Siskiyou County, California
Siskiyou County, California | |||
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County | |||
County of Siskiyou | |||
Images, from top down, left to right: Mount Shasta, the historic West Miner Street in Yreka, Indian Tom Lake | |||
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Location in the U.S. state of California | |||
California's location in the United States | |||
Coordinates: 41°35′N 122°30′W / 41.583°N 122.500°W / 41.583; -122.500Coordinates: 41°35′N 122°30′W / 41.583°N 122.500°W / 41.583; -122.500 | |||
Country | United States | ||
State | California | ||
Region | Shasta Cascade | ||
Incorporated | 1852 | ||
Named for | The Siskiyou Trail | ||
County seat | Yreka | ||
Largest city | Yreka | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 6,347 sq mi (16,440 km2) | ||
• Land | 6,278 sq mi (16,260 km2) | ||
• Water | 69 sq mi (180 km2) | ||
Highest elevation[1] | 14,162 ft (4,317 m) | ||
Population (April 1, 2010)[2] | |||
• Total | 44,900 | ||
• Estimate (2016)[3] | 43,603 | ||
• Density | 7.1/sq mi (2.7/km2) | ||
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) | ||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) | ||
Area code | 530 | ||
FIPS code | 06-093 | ||
GNIS feature ID | 277311 | ||
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Website | www.co.siskiyou.ca.us |
Siskiyou County (/ˈsɪskjuː/ SIS-kew) is a county in the northernmost part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 44,900.[2] Its county seat is Yreka and its highest point is Mount Shasta.[4]
Siskiyou County is in the Shasta Cascade region along the Oregon border. Because of its outdoor recreation opportunities and Gold Rush era history, it is an important tourist destination within the state.
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
2.1 Flora and fauna
2.2 National protected areas
3 Transportation
3.1 Major highways
3.2 Public transportation
3.3 Airports
4 Politics
4.1 Voter registration statistics
4.1.1 Cities by population and voter registration
4.2 Overview
5 Crime
5.1 Cities by population and crime rates
6 Demographics
6.1 2011
6.1.1 Places by population, race, and income
6.2 2010
6.3 2000
7 Communities
7.1 Cities
7.2 Census-designated places
7.3 Other unincorporated communities
7.4 Ghost towns
7.5 Population ranking
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
History
Siskiyou County was created on March 22, 1852, from parts of Shasta and Klamath Counties, and named after the Siskiyou mountain range. Parts of the county's territory were given to Modoc County in 1855.
The county is the site of the central section of the Siskiyou Trail, which ran between California's Central Valley and the Pacific Northwest. The Siskiyou Trail followed Native American footpaths, and was extended by Hudson's Bay Company trappers in the 1830s. Its length was increased by "Forty-Niners" during the California Gold Rush.
After the discovery of an important gold strike near today’s Yreka, California in 1851, prospectors flooded the area. This was described in detail by Joaquin Miller in his semi-autobiographical novel Life Amongst the Modocs.
In the mid 1880s, the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad along the Siskiyou Trail brought the first wave of tourism. Visitors were drawn by the county’s many summer resorts, and to hunt or fish in the largely untouched region. The Southern Pacific railroad, the successor to the Central Pacific, called its rail line “The Road of A Thousand Wonders.”
In the early 1940s, Siskiyou County was home to the semi-serious State of Jefferson movement, which sought to create a new state from several counties of northern California and the adjoining counties of southern Oregon. The movement has seen a revival in recent years.
The origin of the word Siskiyou is not known. It may be Chinook word for a "bob-tailed horse", or as was argued before the State Senate in 1852, from the French Six Cailloux (six stones), a name given to a ford on the Umpqua River by Michel LaFrambois and his Hudson's Bay Company trappers in 1832. Others claim the Six Cailloux name was appropriated by Stephen Meek, another Hudson's Bay Company trapper who discovered Scott Valley, for a crossing on the Klamath River near Hornbrook.
The County is home to the Black Bear Ranch, a commune started in 1968 with the slogan "Free Land for free people."
On September 4, 2013, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 to secede from the State of California.[5]
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,347 square miles (16,440 km2), of which 6,278 square miles (16,260 km2) is land and 69 square miles (180 km2) (1.1%) is water.[6] It is the fifth-largest county by area in California.[citation needed]
Siskiyou County is geographically diverse. From towering Mount Shasta (elev. 14,179 ft/(4,322 m)) near the center of the county, to lakes and dense forests, as well as desert, chaparral, and memorable waterfalls, the county is home to world-famous trout-fishing rivers and streams, such as the Sacramento and McCloud Rivers. The county is dotted as well with lakes and reservoirs,[7] such as Castle Lake and Lake Siskiyou. Mount Shasta itself has a winter sports center. Pastoral Scott Valley in the western part of the county has many wide, tree-lined meadows, supporting large cattle ranches. The basins of northeastern Siskiyou County, including Butte Valley, Lower Klamath and Tule Lake basins, have some of the deepest and richest soils in the state, producing alfalfa, potatoes, horseradish, and brewing barley. Butte Valley nurseries are the leading source of premium strawberry plants in North America. Much of the county is densely forested with pine, fir, incense-cedar, oak, and madrone; Siskiyou County is also home to the rare Baker's Cypress Tree, Cupressus bakeri, which grows in only eleven scattered locations in the world, five of which are in Siskiyou County.
The county's natural resources are most often used these days for skiing, snowboarding, hiking, mountain biking, camping, and wilderness recreation, as historic logging practices have been largely discontinued due to Federal and State environmental regulations. The county’s water is viewed as sufficiently pure and abundant that the county is a source of significant amounts of bottled water, distributed throughout the country. A large Crystal Geyser plant is at the base of Mt. Shasta, near Weed.
Flora and fauna
Substantial amounts of the county are forested within the Siskiyou and Cascade Ranges, including significant oak woodland and mixed conifer forests. Siskiyou County is the northern extent of the range for California Buckeye,[8] a widespread California endemic. The Klamath National Forest occupies 1,700,000 acres (6,900 km2) of land which includes elements in Siskiyou County as well as Jackson County, Oregon.[9]
National protected areas
- Butte Valley National Grassland
Klamath National Forest (part)
Lava Beds National Monument (part)
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge (part)
Modoc National Forest (part)
Rogue River National Forest (part)
Shasta National Forest (part)
Six Rivers National Forest (part)
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (part)
Tule Lake Unit, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument (part)
Transportation
Major highways
Interstate 5
U.S. Route 97
State Route 3
State Route 89
State Route 96
State Route 139
State Route 161
State Route 263
State Route 265
Public transportation
Siskiyou Transit And General Express (STAGE) operates buses connecting the more populated areas of the county. Amtrak trains stop in Dunsmuir. Amtrak California motorcoaches operate from Sacramento and Medford, OR, with stops in Yreka, Weed, Mount Shasta, and Dunsmuir, for passengers connecting to and from Amtrak trains in Sacramento or Stockton.
Airports
Siskiyou County owns and operates Butte Valley Airport, Happy Camp Airport, Scott Valley Airport, Siskiyou County Airport and Weed Airport (all general aviation). Dunsmuir Municipal-Mott Airport and Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field are also within the county.
The closest airports for commercial domestic plane departures are Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport north of the county in Medford, Oregon, Crater Lake–Klamath Regional Airport, northeast of the county in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Redding Municipal Airport south of the county in Redding, California.
Politics
Voter registration statistics
Population and registered voters | ||
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Total population[10] | 44,687 | |
Registered voters[11][note 1] | 25,582 | 57.2% |
Democratic[11] | 8,253 | 32.3% |
Republican[11] | 10,458 | 40.9% |
Democratic–Republican spread[11] | -2,205 | -8.6% |
Independent[11] | 1,126 | 4.4% |
Green[11] | 196 | 0.8% |
Libertarian[11] | 264 | 1.0% |
Peace and Freedom[11] | 89 | 0.3% |
Americans Elect[11] | 1 | 0.0% |
Other[11] | 57 | 0.2% |
No party preference[11] | 5,138 | 20.1% |
Cities by population and voter registration
Cities by population and voter registration | |||||||
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City | Population[10] | Registered voters[11] [note 1] | Democratic[11] | Republican[11] | D–R spread[11] | Other[11] | No party preference[11] |
Dorris | 872 | 42.5% | 30.5% | 42.3% | -11.8% | 8.4% | 22.4% |
Dunsmuir | 1,663 | 56.2% | 41.5% | 24.5% | +17.0% | 13.7% | 24.6% |
Etna | 721 | 58.5% | 29.1% | 46.0% | -16.9% | 9.7% | 18.7% |
Fort Jones | 595 | 63.5% | 30.4% | 44.4% | -14.0% | 10.1% | 18.8% |
Montague | 1,510 | 47.8% | 24.8% | 44.6% | -19.8% | 12.3% | 23.8% |
Mount Shasta | 3,411 | 59.8% | 42.6% | 25.3% | +17.3% | 10.4% | 25.3% |
Tulelake | 981 | 24.9% | 22.5% | 54.5% | -32.0% | 8.6% | 18.4% |
Weed | 2,947 | 44.8% | 45.6% | 24.0% | +21.6% | 14.5% | 21.7% |
Yreka | 7,696 | 52.3% | 30.8% | 42.5% | -11.7% | 11.0% | 20.3% |
Overview
Siskiyou is a strongly Republican county in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. However, Democrat Bill Clinton won a plurality of votes in 1992.
Year | GOP | DEM | Others |
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2016 | 55.34% 11,341 | 35.30% 7,234 | 9.36% 1,918 |
2012 | 55.40% 11,077 | 40.24% 8,046 | 4.35% 870 |
2008 | 53.42% 11,520 | 43.09% 9,292 | 3.49% 752 |
2004 | 60.64% 12,673 | 37.71% 7,880 | 1.66% 346 |
2000 | 61.55% 12,198 | 31.90% 6,323 | 6.55% 1,298 |
1996 | 47.30% 8,653 | 38.39% 7,022 | 14.31% 2,618 |
1992 | 32.21% 6,660 | 39.91% 8,254 | 27.88% 5,765 |
1988 | 50.88% 9,056 | 47.00% 8,365 | 2.11% 376 |
1984 | 58.25% 10,544 | 39.39% 7,130 | 2.36% 427 |
1980 | 55.75% 9,331 | 33.84% 5,664 | 10.41% 1,743 |
1976 | 48.37% 7,070 | 48.31% 7,060 | 3.32% 485 |
1972 | 51.46% 7,563 | 43.78% 6,434 | 4.76% 699 |
1968 | 46.13% 6,334 | 45.59% 6,260 | 8.28% 1,138 |
1964 | 36.18% 5,186 | 63.66% 9,126 | 0.16% 23 |
1960 | 42.95% 6,279 | 56.40% 8,245 | 0.66% 96 |
1956 | 49.79% 6,841 | 49.76% 6,837 | 0.46% 63 |
1952 | 55.69% 8,735 | 43.35% 6,800 | 0.96% 151 |
1948 | 42.53% 5,315 | 54.00% 6,749 | 3.48% 434 |
1944 | 42.15% 4,351 | 57.29% 5,914 | 0.56% 58 |
1940 | 35.92% 4,387 | 63.17% 7,714 | 0.91% 111 |
1936 | 29.46% 2,919 | 69.28% 6,865 | 1.26% 125 |
1932 | 26.76% 2,458 | 69.33% 6,367 | 3.91% 359 |
1928 | 55.49% 3,758 | 43.06% 2,916 | 1.45% 98 |
1924 | 40.58% 2,437 | 9.73% 584 | 49.69% 2,984 |
1920 | 60.05% 2,909 | 31.01% 1,502 | 8.94% 433 |
1916 | 34.13% 2,059 | 57.15% 3,447 | 8.72% 526 |
1912 | 0.58% 29 | 49.57% 2,465 | 49.85% 2,479 |
1908 | 47.40% 1,813 | 43.32% 1,657 | 9.28% 355 |
1904 | 59.67% 2,104 | 34.57% 1,219 | 5.76% 203 |
1900 | 52.36% 1,898 | 46.01% 1,668 | 1.63% 59 |
1896 | 44.98% 1,473 | 52.64% 1,724 | 2.38% 78 |
1892 | 46.27% 1,493 | 49.74% 1,605 | 4.00% 129 |
Siskiyou County is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.[13]
In the state legislature Siskiyou is in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines,[14] and the 1st Assembly District, represented by Republican Brian Dahle.[15]
On November 4, 2008, Siskiyou County voted 60.1% for Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.[citation needed]
On September 3, 2013, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of secession from California to form a proposed state named Jefferson.[16][17] A similar move was made in 1941, but was shelved due to the attack on Pearl Harbor.[18]
Crime
The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.
Population and crime rates | ||
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Population[10] | 44,687 | |
Violent crime[19] | 183 | 4.10 |
Homicide[19] | 1 | 0.02 |
Forcible rape[19] | 18 | 0.40 |
Robbery[19] | 16 | 0.36 |
Aggravated assault[19] | 148 | 3.31 |
Property crime[19] | 447 | 10.00 |
Burglary[19] | 257 | 5.75 |
Larceny-theft[19][note 2] | 467 | 10.45 |
Motor vehicle theft[19] | 82 | 1.83 |
Arson[19] | 3 | 0.07 |
Cities by population and crime rates
Cities by population and crime rates | ||||||||
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City | Population[20] | Violent crimes[20] | Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons | Property crimes[20] | Property crime rate per 1,000 persons | |||
Dorris | 939 | 1 | 1.06 | 23 | 24.49 | |||
Dunsmuir | 1,650 | 5 | 3.03 | 41 | 24.85 | |||
Etna | 737 | 1 | 1.36 | 2 | 2.71 | |||
Fort Jones | 841 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 16.65 | |||
Lake Shastina | 2,460 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Montague | 1,443 | 2 | 1.39 | 6 | 4.16 | |||
Mount Shasta | 3,396 | 5 | 1.47 | 79 | 23.26 | |||
Tulelake | 1,010 | 1 | 0.99 | 5 | 4.95 | |||
Weed | 2,970 | 18 | 6.06 | 125 | 42.09 | |||
Yreka | 7,768 | 42 | 5.41 | 293 | 37.72 |
Demographics
2011
Population, race, and income | |||||
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Total population[10] | 44,687 | ||||
White[10] | 38,919 | 87.1% | |||
Black or African American[10] | 519 | 1.2% | |||
American Indian or Alaska Native[10] | 1,287 | 2.9% | |||
Asian[10] | 588 | 1.3% | |||
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander[10] | 142 | 0.3% | |||
Some other race[10] | 516 | 1.2% | |||
Two or more races[10] | 2,716 | 6.1% | |||
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[21] | 4,544 | 10.2% | |||
Per capita income[22] | $22,335 | ||||
Median household income[23] | $37,865 | ||||
Median family income[24] | $47,632 |
Places by population, race, and income
Places by population and race | ||||||||
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Place | Type[25] | Population[10] | White[10] | Other[10] [note 3] | Asian[10] | Black or African American[10] | Native American[10] [note 4] | Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[21] |
Carrick | CDP | 123 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Dorris | City | 872 | 83.9% | 11.6% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 3.4% | 25.1% |
Dunsmuir | City | 1,663 | 85.9% | 8.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 7.5% |
Edgewood | CDP | 49 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.3% |
Etna | City | 721 | 86.8% | 10.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 2.5% | 9.3% |
Fort Jones | City | 595 | 91.8% | 3.2% | 0.2% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 6.6% |
Gazelle | CDP | 153 | 71.2% | 24.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% | 22.2% |
Greenview | CDP | 376 | 89.4% | 10.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Grenada | CDP | 322 | 81.4% | 8.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.9% | 2.8% |
Happy Camp | CDP | 1,170 | 61.3% | 12.2% | 6.9% | 0.8% | 18.8% | 4.6% |
Hornbrook | CDP | 334 | 89.8% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 5.7% |
McCloud | CDP | 1,288 | 94.5% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 5.1% |
Macdoel | CDP | 108 | 38.0% | 62.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 72.2% |
Montague | City | 1,510 | 80.7% | 12.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 6.0% | 16.9% |
Mount Hebron | CDP | 72 | 94.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.6% | 31.9% |
Mount Shasta | City | 3,411 | 93.3% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 8.6% |
Tennant | CDP | 55 | 65.5% | 5.5% | 29.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Tulelake | City | 981 | 83.1% | 8.1% | 1.0% | 5.2% | 2.7% | 55.2% |
Weed | City | 2,947 | 87.8% | 5.0% | 1.1% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 15.8% |
Yreka | City | 7,696 | 84.6% | 8.9% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 3.4% | 10.3% |
Places by population and income | |||||
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Place | Type[25] | Population[26] | Per capita income[22] | Median household income[23] | Median family income[24] |
Carrick | CDP | 123 | $13,418 | $12,269 | $37,386 |
Dorris | City | 872 | $15,058 | $32,500 | $37,880 |
Dunsmuir | City | 1,663 | $21,465 | $36,813 | $47,958 |
Edgewood | CDP | 49 | $26,247 | $44,063 | $43,438 |
Etna | City | 721 | $16,854 | $30,455 | $31,875 |
Fort Jones | City | 595 | $15,363 | $26,875 | $38,947 |
Gazelle | CDP | 153 | $13,808 | $19,333 | $27,344 |
Greenview | CDP | 376 | $19,574 | $45,640 | $45,640 |
Grenada | CDP | 322 | $21,354 | $27,955 | $40,417 |
Happy Camp | CDP | 1,170 | $13,909 | $23,438 | $30,500 |
Hornbrook | CDP | 334 | $13,494 | $27,143 | $36,528 |
McCloud | CDP | 1,288 | $19,543 | $31,630 | $49,922 |
Macdoel | CDP | 108 | $17,961 | $51,534 | $53,750 |
Montague | City | 1,510 | $15,971 | $33,438 | $44,875 |
Mount Hebron | CDP | 72 | $18,090 | $25,875 | $24,464 |
Mount Shasta | City | 3,411 | $24,705 | $39,575 | $62,500 |
Tennant | CDP | 55 | $13,035 | $18,365 | $18,250 |
Tulelake | City | 981 | $13,174 | $26,389 | $36,500 |
Weed | City | 2,947 | $15,124 | $25,659 | $37,917 |
Yreka | City | 7,696 | $21,169 | $31,151 | $41,750 |
2010
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1860 | 7,629 | — | |
1870 | 6,848 | −10.2% | |
1880 | 8,610 | 25.7% | |
1890 | 12,163 | 41.3% | |
1900 | 16,962 | 39.5% | |
1910 | 18,801 | 10.8% | |
1920 | 18,545 | −1.4% | |
1930 | 25,480 | 37.4% | |
1940 | 28,598 | 12.2% | |
1950 | 30,733 | 7.5% | |
1960 | 32,885 | 7.0% | |
1970 | 33,225 | 1.0% | |
1980 | 39,732 | 19.6% | |
1990 | 43,531 | 9.6% | |
2000 | 44,301 | 1.8% | |
2010 | 44,900 | 1.4% | |
Est. 2017 | 43,853 | [3] | −2.3% |
U.S. Decennial Census[27] 1790-1960[28] 1900-1990[29] 1990-2000[30] 2010-2015[2] |
The 2010 United States Census reported Siskiyou County had a population of 44,900. The racial makeup of Siskiyou County was 38,030 (84.7%) White, 571 (1.3%) African American, 1,814 (4.0%) Native American, 540 (1.2%) Asian, 80 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 1,491 (3.3%) from other races, and 2,374 (5.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,615 persons (10.3%).[31]
Population reported at 2010 United States Census | |||||||||
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The County | Total Population | White | African American | Native American | Asian | Pacific Islander | other races | two or more races | Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
Siskiyou County | 44,900 | 38,030 | 571 | 1,814 | 540 | 80 | 1,491 | 2,374 | 4,615 |
Incorporated cities and towns | Total Population | White | African American | Native American | Asian | Pacific Islander | other races | two or more races | Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
Dorris | 939 | 764 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 77 | 48 | 197 |
Dunsmuir | 1,650 | 1,443 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 109 | 167 |
Etna | 737 | 627 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 26 |
Fort Jones | 839 | 650 | 33 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 64 | 103 |
Montague | 1,443 | 1,251 | 4 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 95 | 107 |
Mount Shasta | 3,394 | 3,041 | 61 | 19 | 56 | 2 | 51 | 164 | 277 |
Tulelake | 1,010 | 563 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 365 | 65 | 601 |
Weed | 2,967 | 2,221 | 206 | 70 | 121 | 27 | 132 | 190 | 475 |
Yreka | 7,765 | 6,495 | 57 | 491 | 94 | 9 | 168 | 451 | 753 |
Census-designated places | Total Population | White | African American | Native American | Asian | Pacific Islander | other races | two or more races | Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
Carrick | 131 | 110 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
Edgewood | 43 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gazelle | 70 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Greenview | 201 | 161 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 19 |
Grenada | 367 | 307 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 |
Happy Camp | 1,190 | 814 | 2 | 277 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 71 | 95 |
Hornbrook | 248 | 195 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 19 |
Macdoel | 133 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 78 |
McCloud | 1,101 | 1,039 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 65 |
Mount Hebron | 95 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 41 |
Tennant | 41 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Unincorporated communities | Total Population | White | African American | Native American | Asian | Pacific Islander | other races | two or more races | Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
All others not CDPs (combined) | 20,536 | 18,077 | 139 | 666 | 214 | 27 | 487 | 926 | 1,561 |
2000
As of the census[32] of 2000, there were 44,301 people, 18,556 households, and 12,228 families residing in the county. The population density was 7/sq mi (3/km2). There were 21,947 housing units at an average density of 4/sq mi (1/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 87.1% White, 1.3% Black or African American, 3.9% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.8% from other races, and 3.7% from two or more races. 7.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 13.5% were of German, 12.0% English, 9.8% Irish, 9.5% American and 7.1% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000. 91.7% spoke English and 5.7% Spanish as their first language. As of March 2012, the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Siskiyou County are 15% German, 13% English, 12% Irish and 6% Italian.[33]
There were 18,556 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the county, the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $29,530, and the median income for a family was $36,890. Males had a median income of $31,936 versus $22,650 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,570. About 14.0% of families and 18.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.6% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
Communities
Cities
- Dorris
- Dunsmuir
- Etna
- Fort Jones
- Montague
- Mount Shasta
- Tulelake
- Weed
- Yreka
Census-designated places
- Carrick
- Edgewood
- Gazelle
- Greenview
- Grenada
- Happy Camp
- Hornbrook
- McCloud
- Macdoel
- Mount Hebron
- Tennant
Other unincorporated communities
- Ager
- Bestville
- Big Springs
- Black Bear
- Black Butte
- Bray
- Callahan
- Cecilville
- Clear Creek
- Forks of Salmon
- Fort Goff
- Grass Lake
- Hamburg
Hatfield (partial)- Hilt
- Horse Creek
- Klamath River
- Klamathon
- Lake Shastina
- Lake Siskiyou
- Little Shasta
- Mugginsville
- Oro Fino
- Pondosa
- Sawyers Bar
- Scott Bar
- Seiad Valley
- Somes Bar
- Thompson Creek
Ghost towns
- Gullion's Bar
- Negro Flat
- Wingate Bar
Population ranking
The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Siskiyou County.[34]
† county seat
Rank | City/Town/etc. | Municipal type | Population (2010 Census)
|
---|---|---|---|
1 | † Yreka | City | 7,765 |
2 | Mount Shasta | City | 3,394 |
3 | Weed | City | 2,967 |
4 | Dunsmuir | City | 1,650 |
5 | Montague | City | 1,443 |
6 | Happy Camp | CDP | 1,190 |
7 | McCloud | CDP | 1,101 |
8 | Tulelake | City | 1,010 |
9 | Dorris | City | 939 |
10 | Fort Jones | City | 839 |
11 | Etna | City | 737 |
12 | Karuk Reservation[35] | AIAN | 506 |
13 | Grenada | CDP | 367 |
14 | Hornbrook | CDP | 248 |
15 | Greenview | CDP | 201 |
16 | Quartz Valley Reservation[36] | AIAN | 187 |
17 | Macdoel | CDP | 133 |
18 | Carrick | CDP | 131 |
19 | Mount Hebron | CDP | 95 |
20 | Gazelle | CDP | 70 |
21 | Edgewood | CDP | 43 |
22 | Tennant | CDP | 41 |
See also
Siskiyou County, California portal
- List of school districts in Siskiyou County, California
- List of museums in the Shasta Cascade (California)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Siskiyou County, California
- Upper Soda Springs
- Shasta Springs
- Yreka Western Railroad
Notes
^ ab Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.
^ Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.
^ Other = Some other race + Two or more races
^ Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native
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Further reading
- Harry L. Wells, History of Siskiyou County, California: Illustrated with Views of Residences, Business Buildings and Natural Scenery and Containing Portraits and Biographies of Its Leading Citizens and Pioneers. Oakland, CA: D.J. Stewart and Co., 1881.
External links
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Official website
- Museum of the Siskiyou Trail
- Siskiyou County Visitors Bureau