Lake California, California
census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States
Lake California is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tehama County, California, United States. Lake California sits at an elevation of 597 feet (182 m). The 2020 United States census reported Lake California's population was 3,377.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km2), of which 6.3 square miles (16.3 km2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.9 km2) is (5.01%) water.
Demographics
Lake California first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lake California had a population of 3,377. The population density was 535.1 inhabitants per square mile (206.6/km2). The census reported that 99.9% of the population lived in households, 4 people (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,268 households, out of which 33.5% included children under the age of 18.
The public source identifies “Lake California, California” as census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lake, California and census-designated.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lake California, California”, the useful work is to connect “census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5969504. Authority coordinates are 40.363, -122.215. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lake California, California” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.