census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Tehama County
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,
California
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. Gerber sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Gerber's population was 1,060.
History
Gerber was
plat
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ted in 1910, and named after the Gerber family, original owners of the town site. A post office has been in operation at Gerber since 1916.
In the early years, Gerber was a center supporting ranchers and
alfalfa
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growers.
Between 1916 and 1965, Gerber was the location of a division point on the
Southern Pacific Railroad
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between the Sacramento and
Shasta Divisions. Situated two miles north of the junction of the West Valley Line to
Davis
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Canada
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and the East Valley Line
to
Sacramento
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via Chico and Marysville, facilities included steam locomotive fueling, repair and crew-change. There were also livestock yards and an icing plant for
refrigerator car
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s. Following the 1955 completion of the railroad's phasing in of diesel locomotives as a replacement to steam, operations at Gerber were gradually curtailed over the following decade and eventually closed down.
Passenger service continued until 1972 when
Amtrak
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's ''
Coast Starlight
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United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 0.9 square miles (2.4 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
The
2010 United States Census
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reported that Gerber had a population of 1,060. The population density was . The racial makeup of Gerber was 575 (54.2%)
White
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, 6 (0.6%)
African American
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Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, 0 (0.0%)
Pacific Islander
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, 371 (35.0%) from
other races
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, and 45 (4.2%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 526 persons (49.6%).
The Census reported that 1,060 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 367 households, out of which 149 (40.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 180 (49.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 50 (13.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 31 (8.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 35 (9.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 81 households (22.1%) were made up of individuals, and 27 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89. There were 261
families
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(71.1% of all households); the average family size was 3.41.
The population was spread out, with 303 people (28.6%) under the age of 18, 111 people (10.5%) aged 18 to 24, 257 people (24.2%) aged 25 to 44, 271 people (25.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 118 people (11.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.
There were 420 housing units at an average density of , of which 222 (60.5%) were owner-occupied, and 145 (39.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.4%. 613 people (57.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 447 people (42.2%) lived in rental housing units.