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Redding, CA Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units33,790100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached21,69564.21-unit, attached9492.82 units1,0473.13 or 4 units3,2399.65 to 9 units1,7085.110 to 19 units7472.220 or…

Redding, CA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school23,017100.0Nursery school, preschool1,4806.4Kindergarten1,2915.6Elementary school (grades 1-8)9,70342.2High school (…

Brewer's: Garibaldi's Red Shirt

The red shirt is the habitual upper garment of American sailors. Any Liverpudlian will tell you that some fifteen years ago a British tar might be discerned by his blue shirt, and a Yankee…

Brewer's: Thin Red Line

(The). The old 93rd Highlanders were so described at the battle of Balaclava by Dr. W. H. Russell, because they did not take the trouble to form into square. “Balaclava” is one of the…

Red Deer, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Red Deer, city (1991 pop. 58,134), S central Alta., Canada, on the Red Deer River. It developed as a trade and service center for a region of dairying and mixed farming. The discovery…

Red Poll cattle

(Encyclopedia) Red Poll cattleRed Poll cattlepōl [key], breed of polled (hornless) cattle, originated in England c.1846. They are a medium-sized, hardy breed of cattle, light red to very dark red in…

New Red Sandstone

(Encyclopedia) New Red Sandstone, name for the thick red layer of the Triassic formation in Great Britain (see Triassic period). It is many thousands of feet thick and is composed chiefly of red…

Joplin, Janis

(Encyclopedia) Joplin, JanisJoplin, Janisjŏpˈlĭn [key], 1943–70, American blues-rock singer, b. Port Arthur, Tex. After dropping out of college (1963) and singing folk rock in Texas clubs, she moved…

dolomite

(Encyclopedia) dolomitedolomitedōˈləmītˌ, dŏlˈə– [key]. 1 Mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg (CO3)2. It is commonly crystalline and is white, gray, brown, or reddish in color with a vitreous…

Sela

(Encyclopedia) Sela or SelahSelasēˈlə [key] [Heb.,=rock], in the Bible, unidentified town, S of the Dead Sea. Amaziah captured it and renamed it Joktheel. Some identify Sela with Petra. Sela in the…