Editing Palermo, California

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| official_name                   = Palermo
| population_density_km2          = auto
| area_total_km2                  = 75.566
| area_land_km2                   = 75.529
| area_water_km2                  = 0.037
| area_water_percent              = 0.05
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| elevation_ft                    = 194
| elevation_m                     = 59
| population_as_of                = 2020
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| population_total                = 5555
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| area_land_sq_mi                 = 29.162
| timezone                        = [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]]
| utc_offset                      = -8
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| timezone_DST                    = PDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -7
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 95968
| area_code                       = [[Area code 530|530]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 06-55086
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
| blank1_info                     = 277571; 2409019
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| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.014
| area_total_sq_mi                = 29.176
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| image_map                       = Butte County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Palermo Highlighted 0655086.svg
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| map_caption                     = Location in [[Butte County, California|Butte County]] and the state of [[California]]
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| pushpin_map                     = USA
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| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = {{flag|California}}
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in California|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Butte County, California|Butte]]
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| leader_title1                   = [[California's 4th State Senate district|State Senator]]
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 |title=Senators 
 |access-date=March 20, 2013
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| leader_title2                   = [[California's 3rd State Assembly district|State&nbsp;Assembly]]
| leader_name2                    = {{Representative|caad|3|fmt=sleader}}<ref>{{Cite web
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 |title=Members Assembly
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| leader_title3                   = [[California's 1st congressional district|U. S. Congress]]
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'''Palermo''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Butte County, California|Butte County]], [[California]], United States. The population was 5,382 at the 2010 census, down from 5,720 at the 2000 census.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|29.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which, 99.95% of it is land and 0.05% is water.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Palermo has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=325640&cityname=Palermo%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Palermo, California]</ref>

==History==
The town was named after [[Palermo, Sicily]] due to its excellent climate for growing [[olives]]. The first post office was established in 1888.<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|289}}</ref>
The area was home to a country club, two railroad stations, gold mining, a brick yard, library, general mercantile store, school and even a semi-pro baseball team. The rich clay soil attracted the planting of [[olive]] and orange orchards and a thriving zucca melon industry.
Mining magnate [[George Hearst]] purchased 700 acres in 1888, and then subdivided.
There is an annual festival held every September centered at Palermo Park to help raise funds to support the Palermo Community Council's Sheriff Substation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Palermo Community Festival|url=http://palermocommunity.net/festival|access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref>

In December 2024, a disgruntled man experiencing mental illness and homelessness [[Feather River School shooting|opened fire at the town's Seventh-Day Adventist school]], seriously wounding two children before killing himself. He had no known connections to the school but went to a [[7th Day Adventist|SDA]] school in nearby [[Paradise, California|Paradise]] as a child.

==Demographics==

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655086|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032248/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655086|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Palermo CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Palermo had a population of 5,382. The population density was {{convert|184.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Palermo was 3,901 (72.5%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 39 (0.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 221 (4.1%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 246 (4.6%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 4 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 642 (11.9%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 329 (6.1%) from two or more races.  [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1,281 persons (23.8%).

The Census reported that 5,382 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,940 households, out of which 635 (32.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,023 (52.7%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 212 (10.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 167 (8.6%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 141 (7.3%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 7 (0.4%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 416 households (21.4%) were made up of individuals, and 184 (9.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77.  There were 1,402 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (72.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.18.

The population age distribution is 1,310 people (24.3%) under the age of 18, 463 people (8.6%) aged 18 to 24, 1,157 people (21.5%) aged 25 to 44, 1,487 people (27.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 965 people (17.9%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males.

There were 2,102 housing units at an average density of {{convert|72.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 1,940 were occupied, of which 1,480 (76.3%) were owner-occupied, and 460 (23.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.0%.  4,049 people (75.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,333 people (24.8%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 5,720 people, 1,989 households, and 1,501 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|146.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,165 housing units at an average density of {{convert|55.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.99% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.58% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 5.89% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 2.40% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.12% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 7.87% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.16% from two or more races.  15.59% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 1,989 households, out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the CDP, the population age distribution is 28.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $30,588, and the median income for a family was $35,250. Males had a median income of $31,135 versus $19,950 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $15,206.  About 19.3% of families and 25.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 41.2% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

The vast majority of high school students who live in Palermo go to [[Las Plumas High School]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://palermocommunity.net/ Palermo Community Website]

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