Glenn County, California

Glenn County is a located in the, in the northern part of the  of.

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

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

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,437 (1,327 ). 3,405 km² (1,315 sq mi) of it is land and 32 km² (12 sq mi) of it (0.93%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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 * - southwest
 * - west
 * - north
 * - east

Major Highways

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

Airports
and are both general aviation airports.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 26,453 people, 9,172 households, and 6,732 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (20/sq mi). There were 9,982 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 71.78%, 0.59% or , 2.09% , 3.38% , 0.13% , 18.18% from , and 3.86% from two or more races. 29.64% of the population were or  of any race. 10.8% were of, 9.4% , 6.2% and 5.9%  ancestry according to. 69.5% spoke, 27.0% and 2.1%  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 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 for the county was $14,069. About 12.50% of families and 18.10% of the population were below the, including 26.30% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Glenn is a strongly county in  and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in.

Glenn is part of, which is held by Republican. In the, Glenn is part of the 2nd district, which is held by Republican. In the, Glenn is part of the 4th district, which is held by Republican.