The first detailed 2020 Census data released on Thursday shows Colusa County saw just a small increase in population.
The data collected by the decennial population could define how new districts will be drawn for the Colusa County Board of Supervisors, which require near equal populations, officials said.
” As far as redistricting, we do have the preliminary census numbers,” said Colusa County Administrative Officer Wendy Tyler. ” I dont have any of the breakdowns by districts or anything like that, but we do have preliminary census results so we will get busy on redistricting.
Colusa Countys population from the 2020 census is 21,839, up 420 souls from 21,419 in 2010, with the countys adult population increasing faster than those under 18.
According to the data, 15,733 adults make up 72 percent of the local population, up from 70.1 percent or 15,009 people a decade ago. Children and youth account for 28 percent of the population with 6,106 souls, down from 6,106, or 29.9 percent, a decade ago.
Neighboring Glenn County grew by 795 people, from 28,122 to 28,919; Sutter County grew 4,896 people to 99,633, up from 94,737 in 2010. Lake County grew by 3,498 people to a population of 68,163, up from 64,665, while Yolo County ballooned to 216,403, from 200,849.
Californias population grew to 39,538,223 residents, a growth of 2.3 million since 2010. Most of the new Californians are Latinos, who now make up 39.4 percent of the state population and are the single largest ethnic group.
The number of white Californians plummeted from 40 percent to 35 percent, a decline of 1.2 million people. Colusa County is 60.4 percent Latino, up from 58.1 in 2010. White, non-Hispanic, account for 34.1 percent of the population; 2.7 percent are two or more races; 1.3 percent are black or African American; 2.8 percent are American Indian; 1.6 percent are Asian.
The Census Bureau data reports the population of the United States is just over 331.4 million people, the slowest growth rate since the 1930s, with the adult population increasing faster than the under-age-18 population.
The 2020 data reflects more than three-quarters (77.9 percent) or 258.3 million were adults, 18 years or older, a 10.1 percent increase from 234.6 million in 2010. The aging of baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, who were ages 57 to 75 in 2021, is partly driving the growth in the adult population, according to the census.
By comparison, the younger population under age 18 numbered 73.1 million, or 22.1 percent of the U.S. population in 2020, a 1.4 percent decrease from 74.2 million in 2010. The slow decline of the younger population is in part due to a general decrease in fertility, which has been ongoing since 2007, the data suggest. –