Mineral is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tehama County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mineral had a population of 136.
History
The community was named for mineral springs near the original town site. A post office at Mineral was established in 1894.
Geography
Mineral is located at (40.355686, -121.567333).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (0.25%) is water.
Demographics
Mineral first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
The whole population lived in households. There were 80 households, out of which 24 (30.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 42 (52.5%) were married-couple households, 9 (11.3%) were cohabiting couple households, 14 (17.5%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 15 (18.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 18 households (22.5%) were one person, and 10 (12.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.7.
The age distribution was 10 people (7.4%) under the age of 18, 6 people (4.4%) aged 18 to 24, 38 people (27.9%) aged 25 to 44, 29 people (21.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 53 people (39.0%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 59.8years. There were 75 males and 61 females.
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 64 households, 11 (17.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 36 (56.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 0 (0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 0 (0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3 (4.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 24 households (37.5%) were one person and 6 (9.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.92. There were 36 families (56.3% of households); the average family size was 2.53.
The age distribution was 19 people (15.4%) under the age of 18, 2 people (1.6%) aged 18 to 24, 21 people (17.1%) aged 25 to 44, 53 people (43.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 28 people (22.8%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 50.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.
There were 466 housing units at an average density of 10.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 40 (62.5%) were owner-occupied and 24 (37.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.0%. 73 people (59.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 50 people (40.7%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
At the 2000 census, the median household income was $39,107 and the median family income was $42,813. Males had a median income of $40,938 versus $27,083 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $20,865. There were 10.4% of families and 12.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including 3.8% of under eighteens and 27.8% of those over 64.
Politics
In the California State Legislature, Tehama County is in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Megan Dahle, and the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican James Gallagher.
Federally, Mineral is in .