Lassen County, California

Lassen County is a located in the  portion of the  of. As of 2000 the population was 33,828. The is, the only incorporated city in the.

History
Lassen County was formed in from parts of  and  Counties. Due to uncertainties over the California border, what is now Lassen County was part of the unofficial and  during the late 1850s and early 1860s.

The county's name was derived from which was named for, one of General 's guides and a famous trapper, frontiersman and Indian fighter. He was murdered under mysterious circumstances near the in 1859.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 12,226 (4,720 ). 11,803 km² (4,557 sq mi) of it is land and 422 km² (163 sq mi) of it (3.46%) is water.

Cities and towns




Adjacent Counties

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 * - south
 * - west
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Major Highways

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 * [[Image:California 36.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:California 44.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:California 139.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:California 299.svg|20px]]

Public Transportation
(LRB) runs a local service in Susanville, and longer distance routes to Westwood and Doyle.

Airports
, and  are all general aviation airports.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 33,828 people, 9,625 households, and 6,776 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 12,000 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 80.81%, 8.84% or , 3.26% , 0.74% , 0.43% , 3.23% from , and 2.69% from two or more races. 13.84% of the population were or  of any race. 13.8% were of, 12.1% , 10.5% , 8.7% and 5.0%  ancestry according to. 88.2% spoke and 10.3%  as their first language.

There were 9,625 households out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 168.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 192.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,310, and the median income for a family was $43,398. Males had a median income of $37,333 versus $26,561 for females. The for the county was $14,749. About 11.1% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Lassen is a strongly county in  and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in.

Lassen is part of California's, which is held by Republican. In the, Lassen is part of the 2nd Assembly district, which is held by Republican , and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican.