Fulton County (Ohio)

Fulton County Courthouse in Wauseon, listed on the NRHP with number 73001447
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Wauseon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 152 S. Fulton Wauseon, OH 43567-1300
Foundation :	February 28, 1850
Made up from:	Henry County Lucas County Williams County
Area code :	001 419
Demographics
Residents :	42,698  (2010)
Population density :	40.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1055 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map
Website : www.fultoncountyoh.com

Fulton County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Wauseon .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northwest of Ohio, borders Michigan to the north and has an area of ​​1045 square kilometers, of which one square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lenawee County, Michigan, Lucas County , Henry County , Williams County, and Hillsdale County, Michigan.

history

Fulton County was formed on February 20, 1850 from parts of Henry, Lucas and Williams Counties. It was named after Robert Fulton , a North American engineer who built the first usable steamships and the Nautilus submarine .

Six 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%
1850	7781		-
1860	14,043		80.5%
1870	17,789		26.7%
1880	21,053		18.3%
1890	22,023		4.6%
1900	22.801		3.5%
1910	23,914		4.9%
1920	23,445		-2%
1930	23,477		0.1%
1940	23,626		0.6%
1950	25,580		8.3%
1960	29,301		14.5%
1970	33,071		12.9%
1980	37,751		14.2%
1990	38,498		2%
2000	42,084		9.3%
2010	42,698		1.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Fulton County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Fulton County had 42,084 people in 15,480 households and 11,687 families. The population density was 40 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.65 percent white, 0.24 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.42 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 2.31 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.08 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.76 percent of the population.

Of the 15,480 households, 37.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 63.2 percent were married couples living together, 8.2 percent were single mothers, 24.5 percent were non-families, 21.1 percent were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.13.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.3 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.3 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 44,074 , and the median income for a family was $ 50,952. Males had a median income of $ 36,180 versus $ 25,137 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,999. 4.0 percent of families and 5.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 6.1 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 4.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ^ Fulton County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
3. ↑ 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. 108 .
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 13, 2018.
5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
8. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved March 31, 2016
9. ^ Fulton County, Ohio , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ′  N , 84 ° 7 ′  W