Mendocino County is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,601. The county seat is Ukiah. Mendocino County consists wholly of the Ukiah, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area for the purposes of the U.S. Census Bureau. It is located approximately equidistant from the San Francisco Bay Area and California/Oregon border, separated from the Sacramento Valley to the east by the California Coast Ranges. While smaller areas of redwood forest are found further south, it is the southernmost California county to be included in the World Wildlife Fund's Pacific temperate rainforests ecoregion, the largest temperate rainforest ecoregion on the planet. The county is noted for its distinctive Pacific Ocean coastline, its location along California's "Lost Coast", Redwood forests, wine production, microbrews, and liberal views about the use of cannabis and support for its legalization.

Country: United States
State: California
Region: California North Coast
Incorporated: February 18, 1850
Named for: Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain, 1535–42
County seat: Ukiah
Largest city: Ukiah
Type: Council–CEO
Body: Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
Chair: Glenn McGourty
Vice Chair: Maureen Mulheren
Chief executive officer: Darcie Antle
Population (2020): 91,601
Time zone: Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8)
Summer (DST): Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7)
Area code: 707
Congressional district: 2nd
Wikidata description: county in northwestern California, United States
Wikidata id: Q108087
Wikidata label: Mendocino County
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