Tehama County, California

Tehama County (pronounced teh-HAY-muh) is a located in the  part of the  of. It is bisected by the. As of 2000 its population was 56,039. The is.

History
Tehama County was formed from parts of, and  Counties in.

The county is named for the City of. Suggested possible roots are the word tehama ("hot low-lands"), the  word tejamanil (shingle), or "high water" in the dialect of local.

Famous early figures include, who took part in a fight that gave name to Bloody Island and Battle Creek, , , and , the first and only president of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 7,672 (2,962 ). 7,643 km² (2,951 sq mi) of it is land and 29 km² (11 sq mi) of it (0.38%) is water.

Cities and towns

 * Capay
 * Kirkwood
 * Lake California
 * Kirkwood
 * Lake California

Major Highways

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Public Transportation
(TRAX) operates local service in Red Bluff and service to Los Molinos and Corning. buses stop in Red Bluff.

Airports
and are two general aviation airports.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 56,039 people, 21,013 households, and 14,898 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (19/sq mi). There were 23,547 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 84.79%, 0.57% or , 2.10% , 0.79% , 0.10% , 8.26% from , and 3.39% from two or more races. 15.83% of the population were or  of any race. 14.4% were of, 11.0% , 9.6% and 9.5%  ancestry according to. 86.0% spoke and 13.0%  as their first language.

There were 21,013 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 24.0% 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 2.62 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,206, and the median income for a family was $37,277. Males had a median income of $30,872 versus $22,864 for females. The for the county was $15,793. About 13.0% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the, including 24.0% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Tehama is a strongly Republican county in and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in. Tehama is part of, which is held by Republican. In the Tehama is in the 2nd Assembly district, which is held by Republican, and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican.

External link

 * Tehama County official website