Champaign County (Ohio)

administration
Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Urbana
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1512 S. US 68 Urbana, OH 43078-1677
Foundation :	February 20, 1805
Made up from:	Franklin County Greene County
Area code :	001 937
Demographics
Residents :	40,097 (2010)
Population density :	36.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1113 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.champaign.oh.us

Champaign County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Urbana .

geography

The county is located in west-central Ohio and has an area of 1,113 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Logan County , Union County , Madison County , Clark County , Miami County, and Shelby County .

history

Champaign County was formed on February 20, 1805 from parts of Franklin County and Greene County. It was named after the French Champagne countryside because the county also has a flat landscape.

32 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%
1810	6303	-
1820	8479	34.5%
1830	12,131	43.1%
1840	16,721	37.8%
1850	19,782	18.3%
1860	22,698	14.7%
1870	24,188	6.6%
1880	27,817	15%
1890	26,980	-3%
1900	26,642	-1.3%
1910	26,351	-1.1%
1920	25,071	-4.9%
1930	24,103	-3.9%
1940	25,258	4.8%
1950	26,793	6.1%
1960	29,714	10.9%
1970	30,491	2.6%
1980	33,649	10.4%
1990	36,019	7%
2000	38,890	8th %
2010	40.097	3.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Champaign County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , there were 38,890 people in 14,952 households and 10,870 families in Champaign County. The population density was 35 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.73 percent white , 2.30 percent African American , 0.31 percent American Indian , 0.25 percent Asian American , 0.02 percent Pacific islander and 0.31 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.08 percent were descended from two or more races . 0.69 percent of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

Of the 14,952 households, 34.0 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers, 27.3 percent were non-families, 23.5 percent were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.01.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.2 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.9 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 43,139 , and the median income for a family is $ 50,430. Males had a median income of $ 38,265 versus $ 26,241 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,542. 5.1 percent of families and 7.6 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 9.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in Champaign County

Cities

Champaign county map

Urbana

Villages

Townships

religion

Catholic parishes exist in Mechanicsburg (St. Michael), North Lewisburg (Immaculate Conception), St. Paris (Heart of Jesus) and Urbana (St. Mary). They all belong to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati .