McCloud, California

McCloud is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Its population is 945 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,101 from the 2010 census.

History

A. F. Friday George erected a lumber mill here in 1892. Difficulty hauling lumber over hills by oxen caused the business to fail.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that McCloud had a population of 945. The population density was . The racial makeup of McCloud was 789 (83.5%) White, 3 (0.3%) African American, 4 (0.4%) Native American, 6 (0.6%) Asian, 3 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 14 (1.5%) from other races, and 126 (13.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 75 persons (7.9%).

The whole population lived in households. There were 477 households, out of which 56 (11.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 203 (42.6%) were married-couple households, 24 (5.0%) were cohabiting couple households, 139 (29.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 111 (23.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 187 households (39.2%) were one person, and 113 (23.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.98.

The age distribution was 116 people (12.3%) under the age of 18, 46 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 126 people (13.3%) aged 25 to 44, 297 people (31.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 360 people (38.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 60.1years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males.

The census reported that 1,099 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 2 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 528 households, 109 (20.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 240 (45.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 48 (9.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 22 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 29 (5.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 190 households (36.0%) were one person and 96 (18.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.08. There were 310 families (58.7% of households); the average family size was 2.66.

The age distribution was 188 people (17.1%) under the age of 18, 67 people (6.1%) aged 18 to 24, 186 people (16.9%) aged 25 to 44, 369 people (33.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 291 people (26.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 51.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

There were 732 housing units at an average density of 294.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 330 (62.5%) were owner-occupied and 198 (37.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 11.2%. 676 people (61.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 423 people (38.4%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

At the 2000 census, the median household income was $29,500 and the median family income was $35,882. Males had a median income of $34,792 versus $19,545 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,974. About 14.5% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.3% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

In 2006, Nestlé began negotiations with McCloud to build a bottled water plant, using water from the springs of Mt. Shasta. The contract process was protested by local special interest groups whose said Nestlé neglected to study the impact on the region's ground water and overstated the plant's potential economic benefits. In 2009, Nestlé instead opened a bottling plant in Sacramento.

Arts and culture

A portion of downtown McCloud is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Government

In the state legislature McCloud is in , and .

Federally, McCloud is in .

Notable people

Pat Clements—baseball player
Rolin Eslinger—professional world champion lumberjack

References

External links

McCloud Chamber of Commerce website