Durham, California
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Durham is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 5,834 at the 2020 census.
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which, Template:Convert of it is land and Template:Convert of it (0.19%) is water. Durham's main agricultural products are almonds and walnuts.
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Durham has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.<ref>Climate Summary for Durham, California</ref>
History
[edit]Durham was built on the site of a former Maidu settlement known as Eskini (also, Erskins and Es-kin).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Durham was an experimental cooperative agricultural colony established under the 1917 California State and Settlement Act (AICP Exam Prep 3.0, 2014).Template:Citation needed
Durham was founded by the Durham Family. It is named for W. W. Durham, member of the California State Assembly.<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> 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.Template:Citation needed
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Demographics
[edit]The 2020 United States census reported that Durham had a population of 5,834. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Durham was 81.5% White, 0.6% African American, 1.1% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 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 families (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 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 45.3Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males.
There were 2,264 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 2,172 (95.9%) were occupied. Of these, 72.0% were owner-occupied, and 28.0% were occupied by renters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>