Auglaize County

administration
Auglaize County Courthouse in Wapakoneta, listed on the NRHP with the number 73001387
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Wapakoneta
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 201 S. Willipie Street Wapakoneta, OH 45895-1972
Foundation :	February 14, 1848
Made up from:	Allen County Darke County Hardin County Logan County Mercer County Shelby County Van Wert County
Area code :	001 419
Demographics
Residents :	45,949 (2010)
Population density :	44.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1040 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.auglaizecounty.org

Auglaize County is a county in the US state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Wapakoneta .

geography

The county is located in western Ohio, about 25 miles from the Indiana border, and covers an area of 1,040 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Allen County , Darke County , Hardin County , Logan County , Shelby County , Mercer County, and Van Wert Counties .

history

Auglaize County was formed on February 14, 1848 from parts of Allen, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby and Van Wert Counties. It was named after the Auglaize River , which in turn means "felled wood" in the Shawnee language .

23 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 6, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	11,338	-
1860	17.187	51.6%
1870	20,041	16.6%
1880	25,444	27%
1890	28,100	10.4%
1900	31,192	11%
1910	31,246	0.2%
1920	29,527	-5.5%
1930	28,034	-5.1%
1940	28,037	0%
1950	30,637	9.3%
1960	36,147	18%
1970	38,602	6.8%
1980	42,554	10.2%
1990	44,585	4.8%
2000	46,611	4.5%
2010	45,949	-1.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Auglaize County's Pyramid of Age

Map of Auglaize County.

As of the 2000 census , Auglaize County had 46,611 people in 17,376 households and 12,771 families. The population density was 45 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.12 percent white , 0.24 percent African American , 0.18 percent American Indian , 0.41 percent Asian American , 0.03 percent Pacific islander and 0.20 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.83 percent were descended from two or more races . 0.67 percent of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

Of the 17,376 households, 35.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 62.1 percent were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers, 26.5 percent were non-families, 23.3 percent were single households, and 10.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.11.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.1 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 43,367 , and the median income for a family is $ 50,024. Males had a median income of $ 37,024 versus $ 23,809 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,593. 4.9 percent of families and 6.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line. 7.2 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 6.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in Auglaize County

Cities

Villages

Townships

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

↑ Auglaize County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 13 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 6, 2018.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved March 30, 2016
^ Auglaize County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Auglaize County, Ohio - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Auglaize County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 9, 2011.

40.56 -84.22Coordinates: 40 ° 34 ′ N , 84 ° 13 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011