Hancock County (Ohio)
![]() Hancock County Courthouse in Findlay, listed on the NRHP with number 73001475 |
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US state : | Ohio |
Administrative headquarters : | Findlay |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse 300 South Main Street Findlay, OH 45840-3309 |
Foundation : | February 12, 1820 |
Made up from: | Logan County |
Area code : | 001 419 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 74,782 (2010) |
Population density : | 54.3 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1382 km² |
Water surface : | 6 km² |
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Website : www.co.hancock.oh.us |
Hancock County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Findlay .
geography
The county is located in central northwest Ohio and has an area of 1,382 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Wood County , Seneca County , Wyandot County , Hardin County , Allen County , Putnam County, and Henry County .
history
Hancock County was formed on February 12, 1820 from parts of Logan County. It was named after John Hancock , a leader of the uprising against metropolitan Britain, the third president of the Continental Congress and first signatory of the United States' Declaration of Independence .
Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 18, 2018).
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1830 | 813 | - | |
1840 | 9986 | 1,128.3% | |
1850 | 16,751 | 67.7% | |
1860 | 22,886 | 36.6% | |
1870 | 23,847 | 4.2% | |
1880 | 27,784 | 16.5% | |
1890 | 42,563 | 53.2% | |
1900 | 41,993 | -1.3% | |
1910 | 37,860 | -9.8% | |
1920 | 38,394 | 1.4% | |
1930 | 40,404 | 5.2% | |
1940 | 40,793 | 1 % | |
1950 | 44,280 | 8.5% | |
1960 | 53,686 | 21.2% | |
1970 | 61,217 | 14% | |
1980 | 64,581 | 5.5% | |
1990 | 65,536 | 1.5% | |
2000 | 71,295 | 8.8% | |
2010 | 74,782 | 4.9% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 2010 |
As of the 2000 census , there were 71,295 people in 27,898 households and 19,138 families in Hancock County. The population density was 52 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.14 percent white, 1.11 percent African American, 0.18 percent Native American, 1.22 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.22 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.12 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.07 percent of the population.
Of the 27,898 households, 32.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers, 31.4 percent were non-families, 26.0 percent were single households and 9.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.01.
For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 91.2 men statistically.
The median income for a household in the 43,856 USD , and the median income for a family was 51,490 USD. Males had a median income of $ 37,139 versus $ 24,374 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,991. 5.2 percent of families and 7.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. 8.8 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 6.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ^ Hancock County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 18, 2018.
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
- ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved April 1, 2016
- ^ Hancock County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Web links
Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ N , 83 ° 40 ′ W