Hancock County (Ohio)

administration
Hancock County Courthouse in Findlay, listed on the NRHP with number 73001475
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
map

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
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 Hancock County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Map of Hancock County

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.