Henry County (Ohio)

administration
Henry County Courthouse in Napoleon, listed on the NRHP with number 73001477
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Napoleon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Henry County Office Complex 1853 Oakwood Avenue Napoleon, OH 43545-0000
Foundation :	February 12, 1820
Made up from:	Shelby County
Area code :	001 419
Demographics
Residents :	28,215 (2010)
Population density :	26.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1088 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.henrycountyohio.com

Henry County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Napoleon .

geography

The county is located almost in the far northwest of Ohio, is about 30 km to the north from the Michigan border and has an area of 1,088 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Fulton County , Lucas County , Wood County , Putnam County , Defiance County , Williams County, and Hancock Counties .

history

Henry County was formed from parts of Shelby County on February 12, 1820 and finally organized in 1834. It was named after Patrick Henry , first and sixth governor of Virginia and a significant figure in the American Revolutionary War .

Four buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 24, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	262	-
1840	2503	855.3%
1850	3434	37.2%
1860	8901	159.2%
1870	14,028	57.6%
1880	20,585	46.7%
1890	25,080	21.8%
1900	27,282	8.8%
1910	25,119	-7.9%
1920	23,362	-7%
1930	22,524	-3.6%
1940	22,756	1 %
1950	22,423	-1.5%
1960	25,392	13.2%
1970	27,058	6.6%
1980	28,383	4.9%
1990	29,108	2.6%
2000	29.210	0.4%
2010	28,215	-3.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Henry County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Henry County had 29,210 people in 10,935 households and 7,960 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.33 percent white, 0.58 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.42 percent Asian and 2.56 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.85 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.40 percent of the population.

Of the 10,935 households, 35.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 61.1 percent were married couples living together, 8.1 percent were single mothers, 27.2 percent were non-families, 23.5 percent were single households and 10.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.10 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 42,657 , and the median income for a family is $ 49,881. Males had a median income of $ 35,901 versus $ 24,076 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,667. 5.3 percent of families and 7.0 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 9.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 4.2 percent were people over 65 years of age.