About Humboldt County (2024)

FAQs

What is Humboldt County most known for? ›

Humboldt is best known for its magnificent coastal redwoods, the tallest trees in the world, and two of its major attractions are Redwood National & State Parks, and Humboldt Redwoods State Park along the Avenue of the Giants.

Natural Beauty

The county is also home to rugged coastline, dramatic cliffs, picturesque beaches, and stunning mountain ranges, providing endless opportunities for outdoor adventure and exploration. If you enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing, or kayaking, you'll love living in Humboldt.

Homelessness is a complex, deep-rooted issue that can be tied to poverty, unemployment, poor health, family violence, crime, incarceration, divorce, mental illness, substance abuse, and exhaustion of friend or family support, all of which take different skill sets, services, and resources to address.

Humboldt County is the oldest county in Nevada, with a description dating back to 1881 of “alkali plains, covered in part with scattering sage-brush, with now and then a tuft of bunch-grass.” Bordering Oregon and the Nevada counties of Elko, Lander, Pershing, and Washoe, today the Humboldt high desert is mostly ...

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a nature researcher and explorer, universal genius and cosmopolitan, scientist and patron. His lengthy Latin American journey from 1799 to 1804 was celebrated as the second scientific discovery of South America.

Humboldt Bay is the site of the largest oyster farming operations on the West Coast due to the purity of our water and the excellent growing conditions. Enjoy them on the half-shell, grilled or in a stew. Join the “Oyster Calling” competition at the annual Oyster Festival on the Arcata Plaza.

In 2020, Humboldt had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $50,182. This PCPI ranked 38th in the state and was 71.5 percent of the state average, $70,192, and 84 percent of the national average, $59,510. The 2020 PCPI reflected an increase of 8.9 percent from 2019.

Eureka was and is the center of illegal pot growing and that means constant violence related to those attempting to steal from or arrest the growers.

What city in California has the highest homeless rate? ›

The five CoCs with the highest proportion of unsheltered homeless people were in California: San Jose/Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Oakland/Berkeley, Long Beach, and Sacramento.

Study: Lack of affordable housing leading cause of homelessness in California. The cost of housing in California is a leading cause to homelessness statewide, according to a study from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

As the county seat of Humboldt County, the City of Eureka is the heart of the U.S. redwood coast. Eureka is the largest coastal city between San Francisco and Portland and a frequent stopover point for road trippers exploring the Pacific Northwest.

The county derived its name from Humboldt Bay which was entered by a sea otter party in 1806, but was not rediscovered until 1849. In 1850, Douglas Ottinger and Hans Buhne entered the bay, naming it Humboldt in honor of the great naturalist and world explorer, Baron Alexander von Humboldt.

Humboldt penguins come from South America. They get their name from the cold sea current that runs along the west coast of South America from Chile to Peru – and that was named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt.