Historical Population Numbers for The Nisenan
Channel: placercountymuseums
Date: 19/05/2020

We received the following request for clarification on some historical Nisenan population numbers.

"I would like to know more about the decline of the Nisenan people in and around Auburn. The Richard Johnson data estimates there were 7000 Nisenan here in 1848. By 1850, their numbers had been reduced by half. How and why did that happen? By 1867, their numbers had fallen to 500. In 2020, they say only 18 remain. Is this information factual?" 
The question is answered by the Placer County Museums Administrator, Ralph Gibson