Hamilton County (Ohio)

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Hamilton County Courthouse
Hamilton County Courthouse
administration
US state : Ohio
Administrative headquarters : Cincinnati
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
138 East Court Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-0000
Foundation : January 2, 1790
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 513
Demographics
Residents : 802.374  (2010)
Population density : 760.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1069 km²
Water surface : 14 km²
map
Map of Hamilton County within Ohio
Website : www.hamilton-co.org

Hamilton County is a county in the US state of Ohio of the United States . The county seat is Cincinnati .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southwest of Ohio, borders Indiana to the west, Kentucky to the south and has an area of ​​1,069 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Butler County , Warren County , Clermont County , Boone County, Kentucky, Kenton County, Kentucky, Campbell County, Kentucky, and Dearborn County, Indiana.

history

Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton County was formed as the original Free Territory County on January 2, 1790. It was named after Alexander Hamilton , a North American politician, statesman, and the first United States Treasury Secretary.

Historical objects

Cincinnati

  • 1326 on Hopple Street is the historic Eighteenth District School (also known as Camp Washington Public School ). The building was included as a memorial in the NRHP in 1980 (NRHP 80003051).

A total of 15 places in the county have the status of a National Historic Landmark . 350 buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 5, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1800 15,692 -
1810 15,258 -2.8%
1820 31,764 108.2%
1830 52,317 64.7%
1840 80.145 53.2%
1850 156,844 95.7%
1860 216.410 38%
1870 260,370 20.3%
1880 313,374 20.4%
1890 374.573 19.5%
1900 409.479 9.3%
1910 460.732 12.5%
1920 493,678 7.2%
1930 589.356 19.4%
1940 621.987 5.5%
1950 723,952 16.4%
1960 864.121 19.4%
1970 924.018 6.9%
1980 873.224 -5.5%
1990 866.228 -0.8%
2000 845.303 -2.4%
2010 802.374 -5.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Hamilton County
Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Hamilton County had 845,303 people in 346,790 households and 212,582 families. The population density was 801 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 72.93 percent white, 23.43 percent African American, 0.18 percent Native American, 1.61 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.51 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.32 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.13 percent of the population.

Of the 346,790 households, 30.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 43.4 percent were married couples living together, 14.3 percent were single mothers, 38.7 percent were non-families, 32.9 percent were single households, and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.07.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.8 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 86.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 40,964 , and the median income for a family is $ 53,449. Males had a median income of $ 39,842 versus $ 28,550 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,053. 8.8 percent of families and 11.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 16.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

  1. Hamilton County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  3. ^ William Howard Taft National Historic Site on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 6, 2018.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Ohio . National Park Service , accessed April 6, 2018.
  4. Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Ohio . National Park Service , accessed April 6, 2018.
  5. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 6, 2018.
  6. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  7. Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
  8. Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
  9. United States Census 2010.Retrieved April 1, 2016
  10. Hamilton County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Hamilton County, Ohio  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 39 ° 14 ′  N , 84 ° 34 ′  W