Bend is a

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in Tehama County,

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, United States. Bend is located on the

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north-northeast of Red Bluff. Bend had a

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from 1897 to 1935. The community was originally known as Horsethief Bend; the name was changed to Sander's Bend and later shortened to Bend. The community was named after a nearby

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in the Sacramento River. The population was 603 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 3.1 square miles (8.2 km²), 2.9 square miles (7.6 km²) of it land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (8.07%) water.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Bend had a population of 603. The population density was . The racial makeup of Bend was 77.8%

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, 0.5%

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, 1.8% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.3%

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, 3.2% from other races, and 14.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.6% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 260 households, out of which 16.5% included children under the age of 18, 53.1% were married-couple households, 3.8% were cohabiting couple households, 16.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 26.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 36.9% of households were one person, and 21.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.32. There were 158

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(60.8% of all households). The age distribution was 20.2% under the age of 18, 5.1% aged 18 to 24, 15.8% aged 25 to 44, 29.5% aged 45 to 64, and 29.4% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 54.5years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. There were 274 housing units at an average density of , of which 260 (94.9%) were occupied. Of these, 84.2% were owner-occupied, and 15.8% were occupied by renters.

References

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