Siskiyou

			SISKIYOU COUNTY



				Population			Population
Land area (acres):	4,023,850		Cities	1-1-95	Cities		1-1-95
									SISKIYOU		44,800
Population, 7-1-94	46,000		Yreka	7,500	Etna		810			Yreka	7,050
Percent of California	0.1		Mount Shasta	3,700	Fort Jones		640			Mount Shasta	3,580
Population, 1-1-95	46,500		Weed	3,230	Unincorporated		25,200			Weed	3,140
			Dunsmuir	2,120						Dunsmuir	2,180
1-1-95			Montague	1,430						Montague	1,420
Population in households	45,825		Tulelake	970						Tulelake	1,030
Population/household	2.506		Dorris	920						Dorris	920
										Etna		840
										Fort Jones		660
EDUCATION				1993-94						Unincorporated		23,950
				($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***	12.9		Spending on education:
			School districts*	55.6
Enrollment, Fall 1994
Kindergarten-12	9,193			1988-89
				($ mill)
Enrollment, Fall 1987
College/University			Community colleges**	8.0
Community colleges	2,244
			* 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	20,084		Number of establishments
			(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994	19,930		Percent of California	0.1
Civilian employment	17,210		Wage and salary	14,787		1-4	843
Unemployment	2,720		Proprietors	5,297		5-9	241
Unemployment rate	13.6		Farm	741		10-19	120
			Non-Farm	4,556		20-49	53
Nonagricultural wage & salary						50-99	20
employment, 1993 (BLS series)	12,860		Farm	1,365		100-249	8
Percent of California	0.1		Agricultural services	661		250-499	2
Construction/mining	480		Mining	55		500-999	--
Manufacturing	1,090		Construction	1,180		1000 +	--
Transportation-utility	940		Manufacturing	1,468		Total	1,287
Trade	3,230		Transportation-utility	1,362				Check:
Finance-insurance-			Wholesale trade	492				0
real estate	440		Retail trade	3,819
Services	2,530		Finance, insurance,
Federal government	940		real estate	883
State-local government	3,210		Services	4,865
			Federal civilian	919
			Military	109
Totals may not add due to rounding.			State and local	2,906


INCOME AND SALES					1979	1989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)	720.2		Median family income, Census		16,686	26,073
Percent of California	0.1		Median household income, Census		14,472	21,921
Per capita income, 1993	16,412
Percent of California	75.0				1993	1994

Avg. earnings per job, 1993	20,638		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		303.6	306.1
Avg. wages per job, 1993	19,333		Percent of California		0.1	0.1
Avg. earnings per nonfarm			Taxable retail sales		199.6	202.1
proprietor, 1993	19,209


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION	4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
					Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock	20,141	21,395	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California	0.2	0.2	Total		144	$17.6
Single family	14,297	14,924	Percent of California		0.1	0.1
Multiple family	2,138	2,592	Single family		130	13.4
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.	3,706	3,879	Multi-family		14	0.8
Vacancy rate (percent):	14.1	14.5
			Nonresidential permits		--	$7.4
			Percent of California			0.1

Last Update: 8/30/96

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