || $53,167 || $65,142
|-
| [[Palermo, California|Palermo]] || CDP || 4,775 || $19,783 || $42,292 || $46,458
|-
| [[Paradise, California|Paradise]] || Town || 26,348 || $25,132 || $42,363 || $54,267
|-
| [[Rackerby, California|Rackerby]] || CDP || 254 || $17,387 || $46,141 || $46,184
|-
| [[Richvale, California|Richvale]] || CDP || 155 || $45,061 || $87,150 || $87,150
|-
| [[Robinson Mill, California|Robinson Mill]] || CDP || 136 || $21,793 || $54,762 || $54,762
|-
| [[South Oroville, California|South Oroville]] || CDP || 5,982 || $11,666 || $32,205 || $38,750
|-
| [[Stirling City, California|Stirling City]] || CDP || 271 || $14,811 || $82,969 || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Thermalito, California|Thermalito]] || CDP || 6,295 || $16,301 || $37,738 || $38,053
|-
| [[Yankee Hill, Butte County, California|Yankee Hill]] || CDP || 240 || $21,149 || $22,054 || $44,286
|}

===2010 Census===
The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Butte County had a population of 220,000. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of Butte County was 180,096 (81.9%) White, 3,415 (1.6%) African American, 4,395 (2.0%) Native American, 9,057 (4.1%) Asian, 452 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 12,141 (5.5%) from other races, and 10,444 (4.7%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 31,116 persons (14.1%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
!colspan="10"|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]]
|-
|{{center|'''The County'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''White'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|''' Butte County'''
|align="right"|220,000||align="right"|180,096||align="right"|3,415||align="right"|4,395||align="right"|9,057||align="right"|452||align="right"|12,141||align="right"|10,444||align="right"|31,116
|-
|{{center|'''[[Incorporated city|Incorporated<br />cities and towns]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Biggs, California|Biggs]]'''
|align="right"|1,707||align="right"|1,302||align="right"|11||align="right"|54||align="right"|9||align="right"|1||align="right"|252||align="right"|78||align="right"|580
|-
|'''[[Chico, California|Chico]]'''
|align="right"|86,187||align="right"|69,606||align="right"|1,771||align="right"|1,167||align="right"|3,656||align="right"|210||align="right"|5,437||align="right"|4,340||align="right"|15,000
|-
|'''[[Gridley, California|Gridley]]'''
|align="right"|6,584||align="right"|4,283||align="right"|55||align="right"|98||align="right"|249||align="right"|3||align="right"|1,552||align="right"|344||align="right"|3,000
|-
|'''[[Oroville, California|Oroville]]'''
|align="right"|15,546||align="right"|11,686||align="right"|453||align="right"|573||align="right"|1,238||align="right"|56||align="right"|554||align="right"|986||align="right"|1,945
|-
|'''[[Paradise, California|Paradise]]'''
|align="right"|26,218||align="right"|24,129||align="right"|112||align="right"|301||align="right"|330||align="right"|24||align="right"|416||align="right"|906||align="right"|1,836
|-
|{{center|'''[[Census-designated place|Census-designated<br />places]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Bangor, California|Bangor]]'''
|align="right"|646||align="right"|543||align="right"|5||align="right"|17||align="right"|4||align="right"|1||align="right"|18||align="right"|58||align="right"|47
|-
|'''[[Berry Creek, California|Berry Creek]]'''
|align="right"|1,424||align="right"|1,249||align="right"|8||align="right"|48||align="right"|13||align="right"|3||align="right"|13||align="right"|90||align="right"|98
|-
|'''[[Butte Creek Canyon, California|Butte Creek Canyon]]'''
|align="right"|1,086||align="right"|1,011||align="right"|0||align="right"|20||align="right"|18||align="right"|1||align="right"|8||align="right"|28||align="right"|48
|-
|'''[[Butte Meadows, California|Butte Meadows]]'''
|align="right"|40||align="right"|38||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Butte Valley, California|Butte Valley]]'''
|align="right"|899||align="right"|782||align="right"|0||align="right"|19||align="right"|9||align="right"|1||align="right"|42||align="right"|46||align="right"|89
|-
|'''[[Cherokee, California|Cherokee]]'''
|align="right"|69||align="right"|48||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|8||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|11||align="right"|1
|-
|'''[[Clipper Mills, California|Clipper Mills]]'''
|align="right"|142||align="right"|131||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|6||align="right"|5
|-
|'''[[Cohasset, California|Cohasset]]'''
|align="right"|847||align="right"|764||align="right"|8||align="right"|14||align="right"|2||align="right"|1||align="right"|20||align="right"|38||align="right"|43
|-
|'''[[Concow, California|Concow]]'''
|align="right"|710||align="right"|611||align="right"|0||align="right"|24||align="right"|5||align="right"|3||align="right"|10||align="right"|57||align="right"|56
|-
|'''[[Durham, California|Durham]]'''
|align="right"|5,518||align="right"|5,088||align="right"|19||align="right"|55||align="right"|35||align="right"|9||align="right"|165||align="right"|147||align="right"|614
|-
|'''[[Forbestown, California|Forbestown]]'''
|align="right"|320||align="right"|262||align="right"|4||align="right"|15||align="right"|10||align="right"|0||align="right"|4||align="right"|25||align="right"|23
|-
|'''[[Forest Ranch, California|Forest Ranch]]'''
|align="right"|1,184||align="right"|1,116||align="right"|8||align="right"|6||align="right"|4||align="right"|1||align="right"|20||align="right"|29||align="right"|52
|-
|'''[[Honcut, California|Honcut]]'''
|align="right"|370||align="right"|248||align="right"|6||align="right"|14||align="right"|4||align="right"|0||align="right"|85||align="right"|13||align="right"|145
|-
|'''[[Kelly Ridge, California|Kelly Ridge]]'''
|align="right"|2,544||align="right"|2,287||align="right"|20||align="right"|56||align="right"|35||align="right"|7||align="right"|43||align="right"|96||align="right"|204
|-
|'''[[Magalia, California|Magalia]]'''
|align="right"|11,310||align="right"|10,398||align="right"|40||align="right"|141||align="right"|90||align="right"|17||align="right"|134||align="right"|490||align="right"|765
|-
|'''[[Nord, California|Nord]]'''
|align="right"|320||align="right"|233||align="right"|1||align="right"|6||align="right"|16||align="right"|0||align="right"|48||align="right"|16||align="right"|122
|-
|'''[[Oroville East, California|Oroville East]]'''
|align="right"|8,280||align="right"|6,830||align="right"|126||align="right"|477||align="right"|294||align="right"|8||align="right"|147||align="right"|398||align="right"|702
|-
|'''[[Palermo, California|Palermo]]'''
|align="right"|5,382||align="right"|3,901||align="right"|39||align="right"|221||align="right"|246||align="right"|4||align="right"|642||align="right"|329||align="right"|1,281
|-
|'''[[Rackerby, California|Rackerby]]'''
|align="right"|204||align="right"|193||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|7||align="right"|18
|-
|'''[[Richvale, California|Richvale]]'''
|align="right"|244||align="right"|216||align="right"|0||align="right"|11||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|10||align="right"|7||align="right"|27
|-
|'''[[Robinson Mill, California|Robinson Mill]]'''
|align="right"|80||align="right"|74||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|4||align="right"|11
|-
|'''[[South Oroville, California|South Oroville]]'''
|align="right"|5,742||align="right"|3,407||align="right"|406||align="right"|245||align="right"|885||align="right"|9||align="right"|361||align="right"|429||align="right"|851
|-
|'''[[Stirling City, California|Stirling City]]'''
|align="right"|295||align="right"|264||align="right"|1||align="right"|11||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|18||align="right"|17
|-
|'''[[Thermalito, California|Thermalito]]'''
|align="right"|6,646||align="right"|4,594||align="right"|61||align="right"|257||align="right"|1,102||align="right"|37||align="right"|270||align="right"|325||align="right"|713
|-
|'''[[Yankee Hill, Butte County, California|Yankee Hill]] '''
|align="right"|333||align="right"|305||align="right"|2||align="right"|7||align="right"|4||align="right"|0||align="right"|5||align="right"|10||align="right"|22
|-
|{{center|'''Other<br />[[unincorporated area]]s'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|All others not CDPs (combined)
|align="right"|29,123||align="right"|24,497||align="right"|259||align="right"|531||align="right"|791||align="right"|55||align="right"|1,879||align="right"|1,111||align="right"|4,486
|}

===2000===
As of the census<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website  }}</ref> of 2000, there were 203,171 people, 79,566 households, and 49,410 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|124|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 85,523 housing units at an average density of {{convert|52|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 84.5% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 10.5% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]], 3.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 1.9% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.4% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.9% from two or more races. 87.9% spoke English, 7.8% Spanish and 1.4% [[Hmong language|Hmong]] as their first language.

There were 79,566 households, out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 13.6% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,924, and the median income for a family was $41,010. Males had a median income of $34,137 versus $25,393 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,517. About 12.2% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.8% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.{{clear}}

== Health and crime ==
There are four major hospitals and the State of California defines Butte County as being inside Health Service Area 1. A special district, the Butte County Air Quality Management District, regulates airborne pollutant emissions in the county. It does this following regional regulations, state, and federal laws. For example, in recent years, the agency changed rules that once allowed residents to burn household trash outdoors.

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 220,000
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes – 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=December 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref>
| 970 || 4.25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 20 || 0.05
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 100 || 0.40
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 200 || 0.85
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 650 || 2.95
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 5,524 || 16.32
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1,733 || 7.90
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref group="note" name="LT-note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 3,765 || 17.17
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 840 || 3.83
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 81 || 0.37
|}

=== Cities by population and crime rates ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628123757/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls |date=June 28, 2016 }}. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Biggs, California|Biggs]] || 1,707 || 24 || 11.02 || 30 || 19.72
|-
| [[Chico, California|Chico]] || 90,000 || 317 || 3.24 || 3,634 || 26.31
|-
| [[Gridley, California|Gridley]] || 6,600 || 113 || 11.72 || 196 || 33.06
|-
| [[Oroville, California|Oroville]] || 16,000 || 108 || 6.81 || 1,143 || 63.09
|-
| [[Paradise, California|Paradise]] || 26,492 || 52 || 2.49 || 521 || 18.08
|}

==Government==

=== Law enforcement ===
{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname      = Butte County Sheriff's Office
| abbreviation    = BCSO
| patch           = Patch of the Butte County Sheriff's Department.jpg
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| headquarters    = [[Oroville, California]]
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| minister1name   = Kory Honea
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The Butte County Sheriff's Office provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Butte County, serving as the equivalent of the [[county police]] for unincorporated areas of the county as well as [[incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated]] cities within the county who have contracted with the agency for law-enforcement services (known as "[[contract city|contract cities]]" in local jargon). It also holds primary jurisdiction over facilities operated by Butte County, such as local parks, marinas and government buildings; provides marshal service for the [[Butte County Superior Court]]; operates the [[county jail]] system; and provides services such as laboratories and academy training to smaller law enforcement agencies within the county. The first sheriff of Butte County was Joseph Q. Wilbur. Kory Honea has been the sheriff since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.buttecounty.net/sheriffcoroner/history |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=Butte County |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202051519/http://www.buttecounty.net/sheriffcoroner/history |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Voter registration statistics ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total eligible population<ref name="2022reg">{{cite web |title=Statement of Vote, November 8, 2022, General Election |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/sov/complete.pdf |website=California Secretary of State |access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | 164,755
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="2022reg"/><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 123,935
| 75.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 43,407
| 26.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 44,362
| 26.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="2022reg"/>
| <span style="color:#800080;">'''-955'''</span>
| <span style="color:#800080;">'''-0.6%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American Independent<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 5,920
| 3.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 2,037
| 1.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 759
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 633
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unknown<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 896
| 0.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 1,051
| 0.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 24,870
| 15.0%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 – Report of Registration] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114419/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=November 3, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><br /><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[Biggs, California|Biggs]] || 1,927 || 38.7% || 36.7% || 37.9% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-1.2%'''</span> || 8.8% || 19.8%
|-
| [[Chico, California|Chico]] || 85,605 || 55.0% || 40.1% || 30.3% || <span style="color: #2b00d6;">'''+9.8%'''</span> || 9.8% || 22.7%
|-
| [[Gridley, California|Gridley]] || 6,509 || 40.6% || 37.6% || 34.8% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''+2.8%'''</span> || 9.7% || 21.3%
|-
| [[Oroville, California|Oroville]] || 15,445 || 40.8% || 32.1% || 36.2% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-4.1%'''</span> || 11.7% || 24.2%
|-
| [[Paradise, California|Paradise]] || 26,348 || 62.1% || 31.1% || 40.8% || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-9.7%'''</span> || 11.5% || 20.5%
|}

===Local===
[[File:People of Butte County – Tod Kimmelshue (2025)-104A8815.jpg|thumb|upright|Tod Kimmelshue, chair of the Butte County Board of Supervisors, in April 2025]]
The citizens of the county of Butte are represented by the five member [[Butte County Board of Supervisors]].

===Tribal===
The [[Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California|Berry Creek Rancheria of Tyme Maidu Indians of California]] is headquartered in [[Oroville, California|Oroville]]. The Berry Creek Rancheria operates [[Gold Country Casino]].

The [[Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California]] is also headquartered in Oroville. The Mooretown Rancheria operates [[Feather Falls Casino]].

The governmental headquarters of the [[Mechoopda|Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria]] is located in [[Chico, California|Chico]].

=== State ===

{{See also|List of members of the California Senate from Butte County}}

Butte County is split between the [[California's 1st Assembly District|1st]] and [[California's 3rd Assembly District|3rd]] Assembly districts, represented by {{Representative|caad|1|fmt=spfl}} and {{Representative|caad|3|fmt=spfl}}, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url         = http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
 |title       = Members Assembly
 |access-date  = March 19, 2013
|publisher   = State of California
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130424192545/http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
 |archive-date = April 24, 2013
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref> The county is in {{Representative|casd|4|fmt=sdistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url         = http://senate.ca.gov/senators
 |title       = Senators
 |access-date  = March 19, 2013
|publisher   = State of California
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130424213812/http://senate.ca.gov/senators
 |archive-date = April 24, 2013
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Butte County has 172,054 registered voters. Of those, 42,093 (34.4%) are registered [[California Democratic Party|Democrats]], 41,330 (33.8%) are registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]] and 30,377 (24.8%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party.<ref>[https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/county.pdf CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019]</ref>

On November 4, 2008, Butte County voted 56.7% for Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Supplement to the Statement of Vote: Statewide Summary by County for State Ballot Measures |date= |year= |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/ssov/10-ballot-measures-statewide-summary-by-county.pdf |access-date= |publisher= |last2= |first2= |author-link= |author2-link=}}.</ref>

===Federal===
Butte County is in {{Representative|cacd|1|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|1|access-date=February 28, 2013}}</ref>

Butte is a bellwether county in presidential elections, and one of only thirteen to have voted for [[Barack Obama]] in [[2008 United States presidential election in California|2008]], [[Mitt Romney]] in [[2012 United States presidential election in California|2012]], [[Donald Trump]] in [[2016 United States presidential election in California|2016]], and [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election in California|2020]].{{efn|The other twelve are [[Teton County, Idaho]]; [[Kendall County, Illinois]]; [[Kent County, Maryland]]; [[McLean County, Illinois]]; [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana]]; [[Kent County, Michigan]]; [[Leelanau County, Michigan]]; [[Carroll County, New Hampshire]]; [[Rockingham County, New Hampshire]]; [[Marion County, Oregon]]; [[Grand County, Utah]]; and [[Albany County, Wyoming]].|name=|group=}}

{{PresHead|place=Butte County, California|source=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |access-date=March 26, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604224433/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref>|source2=<ref group=note>This total comprised 3,365 votes for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who was official Republican nominee in California), 930 votes for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]] and 489 votes for [[Prohibition Party]] nominee [[Eugene W. Chafin]].</ref>}}
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==Education==
[[File:Kendall Hall as seen from Laxson Auditorium-01006.jpg|thumb|[[California State University, Chico]] was founded in 1887]]

===Public schools===
There are roughly 90 public schools in the county according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. The schools are operated by the County Office of Education and 15 school districts, which are:
{{div col}}
* [[Bangor Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Biggs Unified School District]]
* [[Chico Unified School District]]
* [[Durham Unified School District]]
* [[Feather Falls Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Golden Feather Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Gridley Unified School District]]
* [[Manzanita Elementary School District]]
* [[Oroville City Elementary School District]]
* [[Oroville Union High School District]]
* [[Palermo Union School District]]
* [[Paradise Unified School District]]
* [[Pioneer Union Elementary School District (Butte County)|Pioneer Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Thermalito Union School District]]
{{div col end}}

===Colleges and universities===
*[[Butte College]]
*[[Butte–Glenn Community College District]]
*[[California State University, Chico]]

===Public libraries===
Butte County Library provides library services to residents of the County through six branches in [[Biggs, California|Biggs]], [[Chico, California|Chico]], [[Durham, California|Durham]], [[Gridley, California|Gridley]], [[Oroville, California|Oroville]] and [[Paradise, California|Paradise]]. The mission of the Butte County Library is to provide all individuals, regardless of age, ethnic background, educational or economic level, with free access to ideas, information, and technology.

For many years, the library served rural and mountain communities through regularly scheduled bookmobile visits; however, due to budget cuts, this service was discontinued in 2009 and the bookmobile was sold. The library serves low-literacy adults through several programs of the Butte County Library Literacy Services division, including the Adult Reading Program, Families for Literacy and the Literacy Coach, a {{convert|36|ft|m|adj=on}} vehicle that provides mobile programming like story times, parent meetings, workshops, and computer and teacher trainings.

The library operates as a department of the County of Butte, governed by the [[Butte County Board of Supervisors]].

==Transportation==
[[File:Bidwell Park Chico.jpg|thumb|Butte County is home to Bidwell Park in [[Chico, California|Chico]], one of the largest municipal parks in the United States]]

===Major highways===
*[[File:California 32.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 32|State Route 32]]
*[[File:California 70.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 70|State Route 70]]
*[[File:California 99.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 99|State Route 99]]
*[[File:California 149.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 149|State Route 149]]
*[[File:California 162.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 162|State Route 162]]
*[[File:California 191.svg|20px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 191|State Route 191]]

===Public transportation===
[[Butte Regional Transit]] or the B-Line, provides service in and between Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Gridley and Biggs. Chico is also a connection point for [[Glenn Ride]] buses to Glenn County and [[Plumas Transit Systems]] buses to [[Plumas County, California|Plumas County]].

[[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[FlixBus]] buses stop in Chico.

[[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Coast Starlight]]'' ([[Los Angeles]]-[[Seattle]]) passenger train makes a stop daily in each direction in Chico's [[Chico station]].

===Airports===
General Aviation airports in Butte County include:
*[[Chico Municipal Airport]]
*[[Oroville Municipal Airport]]
*[[Paradise Airport]]
*[[Ranchaero Airport]]
*[[Richvale Airport]]

==Communities==
[[File:Bidwell Mansion, May 2021.jpg|thumb|[[Bidwell Mansion]] in [[Chico, California|Chico]]]]
[[File:Chico State's Kendall Hall.JPG|thumb|Kendall Hall, the administration building at [[California State University, Chico]] in [[Chico, California|Chico]]]]

===Cities===
*[[Biggs, California|Biggs]]
*[[Chico, California|Chico]]
*[[Gridley, California|Gridley]]
*[[Oroville, California|Oroville]] (county seat)

===Towns===
*[[Paradise, California|Paradise]]

===Census-designated places===
{{Div col|colwidth=12em}}
*[[Bangor, California|Bangor]]
*[[Berry Creek, California|Berry Creek]]
*[[Butte Creek Canyon, California|Butte Creek Canyon]]
*[[Butte Meadows, California|Butte Meadows]]
*[[Butte Valley, California|Butte Valley]]
*[[Cherokee, California|Cherokee]]
*[[Clipper Mills, California|Clipper Mills]]
*[[Cohasset, California|Cohasset]]
*[[Concow, California|Concow]]
*[[Durham, California|Durham]]
*[[Forbestown, California|Forbestown]]
*[[Forest Ranch, California|Forest Ranch]]
*[[Honcut, California|Honcut]]
*[[Kelly Ridge, California|Kelly Ridge]]
*[[Magalia, California|Magalia]]
*[[Nord, California|Nord]]
*[[Oroville East, California|Oroville East]]
*[[Palermo, California|Palermo]]
*[[Rackerby, California|Rackerby]]
*[[Richvale, California|Richvale]]
*[[Robinson Mill, California|Robinson Mill]]
*[[South Oroville, California|South Oroville]]
*[[Stirling City, California|Stirling City]]
*[[Thermalito, California|Thermalito]]
*[[Yankee Hill, Butte County, California|Yankee Hill]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
*[[Centerville, Butte County, California|Centerville]]
*[[DeSabla, California|DeSabla]]
*[[Helltown, California|Helltown]]
*[[Inskip, California|Inskip]]
*[[Lomo, Butte County, California|Lomo]]
*[[Lovelock, California|Lovelock]]
*[[Powellton, California|Powellton]]

===Former townships===
[[File:Map of Butte County, California, 1877, showing civil townships.jpg|thumb|The 10 civil townships, 1877]]
In August 1851, the county was divided into six [[civil township|judicial (civil) townships]], the four marked by asterisks below, plus Quartz and Mineral, which were separated from Butte County with the formation of [[Plumas County]] in 1854.

Between 1851 and 1861, there were several additions and other realignments of the township boundaries; from 1861, the townships were:

{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}
* Bidwell
* Chico
* Concow
* Hamilton*
* Kimshew
* Mountain Spring
* Ophir*
* Oregon*
* Oro*
* Wyandotte
{{Div col end}}

Townships created and dissolved between 1851 and 1861 were Benton, Eureka, and Cascade.<ref>{{cite book
 |last1       = Wells, Frank T. Gilbert, W. L. Chambers
 |first1      = Harry Laurenz
 |last2       = Gilbert
 |first2      = Frank T.
 |last3       = Chambers
 |first3      = W. L.
 |date        = 1882
 |title       = History of Butte County, California.
 |url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=9BYVAAAAYAAJ
 |publisher   = H.L. Wells
 |isbn        = 
 |pages       = 134–139
 |quote       = 
}}</ref>

===Ghost towns===
*[[Bidwell's Bar, California|Bidwell's Bar]] – now located under [[Lake Oroville]]
*[[Butte Creek, California|Butte Creek]]
*[[Coutolenc, California|Coutolenc]]
*[[Diamondville, California|Diamondville]]
*[[Forks of Butte]] – a former gold mining settlement<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Colby | first1 = Robert | last2 = McDonald | first2 =  Lois | title = Magalia to Stirling City | publisher = Arcadia | year = 2005 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5AjvJhoppaUC&pg=PP1 | pages = 66| isbn = 9780738530185 }}</ref>
*[[Hamilton, Butte County, California|Hamilton]] - Butte County's first permanent county seat, [[John Bidwell]] discovered gold at Hamilton in 1848, and the settlement arose. It was located on the west side of the Feather River, {{convert|15|mi|0|abbr=on}} downstream from Oroville.
*[[Lynchburg, California|Lynchburg]]

===Population ranking===
{{update|section|date=November 2023}}
The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Butte County.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=2010 U.S. Census website |access-date=May 25, 2015 }}</ref>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)

|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 1
|'''[[Chico, California|Chico]]''' 
| City
| 86,187
|- style="background-color:#F0F8FF;"
| 2
|'''[[Paradise, California|Paradise]]''' 
| Town
| 26,218
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 3
|'''†''' '''[[Oroville, California|Oroville]]''' 
| City
| 15,546
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 4
|'''[[Magalia, California|Magalia]]''' 
| CDP
| 11,310
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 5
|'''[[Oroville East, California|Oroville East]]''' 
| CDP
| 8,280
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 6
|'''[[Thermalito, California|Thermalito]]''' 
| CDP
| 6,646
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 7
|'''[[Gridley, California|Gridley]]''' 
| City
| 6,584
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 8
|'''[[South Oroville, California|South Oroville]]''' 
| CDP
| 5,742
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 9
|'''[[Durham, California|Durham]]''' 
| CDP
| 5,518
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 10
|'''[[Palermo, California|Palermo]]''' 
| CDP
| 5,382
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 11
|'''[[Kelly Ridge, California|Kelly Ridge]]''' 
| CDP
| 2,544
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 12
|'''[[Biggs, California|Biggs]]''' 
| City
| 1,707
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 13
|'''[[Berry Creek, California|Berry Creek]]''' 
| CDP
| 1,424
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 14
|'''[[Forest Ranch, California|Forest Ranch]]''' 
| CDP
| 1,184
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 15
|'''[[Butte Creek Canyon, California|Butte Creek Canyon]]''' 
| CDP
| 1,086
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 16
|'''[[Butte Valley, California|Butte Valley]]''' 
| CDP
| 899
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 17
|'''[[Cohasset, California|Cohasset]]''' 
| CDP
| 847
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 18
|'''[[Concow, California|Concow]]''' 
| CDP
| 710
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 19
|'''[[Bangor, California|Bangor]]''' 
| CDP
| 646
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 20
|'''[[Honcut, California|Honcut]]''' 
| CDP
| 370
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 21
|'''[[Yankee Hill, Butte County, California|Yankee Hill]]''' 
| CDP
| 333
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| t-22
|'''[[Forbestown, California|Forbestown]]''' 
| CDP
| 320
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| t-22
|'''[[Nord, California|Nord]]''' 
| CDP
| 320
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 23
|'''[[Stirling City, California|Stirling City]]''' 
| CDP
| 295
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 24
|'''[[Richvale, California|Richvale]]''' 
| CDP
| 244
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 25
|'''[[Rackerby, California|Rackerby]]''' 
| CDP
| 204
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 26
|'''[[Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California|Berry Creek Rancheria]]'''
| [[AIAN (U.S. Census)|AIAN]]
| 152
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 27
|'''[[Clipper Mills, California|Clipper Mills]]''' 
| CDP
| 142
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 28
|'''[[Robinson Mill, California|Robinson Mill]]''' 
| CDP
| 80
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 29
|'''[[Cherokee, California|Cherokee]]''' 
| CDP
| 69
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 30
|'''[[Butte Meadows, California|Butte Meadows]]''' 
| CDP
| 40
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 31
|'''[[Enterprise Rancheria]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1055|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|website=www.census.gov|access-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430012746/https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1055|archive-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref> 
| AIAN
| 1
|}

==In popular culture==
Several movies have been [[List of films and television shows shot in Northern California#Butte County|filmed in Butte County]], including ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where was Gone with the Wind filmed? |url=https://giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-gone-with-the-wind-filmed/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=giggster.com |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=195 ACRE RANCH RICH WITH HISTORY. |url=https://www.land.com/property/195-acres-in-Butte-County-California/4393580/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=Land.com |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]]'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=July 6, 2005 |title=CN&R • Arts&Culture • Fine Arts • Magic Town • Jun 14, 2001 |url=https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/magic-town/4485/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=Chico News & Review |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Magic Town]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 6, 2005 |title=CN&R • Arts&Culture • Fine Arts • Magic Town • Jun 14, 2001 |url=https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/magic-town/4485/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=Chico News & Review |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Klansman]]'',<ref name=":0" /> ''[[Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy]]'',<ref name=":0" /> ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'',<ref name=":0" /> and ''[[Under Wraps (1997 film)|Under Wraps]]''.<ref name=":0" /> A 2013 episode of the television series ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' involves the sons coming into contact with corrupt police in the fictional town of Eden, located in Butte County.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=M |last2=October 16 |first2=i Bierly Updated |last3=EDT |first3=2013 at 06:05 AM |title=Sons of Anarchy recap: Son Summit |url=https://ew.com/recap/sons-of-anarchy-season-6-episode-6/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of California counties]]
*[[List of school districts in Butte County, California]]
*[[List of museums in the Shasta Cascade (California)]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Butte County, California]]
<!-- these are not sources - incomplete  ==Sources==
* US Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics.
* State of California, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. -->

== Notes ==
;Notes
{{Notelist}}

;References
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Butte County, California}}
*{{Official website}}
*[http://www.bcag.org// Butte County Association of Governments]

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|North     = [[Tehama County, California|Tehama County]]
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|East      = [[Plumas County, California|Plumas County]]
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|South     = [[Yuba County, California|Yuba County]] and [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]]
|Southwest = [[Colusa County, California|Colusa County]]
|West      = [[Glenn County, California|Glenn County]]
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[[Category:Sacramento Valley]]
[[Category:Shasta Cascade]]
[[Category:1850 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1850]]