Fayette County (Ohio)

administration
Fayette County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 73001433
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Washington Court House
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 110 East Court Street Washington Court House, OH 43160-1355
Foundation :	March 1, 1810
Made up from:	Highland County Ross County
Area code :	001 740
Demographics
Residents :	29,030 (2010)
Population density :	27.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1054 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.fayette-co-oh.com

Fayette County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Washington Court House .

geography

The county southwest of the geographic center of Ohio and has an area of 1,054 square kilometers, of which one square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Madison County , Pickaway County , Ross County , Highland County , Clinton County, and Greene County .

history

Fayette County was formed on March 1, 1810 from parts of Highland County and Ross County. It was named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , a French general and politician who took part in the American Revolutionary War on the side of the colonists and played an important role in the French Revolution .

17 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 13, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	1854	-
1820	6316	240.7%
1830	8182	29.5%
1840	10,984	34.2%
1850	12,726	15.9%
1860	15,935	25.2%
1870	17,170	7.8%
1880	20,364	18.6%
1890	22.309	9.6%
1900	21,725	-2.6%
1910	21,744	0.1%
1920	21,518	-1 %
1930	20,755	-3.5%
1940	21,385	3%
1950	22,554	5.5%
1960	24,775	9.8%
1970	25,461	2.8%
1980	27,467	7.9%
1990	27,466	-0%
2000	28,433	3.5%
2010	29,030	2.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Fayette County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Fayette County had 28,433 people in 11,054 households and 7,837 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.60 percent white, 2.07 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.46 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.55 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.16 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.24 percent of the population.

Of the 11,054 households, 32.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were non-families, 24.5 percent were single households, and 11.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.4 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.3 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 36,735 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,692. Males had a median income of $ 31,870 versus $ 22,662 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,063. 7.7 percent of families and 10.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 12.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.