About Our Region
  • The NoRTEC region is located at the northern end of California and includes the counties of Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity. NoRTEC boundaries contain over 24% of the land area in California, covering approximately 32,000 square miles. To put this into perspective, it is more than an 850 mile round trip from the Sierraville America’s Job Center (AJCC) in Sierra County to the Crescent City AJCC in Del Norte County. Although the NoRTEC population is sparse in some of the areas, the overall regional population has increased from 703,017 to 712,382 over the past ten years.

    Our region is home to a diverse economy of manufacturing, agriculture, service, retail, IT, tourism, healthcare, and education. We believe that working on a regional scale strengthens our local efforts and allows us to compete more effectively in the evolving national and global economy.
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