Hocking County

administration
Hocking County Courthouse
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Logan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 East Main Street Logan, OH 43138-1207
Foundation :	January 3, 1818
Made up from:	Athens County Fairfield County Ross County
Area code :	001 740
Demographics
Residents :	29,380 (2010)
Population density :	26.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1097 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.hocking.oh.us

Hocking County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Logan .

geography

The county is located in south-central Ohio and has an area of 1,097 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Perry County , Athens County , Vinton County , Ross County , Pickaway County, and Fairfield County .

history

The McCarthy-Blosser-Dillon Building (2009) is one of twelve entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hocking County was formed on January 3, 1818 from parts of Athens, Fairfield and Ross Counties. It was named after the Hocking River that runs in this area.

Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 5, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	2130	-
1830	4008	88.2%
1840	9741	143%
1850	14,119	44.9%
1860	17.057	20.8%
1870	17,925	5.1%
1880	21,126	17.9%
1890	22,658	7.3%
1900	24,398	7.7%
1910	23,650	-3.1%
1920	23,291	-1.5%
1930	20,407	-12.4%
1940	21,504	5.4%
1950	19,520	-9.2%
1960	20,168	3.3%
1970	20,322	0.8%
1980	24,304	19.6%
1990	25,533	5.1%
2000	28,241	10.6%
2010	29,380	4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Hocking County

As of the 2000 census , there were 28,241 people in 10,843 households and 7,828 families in Hocking County. The population density was 26 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.54 percent white, 0.92 percent African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian and 0.08 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.09 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.44 percent of the population.

Of the 10,843 households, 33.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers, 27.8 percent were non-families, 23.7 percent were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.98.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.9 men.

The median income for a household in the 34,261 USD , and the median income for a family was 40,888 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,951 versus $ 24,123 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,095. 10.3 percent of families and 13.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 15.8 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 14.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.