Editing Sutter, California

{{Short description|Census-designated place in California, US}}
{{for|the former settlement in Sacramento County|Sutterville, California}}
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'''Sutter''', formerly '''South Butte''' and '''Sutter City''', is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]], [[California]], United States. It is part of the [[Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area]] within the [[Sacramento metropolitan area|Greater Sacramento]] CSA. The population as of the 2010 census was 2,904, up from 2,885 at the 2000 census.

==History==
Originally a settlement called South Butte, established in the vicinity of the stage station at Butte House east of the current town.  It had a post office from August 7, 1871, until December 17, 1878, and from February 18, 1879, to January 20, 1888, when it was moved to the new Sutter City Post Office nearby.  The Sutter Cemetery originally South Butte Cemetery, lay to the west on the stage road, and beside it was the school house, that was dismissed when there was a funeral.<ref>Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of California, Somerset Publishers, Incorporated, North American Book Dist. LLC, Jun. 1, 1999, p. 448.</ref>

Sutter City was the result of an attempt to take advantage of the boom in California in the late 1880s.  The town was located south of the Cemetery along the path of a railroad line projected to pass through the town and it hoped to become the new county seat, because it was near the geographical center of the county.  However the rail line was never built and it never became the county seat.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/memorialbiograph00lewi A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California: Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of Its Occupancy to the Present Time, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1891, p. 266.]</ref>

The Sutter City post office name was changed to Sutter on January 26, 1895.<ref>Walter N. Frickstad, A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp 193-203.</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP covers an area of 3.0&nbsp;square miles (7.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all of it land.

==Demographics==

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0677378|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715040504/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0677378|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Sutter CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Sutter had a population of 2,904. The population density was {{convert|956.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of Sutter was 2,503 (86.2%) White,  (0.6%) African American, (0.9%) Native American, 30 (1.0%) Asian, 1 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 160 (5.5%) from other races, and 140 (4.8%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 410 persons (14.1%).

The Census reported that 2,904 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,021 households, out of which 428 (41.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 605 (59.3%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 127 (12.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 68 (6.7%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 53 (5.2%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 7 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 177 households (17.3%) were made up of individuals, and 92 (9.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84.  There were 800 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (78.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.18.

The population was spread out, with 791 people (27.2%) under the age of 18, 255 people (8.8%) aged 18 to 24, 652 people (22.5%) aged 25 to 44, 856 people (29.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 350 people (12.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.

There were 1,082 housing units at an average density of {{convert|356.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 777 (76.1%) were owner-occupied, and 244 (23.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.9%.  2,198 people (75.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 706 people (24.3%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,885 people, 922 households, and 771 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|951.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 952 housing units at an average density of {{convert|314.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.85% White, 0.28% African American, 2.53% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 6.27% from other races, and 5.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.41% of the population.

There were 922 households, out of which 47.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.13 and the average family size was 3.38.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 34.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,296, and the median income for a family was $78,677. Males had a median income of $35,577 versus $22,583 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $16,509.  About 10.1% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.9% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Media==

[[MySYtv.com]] provides television coverage of local events in the area.

==Politics==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Sutter is in the 4th [[California State Senate|Senate]] District, represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jim Nielsen]], and in the [[California's 3rd State Assembly district|3rd California State Assembly District]], represented by Republican [[James Gallagher (California politician)|James Gallagher]].

Federally, Sutter is in {{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|3|accessdate=March 1, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100117093242/http://yubasutter.wikispot.org/Sutter Sutter on the Yuba-Sutter local wiki]
{{Sutter County, California}}
{{Greater Sacramento}}

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