About Glendale Arizona

Glendale Trivia - Ostrich feathers were a huge business in Glendale from the late 1800s until around 1914 when World War I began. It was said that their diet of Glendale-grown alfalfa provided the feathers with a unique luster not found anywhere else in the world.

Fun Facts and Glendale Tidbits
Reported Ancestries in Glendale German (16.5%) Irish (10.4%) English (9.2%) Italian (5.0%) United States (5.0%) French (2.9%).	27,797 residents are foreign born 8.2% Latin America 2.3% Asia 1.5% Europe
Latitude: 33.58 N Longitude: 112.20 W	Elevation: 1153 feet Land area: 55.7 square miles Population density: 4366 people per square mile
643 people in Glendale live in military barracks 347 people live in college dormitories	Daytime population change due to commuting: -39,122 (-17.9%) Workers who live and work in Glendale: 22,892 (22.1%)
According to the Glendale Chamber of Commerce, the number of households in the Arrowhead Ranch area of Glendale (zip code 85308) with at least $1 million in worth increased by 214.4% between 1996 and 2001.	Mayor Elaine Scruggs is the longest seated mayor in the metropolitan Phoenix area. She has been the Mayor of Glendale since February 1993.
Along one of Glendale's many bike paths