Trinity County, California

Trinity County is a large, rugged and mountainous, heavily forested located in the northwestern portion of the  of, along the  and within the Salmon/. As of its population was 13,022. Its and largest town is, at around 3500 people. There are no incorporated cities in Trinity County, and there is not a single freeway, traffic light, or parking meter. It is well over half the size of Connecticut or a little over 1/3 of New jersey or a little under 1/3 of Massachusetts. Trinity County did not have a single name-brand store or restaurant until 1999, when, , and  opened in the Tops SuperFoods shopping center

History
Trinity County was one of the original counties of California, created in at the time of statehood. Parts of the county were given to in  and to  in. Klamath County ceased to exist in after it was dissolved due to corruption and wide spread electoral fraud.

The county takes its name from the, named in by Major , who was under the mistaken impression that the river emptied into. Trinity is the version of Trinidad.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 8,307 (3,208 ). 8,233 km² (3,179 sq mi) of it is land and 75 km² (29 sq mi) of it (0.90%) is water. The county contains a significant portion of, home to the. The county hosts many visitors, especially during summer months, for camping, backpacking, and fishing. The summers tend to be very clear & sunny, warm, and very dry, with little rain at all from June to September excepting a couple of mountain thunderstorms in the highest elevations. The winters tend to have copious precipitation, falling mostly as rain under 1000m/3300 ft in the valley bottoms, and mostly as snow over 1000m/3300ft on the mountainsides. The months of December, January, and February are the wettest. There is an extensive wild river & stream system, and the terrain is quite rugged & forested, with the highest points at around 9000 ft. The occupy the vast portion of the county.

Cities and towns
Trinity County has no.

CDPs

Unincorporated Communities

Adjacent Counties

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Major Highways

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Public Transportation
provides bus service on State Routes 3 and 299, serving Hayfork, Douglas City and Weaverville.

Airports
The county owns five general aviation airports:, , , and.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,022 people, 5,587 households, and 3,625 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (4/sq mi). There were 7,980 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.87%, 0.45% or , 4.85% , 0.47% , 0.12% , 0.88% from , and 4.38% from two or more races. 3.97% of the population were or  of any race. 16.1% were of, 13.4% , 12.1% and 9.5%  ancestry according to. 97.3% spoke and 1.8%  as their first language.

There were 5,587 households out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 29.5% 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 2.29 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,711, and the median income for a family was $34,343. Males had a median income of $31,131 versus $24,271 for females. The for the county was $16,868. About 14.1% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the, including 26.2% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Trinity is a Republican-leaning county in and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in. It was also the only county in California to vote for candidate  in.

Trinity is part of, which is held by Republican. In the Trinity is in the 1st Assembly district, which is held by Democrat, and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican.