Plumas County

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administration
US state : California
Administrative headquarters : Quincy
Foundation : 1854
Demographics
Residents : 20,007  (2010)
Population density : 3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 6769 km²
Water surface : 155 km²
map
Map of Plumas County within California
Website : www.countyofplumas.com

Plumas County is a county in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the state of California in the United States . The county seat is Quincy , the only incorporated city is Portola .

geography

The county has a total area of ​​6,769 square kilometers. 155 square kilometers (2.29 percent of the total area) are water. It is bordered clockwise by the counties: Lassen County , Sierra County , Yuba County , Butte County , Tehama County, and Shasta County .

history

Nevada County was formed in 1854 from parts of Butte County . Parts of the county were ceded to Lassen County in 1864. It was named after the Feather River , whose Spanish name is Rio de las plumas , which means something like the river of springs.

5 structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 4303 -
1870 4489 4.3%
1880 6180 37.7%
1890 4933 -20.2%
1900 4657 -5.6%
1910 5259 12.9%
1920 5681 8th %
1930 7913 39.3%
1940 11,548 45.9%
1950 13,519 17.1%
1960 11,620 -14%
1970 11,707 0.7%
1980 17,340 48.1%
1990 19,739 13.8%
2000 20,824 5.5%
2010 20.007 -3.9%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Age pyramid of Plumas County

As of the 2000 census , Plumas County had 20,824 people. There were 9,000 households and 6,047 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 91.78% White, 0.62% African American, 2.55% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, and 1.81% other races Groups; 2.61% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.65% of the population.

Of the 9,000 households, 26.40% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.40% were married couples living together, 8.00% were single mothers. 32.80% were not families. 27.50% were single households and 10.10% had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.77 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.70% of residents under 18 years of age, 6.00% between 18 and 24 years of age, 22.60% between 25 and 44 years of age, 30.80% between 45 and 64 years of age 17.90% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 97.90 males.

The median income for a household in the 36,351 USD , and the median income for a family was 46,119 USD. Males had a median income of $ 38,742 versus $ 25,734 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,391. 13.10% percent of the population and 9.00% of families are below the poverty line. 16.70% of these were under 18 years of age and 6.40% were 65 years of age or older.

towns and places

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 277296. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

Web links

Commons : Plumas County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 1 ′  N , 120 ° 50 ′  W