Durham is a

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(CDP) in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 5,834 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.19%) is water. Durham's main agricultural products are almonds and walnuts.

Climate

According to the

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system, Durham has a

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, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

History

Durham was built on the site of a former

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settlement known as Eskini (also, Erskins and Es-kin). Durham was an experimental cooperative agricultural colony established under the 1917 California State and Settlement Act (AICP Exam Prep 3.0, 2014). Durham was founded by the Durham Family. It is named for W. W. Durham, member of the

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. The Durham House is a reminder of what Durham was back in its early years. Durham was a town in which a railroad ran through and still does today. The railroad is what developed this town and kept it alive. The Durham Flour Mill, which burned down several times, was an integral part of this community. On June 1, 2011, a tornado rated EF1, struck south of Durham, uprooting thousands of almond trees, destroying an out building and damaging a barn.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Durham had a population of 5,834. The population density was . The racial makeup of Durham was 81.5%

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, 0.6%

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, 1.1% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.1%

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, 6.7% from other races, and 8.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.9% of the population. The Census reported that 99.1% of the population lived in households, 0.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.3% were institutionalized. There were 2,172 households, out of which 30.3% included children under the age of 18, 61.6% were married-couple households, 6.0% were cohabiting couple households, 17.7% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.6% had a male householder with no partner present. 18.5% of households were one person, and 9.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.66. There were 1,643

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(75.6% of all households). The age distribution was 21.8% under the age of 18, 6.2% aged 18 to 24, 21.8% aged 25 to 44, 27.3% aged 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 45.3years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. There were 2,264 housing units at an average density of , of which 2,172 (95.9%) were occupied. Of these, 72.0% were owner-occupied, and 28.0% were occupied by renters.

Education

The vast majority is in the Durham Unified School District. A piece is in the Chico Unified School District. A very small portion extends into the Biggs Unified School District.
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