Shasta

			SHASTA COUNTY



				Population
Land area (acres):	2,422,820		Cities	1-1-95
								SHASTA		157,700
Population, 7-1-94	164,500		Redding	78,500					Redding	72,800
Percent of California	0.5		Shasta Lake	9,525					Anderson	8,625
Population, 1-1-95	166,100		Anderson	8,875					Unincorporated	76,300
			Unincorporated	69,200
1-1-95
Population in households	162,998
Population/household	2.647


EDUCATION				1993-94
				($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***	13.0		Spending on education:
			School districts*	175.9
Enrollment, Fall 1994
Kindergarten-12	32,179			1988-89
				($ mill)
Enrollment, Fall 1987
College/University	9,128		Community colleges**	19.8
Community colleges	9,103
Private colleges	25		* Not including community college districts.
			** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
			*** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
			basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
			completed.


LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT			Total employment, 1993	73,233		Number of establishments
			(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994	73,200		Percent of California	0.5
Civilian employment	64,600		Wage and salary	57,108		1-4	2,632
Unemployment	8,600		Proprietors	16,125		5-9	893
Unemployment rate	11.8		Farm	839		10-19	541
			Non-Farm	15,286		20-49	327
Nonagricultural wage & salary						50-99	74
employment, 1993 (BLS series)	51,900		Farm	1,637		100-249	38
Percent of California	0.4		Agricultural services	974		250-499	5
Construction/mining	3,400		Mining	292		500-999	3
Manufacturing	4,700		Construction	5,043		1000 +	1
Transportation-utility	3,700		Manufacturing	5,498		Total	4,514
Trade	14,200		Transportation-utility	4,305					Check:
Finance-insurance-			Wholesale trade	2,882					0
real estate	1,800		Retail trade	14,830
Services	14,400		Finance, insurance,
Federal government	1,300		real estate	4,600
State-local government	8,600		Services	21,913
			Federal civilian	1,305
			Military	393
Totals may not add due to rounding.			State and local	9,561


INCOME AND SALES					1979	1989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)	2,802.5		Median family income, Census		17,024	30,332
Percent of California	0.4		Median household income, Census		14,699	25,581
Per capita income, 1993	17,646
Percent of California	80.6				1993	1994

Avg. earnings per job, 1993	24,365		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		1,439.0	1,471.1
Avg. wages per job, 1993	22,738		Percent of California		0.5	0.5
Avg. earnings per nonfarm			Taxable retail sales		1,017.2	1,039.3
proprietor, 1993	21,438


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION	4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
					Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock	60,552	68,091	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California	0.5	0.6	Total		973	$104.3
Single family	39,549	45,184	Percent of California		1.0	0.7
Multiple family	9,375	10,815	Single family		881	90.8
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.	11,628	12,092	Multi-family		92	5.3
Vacancy rate (percent):	7.6	9.6
			Nonresidential permits		--	$45.9
			Percent of California			0.6

Last Update: 8/30/96

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