census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
(CDP) in
Trinity County, California
Trinity County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California. Trinity County is rugged, mountainous, heavily forested, and lies along the Trinity River (for which it is named) within the Salmon, Klamath Mounta ...
, US.
Hyampom is at an elevation of in the Trinity Mountains. Its population was 241 as of the 2020 census, unchanged from the 2010 census.
History
The name "Hyampom" is said to have derived from a
Wintu language
Wintu is a Wintu language which was spoken by the Wintu people of Northern California.
It was the northernmost member of the Wintun family of languages.
The Wintun family of languages was spoken in the Shasta County, Trinity County, Sacramento R ...
term ''xaayin-pom'', meaning "slippery place." Hyampom was home to the
Whilkut
The Whilkut (variants: ''Whiylqit, Hwil'-kut, Hoilkut, Hoilkut-hoi'') also known as "(Upper) Redwood Creek Indians" or "Mad River Indians" were a Pacific Coast Athabaskan tribe speaking a dialect similar to the Hupa to the northeast and Chilula ...
, Chimariko, and Northern Wintun Native American tribes. The explorer
Jedediah Strong Smith
Jedediah Strong Smith (January 6, 1799 – May 27, 1831) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, an ...
visited Hyampom in April 1828. The first non-native settler in the area was Hank Young who moved to Hyampom on January 12, 1855.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
, the CDP covers an area of 20.3 square miles (52.5 km2), all of which is land.
Climate
This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperature above 71.6 °F. According to the
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Hyampom has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Despite the warm-summer classification, daily highs reach above 90 degrees Fahrenheit on almost all days in summer, but the marine-influenced night temperatures are almost always below 60 degrees and most often around 50. There is snow in the winter, but the elevation is too low for significant snowfall. The nearest large town, Hayfork, which is 700 feet above Hyampom at 2,200 feet, gets approximately 20 to 25 inches of snow per year, and the nearest comparable weather station, at Big Flat on the Trinity River, gets 6.7 inches per year. Precipitation totals around 40 to 45 inches a year.
Demographics
The 2010 United States Census reported that Hyampom had a population of 241. The population density was . The racial makeup of Hyampom was 199 (82.6%)
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
, 0 (0.0%)
African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 7 (2.9%) from other races, and 15 (6.2%) from two or more races.
Hispanics
The term Hispanic () are people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an ethnic or meta-ethnic term.
The term commonly appli ...
or
Latinos
Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans who have a Spanish or Latin American background, culture, or family origin. This demographic group includes all Americans who identify as Hispanic or Latino, regardless of race. According to th ...
of any race were 19 persons (7.9%).
The census reported that 241 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 123 households, out of which 19 (15.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 36 (29.3%) were
heterosexual
Heterosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions ...
living together, 9 (7.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, and 10 (8.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 17 (13.8%) unmarried heterosexual partnerships, and 0 (0%) homosexual married couples or partnerships. 52 households (42.3%) were made up of individuals, and 19 (15.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.96. There were 55
families
Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(44.7% of all households); the average family size was 2.53.
The population was spread out, with 27 people (11.2%) under the age of 18, 18 people (7.5%) aged 18 to 24, 57 people (23.7%) aged 25 to 44, 96 people (39.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 43 people (17.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 136.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.9 males.
There were 181 housing units at an average density of , of which 79 (64.2%) were owner-occupied and 44 (35.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.2%. 151 people (62.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 90 people (37.3%) lived in rental housing units.
Schools
There is no local school. Children attend classes in Hayfork.
Politics
In the
state legislature
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of ...
, Hyampom is in , and .
Federally, Hyampom is in .