Red Bluff, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area
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Tehama County ( ; Wintun for "high water") is a county located in the
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part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,829. The county seat and largest city is Red Bluff. Tehama County comprises the Red Bluff, California micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Redding-Red Bluff, California combined statistical area. The county is bisected by the Sacramento River.


Etymology

The county is named for the City of Tehama. Tehama is most commonly believed to be derived from the Wintun word for "high water". Others definitions of native origin that have been proposed such as "low land", "salmon", "mother nature" or "shallow". A less accepted theory proposes the names origin is ''tejamanil'', shingle in Spanish.


History

Tehama County was formed from parts of Butte, Colusa, and Shasta Counties in 1856. The first permanent non-indigenous settlers in the area that is now Tehama County were Robert Hasty Thomes, Albert Gallatin Toomes, William George Chard, and Job Francis Dye. The four men were each given land grants by the government of Mexico in 1844. Thomes received
Rancho Saucos Rancho Saucos was a Mexican land grant in present-day Tehama County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Robert H. Thomes. The name means "Ranch of the Elder trees". The grant extended along the west side of the Sacramen ...
, Toomes received
Rancho Rio de los Molinos Rancho Rio de los Molinos was a Mexican land grant in present-day Tehama County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Albert Gallatin Toomes. "Rio de los Molinos" means "River of the Mills". The long narrow grant exten ...
, Chard received Rancho Las Flores, and Dye received
Rancho Primer Cañon o Rio de Los Berrendos Rancho Primer Cañon o Rio de Los Berrendos was a Mexican land grant in present day Tehama County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Job Francis Dye. Rio de Los Berrendos means River of the Antelopes. The grant was on t ...
. Later in the same year
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received
Rancho Barranca Colorado Rancho Barranca Colorado was a Mexican land grant in present-day Tehama County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Josiah Belden. The name means "Ranch of the Red Bluffs". The grant was on the west bank of the Sacramen ...
. Famous early figures include Kit Carson, who took part in a fight that gave name to Bloody Island and Battle Creek,
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. The history of Tehama County includes the January 1886 relocation of Red Bluff's Chinese population, followed by the August 1886 torching of Red Bluff's Chinatown by alleged arsonists. The January 29th, 1886 edition of ''The Daily Alta'' detailed 'The Anti-Coolie Move' and confirms that a secret anti-Chinese meeting was convened in the town of Tehama, and an organization established to relocate the estimated 2,000 Chinese in and around Vina. Secret daily anti-Chinese caucuses in Red Bluff were also held.


Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water. Watercourses in Tehama County include
Dye Creek Dye Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 10, 2011 watercourse in Tehama County, California, United States, that is a tributary to the Sacramento River. Dye ...
and
Payne's Creek Payne's Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 10, 2011 natural watercourse in Tehama County, California. The creek was apparently originally called Paines Cree ...
. The county is intersected by Sacramento River. A small part of Lassen Volcanic National Park extends into the northeast corner of the county. The highest point of the county is
Brokeoff Mountain Mount Tehama (also called Brokeoff Volcano or Brokeoff Mountain) is an eroded andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range in Northern California. Part of the Lassen volcanic area, its tallest remnant, Brokeoff Mo ...
(9,235 feet).


Adjacent counties

* Shasta County - north * Plumas County - northeast * Butte County - east *
Glenn County Glenn County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,917. The county seat is Willows. It is located in the Sacramento Valley, in the northern part of the California Central Valley. The ...
- south * Mendocino County - southwest * Trinity County - west


National protected areas

* Lassen National Forest (part) * Lassen Volcanic National Park (part) * Mendocino National Forest (part) * Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (part) * Shasta–Trinity National Forest (part)


Transportation


Major highways

* Interstate 5 * State Route 32 * State Route 36 *
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*
State Route 99 International * European route E99 Australia * Springbrook Road, Queensland Canada * British Columbia Highway 99 * Ontario Highway 99 (former) * Saskatchewan Highway 99 China * G99 Expressway India * National Highway 99 (India) I ...


Public transportation

Tehama Rural Area Express (TRAX) operates local service in Red Bluff and service to Los Molinos and Corning. Greyhound buses stop in Red Bluff.


Airports

Red Bluff Municipal Airport Red Bluff Municipal Airport is two miles south of Red Bluff, located just off Interstate 5 in Tehama County, California. It was previously known as Bidwell Airport. It has no scheduled airline flights; United Airlines dropped Red Bluff in 1952, ...
and Corning Municipal Airport are two general aviation airports.


Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.


Cities by population and crime rates


Demographics


2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''


2011


Places by population, race, and income


2010 Census

The
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reported that Tehama County had a population of 63,463. The racial makeup of Tehama County was 51,721 (81.5%) White, 406 (0.6%) African American, 1,644 (2.6%) Native American, 656 (1.0%) Asian, 76 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 6,258 (9.9%) from other races, and 2,702 (4.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13,906 persons (21.9%).


2000 Census

As of the census of 2000, there were 56,039 people, 21,013 households, and 14,898 families residing in the county. The population density was 19 people per square mile (7/km2). There were 23,547 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 84.8% White, 0.6% Black or African American, 2.1% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 8.3% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races. 15.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 14.4% were of
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, 11.0% English, 9.6% Irish and 9.5%
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ancestry according to the
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. 86.0% spoke English and 13.0% Spanish 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
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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 per capita income for the county was $15,793. About 13.0% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.0% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.


Politics


Voter registration statistics


Cities by population and voter registration


Overview

Tehama is a strongly Republican county in
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elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Jimmy Carter in
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. Bill Clinton won a plurality in 1992. In the United States House of Representatives, Tehama County is in . In the
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, the county is in , and . On November 4, 2008, Tehama County voted 72.7% for Proposition 8, which amended the
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to ban same-sex marriages.


Communities


Cities

* Corning * Red Bluff * Tehama


Unincorporated communities

* Kirkwood * Mill Creek * Mineral


Census-designated places

* Bend *
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* Flournoy * Gerber * Lake California * Las Flores * Los Molinos * Manton * Mineral CDP * Paskenta * Paynes Creek * Proberta * Rancho Tehama * Richfield * Vina


Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Tehama County. † ''county seat''


See also

* Hiking trails in Tehama County * National Register of Historic Places listings in Tehama County, California *
Orland Buttes The Orland Buttes consist of two buttes (hills) separated by Hambright Creek. They are in Glenn and Tehama counties, adjacent to Black Butte Lake and west of the city of Orland and I-5. Black Butte Lake is an artificial lake created to provid ...


Notes


References


External links

* {{Authority control 1856 establishments in California California counties Populated places established in 1856 Sacramento Valley Shasta Cascade