Nord, California


Nord is a census-designated place in Butte County, California. Its zip code is 95973 and its area code is 530. It lies at an elevation of. Nord's population was 286 at the 2020 census.

History

Nord was platted in 1871 by G. W. Colby following the completion of the Oregon and California Railroad to that point. In 1882, Nord had a hotel, saloon, blacksmith, wagon shop, livery stable, and Good Templars lodge, and was said to ship more grain by rail than any other point in Butte County. Nord had a store until recently, but no longer has any businesses.
A post office operated at Nord from 1871 to 1933, with an interruption from 1919 to 1920.

Demographics

Nord first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Nord had a population of 286. The population density was. The racial makeup of Nord was 174 White, 1 African American, 4 Native American, 12 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 37 from other races, and 58 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 104 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 93 households, out of which 26 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 62 were married-couple households, 5 were cohabiting couple households, 10 had a female householder with no partner present, and 16 had a male householder with no partner present. 13 households were one person, and 6 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.08. There were 78 families.
The age distribution was 57 people under the age of 18, 26 people aged 18 to 24, 56 people aged 25 to 44, 86 people aged 45 to 64, and 61 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 47.2years. For every 100 females, there were 120.0 males.
There were 110 housing units at an average density of, of which 93 were occupied. Of these, 62 were owner-occupied, and 31 were occupied by renters.

Government

State

The citizens of Nord, as constituents of California's 3rd Assembly District, are represented by in the California State Assembly, and as members of California's 1st Senate District, are represented by in the California State Senate.

Federal

Nord is in.

Education

It is in the Chico Unified School District.