Glenn County, California

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Glenn County, California
Map
Location in the state of California
California's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1891
Seat	Willows
Largest city	Orland
Area - Total - Land - Water	1,327 sq mi (3,437 km²) 1,315 sq mi (3,405 km²) 12 sq mi (32 km²),
Population - (2000) - Density	26,453 21/sq mi (8/km²)
Time zone	Pacific: UTC-8/-7
Website: www.countyofglenn.net

Glenn County is a county located in the Central Valley, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.

As of 2000, the county had a population of 26,453. The county seat is the city of Willows.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Transportation Infrastructure
4 Demographics
5 Politics
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Glenn County was formed in 1891 from parts of Colusa County. It was named for Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, who was the largest wheat farmer in the state during his lifetime, and a man of great prominence in political and commercial life in California

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,327 square miles (3,437 km²), of which, 1,315 square miles (3,405 km²) of it is land and 12 square miles (32 km²) of it (0.93%) is water.

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[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] National protected area

Mendocino National Forest (part)

[edit] Transportation Infrastructure

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[edit] Public Transportation

Glenn Ride runs buses from Willows to Hamilton City, and on into Chico (Butte County)

[edit] Airports

Willows Glenn County Airport and Orland Haigh Field Airport are both general aviation airports.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 26,453 people, 9,172 households, and 6,732 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile (8/km²). There were 9,982 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 71.78% White, 0.59% Black or African American, 2.09% Native American, 3.38% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 18.18% from other races, and 3.86% from two or more races. 29.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 10.8% were of German, 9.4% American, 6.2% English and 5.9% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. 69.5% spoke English, 27.0% Spanish and 2.1% Hmong as their first language.

There were 9,172 households out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were non-families. 22.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the county the population was spread out with 30.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 102.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,107, and the median income for a family was $37,023. Males had a median income of $29,480 versus $21,766 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,069. About 12.50% of families and 18.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.30% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Politics

**Presidential election results**
Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2004	66.7% 6,308	31.7% 2,995	1.6% 151
2000	66.5% 5,795	28.7% 2,498	4.8% 418
1996	56.9% 5,041	32.0% 2,841	11.1% 984
1992	43.2% 3,812	30.2% 2,666	26.5% 2,338
1988	62.1% 4,944	36.3% 2,894	1.6% 128
1984	69.7% 6,020	28.8% 2,488	1.4% 124
1980	64.8% 5,386	26.8% 2,227	8.4% 699
1976	52.7% 4,094	45.0% 3,501	2.3% 178
1972	59.0% 4,569	34.6% 2,681	6.4% 493
1968	53.9% 3,848	34.6% 2,466	11.5% 824
1964	46.0% 3,351	54.0% 3,937	0.0% 2
1960	53.2% 3,911	46.4% 3,410	0.5% 35

Glenn is a strongly Republican county in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Glenn is part of California's 2nd congressional district, which is held by Republican Wally Herger. In the State Assembly, Glenn is part of the 2nd district, which is held by Republican Doug LaMalfa. In the State Senate, Glenn is part of the 4th district, which is held by Republican Sam Aanestad.