Sierra County, California

Sierra County is a located in the  of the  of, northeast of  on the border with. As of the population was 3,555. The is.

The only incorporated city in the county is.

History
Sierra County was formed from parts of in.

The county derives its name from the. (Note: Sierra Nevada is Spanish for "Snowy Range." Therefore, it should not be referred to as The Sierra Nevada Mountains.)

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,491 (962 ). 2,469 km² (953 sq mi) of it is land and 22 km² (9 sq mi) of it (0.89%) is water.

Cities and towns
Alleghany, Calpine,, Forest, Goodyears Bar, , Pike, Sattley, Sierra City, Sierraville

Adjacent Counties

 * - south
 * - west
 * - north
 * - northeast
 * - east

Major Highways

 * [[Image:California 49.svg|20px]] (Golden Chain Highway)
 * [[Image:California 89.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Sierra County Route A23 CA.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Sierra County Route A24 CA.svg|20px]] (Beckwith Road)
 * Henness Pass Road – traverses entire county from west to east; links in Nevada County with
 * Stampede Dam Road – links with near
 * Gold Lake Road/Highway – links with SR 89 at via

Also,
 * [[Image:US 395 (CA).svg|20px]] – only passes by the locality of  between  and
 * [[Image:I-80 (CA).svg|20px]] – serves only as a link between  and the

Public Transportation
Public transportation in Sierra County is limited to vans run by senior citizen agencies in Downieville and Loyalton. (The general public may ride on a space-available basis)

Airports
is a general aviation airport located near Sierraville.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,555 people, 1,520 households, and 986 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (4/sq mi). There were 2,202 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.18%, 0.20% or , 1.88% , 0.17% , 0.08% , 1.04% from , and 2.45% from two or more races. 5.99% of the population were or  of any race. 95.3% spoke and 3.4%  as their first language.

There were 1,520 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,827, and the median income for a family was $42,756. Males had a median income of $36,121 versus $30,000 for females. The for the county was $18,815. About 9.0% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Sierra is a strongly Republican county in and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in. Sierra is part of, which is held by Republican. In the Sierra is in the 3rd Assembly district, which is held by Republican, and the 1st Senate district, which is held by Republican.

Trivia

 * Because Loyalton is Sierra County's most populous and its only incorporated city, generally half of the meetings of the county's board of supervisors are held in Downieville and the other half are held in Loyalton.
 * There is only one traffic signal in Sierra County.