Redding, California

Redding, California
City
Top: Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay; middle: Cascade Theatre, Hotel Lorenz; bottom: Old City Hall, Pine Street School
Flag Seal
Location of Redding in Shasta County, California
Redding Location in the United States Redding Redding (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°35′N 122°22′W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Shasta
Incorporated	October 4, 1887
Founded by	Pierson B. Reading
Area
• Total	61.17 sq mi (158.44 km2)
• Land	59.65 sq mi (154.48 km2)
• Water	1.53 sq mi (3.96 km2)  2.50%
Elevation	564 ft (172 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	93,611
• Rank	82nd in California
• Density	1,500/sq mi (590/km2)
Demonym	Reddingite
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	96001–96003, 96049, 96099
Area code	530
FIPS code	06-59920
GNIS feature IDs	277582, 2411531
Website	Official website

Redding is a city in Northern California in the Western United States. It is the county seat of Shasta County and is located at the northern end of the state's great Central Valley at the base of the Shasta Cascades, about 110 miles south of the Oregon border on Interstate 5 and 140 miles (230 km) east of the Pacific Ocean on State Highway 299.

The population was 93,611, according to the 2020 census.

History

Indigenous culture

Before European settlers came to the area, it was inhabited by a tribe of Native Americans called the Wintu. At their height, the Wintu had as many as 239 villages in the Shasta County area.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	600		—
1890	1,821		203.5%
1900	2,946		61.8%
1910	3,572		21.2%
1920	2,962		−17.1%
1930	4,188		41.4%
1940	8,109		93.6%
1950	10,256		26.5%
1960	12,773		24.5%
1970	16,659		30.4%
1980	42,103		152.7%
1990	66,462		57.9%
2000	80,865		21.7%
2010	89,861		11.1%
2020	93,611		4.2%
U.S. Decennial Census

At the 2020 census, 93,611 people lived in Redding. There were 37,761 households and 2,404 people who did not live in households. The population density was 1,569.4 people per square mile (606.0/km²). The median age was 39.8 years (38.3 for males, 41.4 for females).

Of the total population, 21.6% were under 18 years old, 57.2% were 18 to 64, and 21.1% were 65 or over. Males made up 48.3% and females made up 51.7% of the people. The population was 73.4% White (non-Latino), 11.2% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% Asian (non-Latino), 1.9% Native American (non-Latino), 1.4% Black (non-Latino), and 7.0% Two or more races (non-Latino). Less than 1% of the people were from other races.

Of the 37,761 households, 23,231 (61.5%) were families, 10,510 (27.8%) had children under 18, 15,913 (42.1%) had a married couple, and 11,257 (29.8%) had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.4 people. There were 40,083 housing units, and 94.2% had people living in them all year. Of these households, 54.6% were owner-occupied, while 45.5% were renters.

As of 2022, the median (middle) yearly income for a household was about $67,323, and the median income for a family was about $84,168. The per capita income was about $35,923. About 8.0% of families and 14.1% of all people in Redding lived below the poverty line. This includes 14.6% of children under 18 years old and 9.8% of people over 65 years old.

Other websites

• Official website
• Images of Redding from the Eastman's Originals Collection, Special Collections Dept., University of California, Davis.
• "Redding, California". C-SPAN Cities Tour. May 2017.