Crawford County, Ohio

administration
Crawford County Courthouse in Bucyrus
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Bucyrus
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 112 East Mansfield Street Bucyrus, OH 44820-2349
Foundation :	February 12, 1820
Made up from:	Delaware County
Area code :	001 419
Demographics
Residents :	43,784 (2010)
Population density :	42.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1043 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.crawford-co.org

Crawford County is a county in the State of Ohio of the United States . The county seat is Bucyrus .

geography

The county is located in north-central Ohio and has an area of 1043 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Seneca County , Huron County , Richland County , Morrow County , Marion County, and Wyandot Counties .

history

Crawford County was formed on February 12, 1820 from parts of Delaware County. It was named after William Crawford , an officer in the American Revolutionary War .

26 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 12, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	4791	-
1840	13,152	174.5%
1850	18,177	38.2%
1860	23,881	31.4%
1870	25,556	7%
1880	30,583	19.7%
1890	31,927	4.4%
1900	33,915	6.2%
1910	34,036	0.4%
1920	36,054	5.9%
1930	35,345	-2%
1940	35,571	0.6%
1950	38,738	8.9%
1960	46,775	20.7%
1970	50,364	7.7%
1980	50,075	-0.6%
1990	47,870	-4.4%
2000	46,966	-1.9%
2010	43,784	-6.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Crawford County Age Pyramid

After the census in 2000 46 966 people lived in Crawford County. 609 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 18,957 households and 13,175 families. The population density was 45 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.99 percent white, 0.59 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.31 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.24 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.65 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.77 percent of the population.

Of the 18,957 households, 31.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.1 percent were married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers, 30.5 percent were non-families, 26.3 percent were single households, and 11.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 90.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 36,227 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,169. Males had a median income of $ 33,319 versus $ 21,346 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,466. 7.8 percent of families and 10.4 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 13.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.