Geauga County

Geauga County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Chardon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 231 Main Street Chardon, OH 44024-1263
Foundation :	December 31, 1805
Made up from:	Trumbull County
Area code :	001 440
Demographics
Residents :	93,389  (2010)
Population density :	89.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1057 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map
Website : www.co.geauga.oh.us

Geauga County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Chardon .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northeast of Ohio, is about 15 km to the north from Lake Erie , the southernmost of the five Great Lakes , and has an area of ​​1,057 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Lake County , Ashtabula County , Trumbull County , Portage County , Cuyahoga County, and Summit County .

history

Geauga County was formed on December 31, 1805 from parts of Trumbull County. It was named after the Indian name for the Grand River , which is 'Sheauga sepe', which translates as "raccoon river".

18 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 16, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1810	2917		-
1820	7791		167.1%
1830	15,813		103%
1840	16,297		3.1%
1850	17,827		9.4%
1860	15,817		-11.3%
1870	14,190		-10.3%
1880	14,251		0.4%
1890	13,489		-5.3%
1900	14,744		9.3%
1910	14,670		-0.5%
1920	15,036		2.5%
1930	15,414		2.5%
1940	19,430		26.1%
1950	26,646		37.1%
1960	47,573		78.5%
1970	62,977		32.4%
1980	74,474		18.3%
1990	81,129		8.9%
2000	90,895		12%
2010	93,389		2.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Geauga County

Geauga County had a population of 90,895 people as of the 2000 census . Of these, 1,047 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 31,630 households and 24,987 families. The population density was 87 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.42 percent white, 1.22 percent African American, 0.08 percent Native American, 0.42 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.14 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.71 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.59 percent of the population.

Of the 31,630 households, 37.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 68.9 percent were married couples living together, 7.2 percent were single mothers, 21.0 percent were non-families, 17.6 percent were single households and 6.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.24.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.4 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 26.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 94.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the 60,200 USD , and the median income for a family was 67,427 USD. Males had a median income of $ 48,443 versus $ 30,567 for females. The per capita income was $ 27,944. 2.8 percent of families and 4.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 6.1 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 5.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Geauga County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ 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. 111 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 16, 2018.
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
7. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved March 31, 2016
8. ^ Geauga County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 81 ° 10 ′  W