Huron County (Ohio)
Huron County Courthouse in Norwalk, listed on the NRHP with number 74001534 |
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US state : | Ohio |
Administrative headquarters : | Norwalk |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse 180 Milan Avenue Norwalk, OH 44857-1168 |
Foundation : | February 7, 1809 |
Made up from: |
Cuyahoga County Portage County |
Area code : | 001 419 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 69,626 (2010) |
Population density : | 54.6 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1281 km² |
Water surface : | 5 km² |
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Website : www.hccommissioners.com |
Huron County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Norwalk .
geography
The county is located in northern Ohio, about 15 km from Lake Erie , the southernmost of the 5 Great Lakes , and has an area of 1,281 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Erie County , Lorain County , Ashland County , Richland County , Crawford County , Seneca County, and Sandusky Counties .
history
Huron County was formed on February 7, 1809 from parts of Cuyahoga County and Portage County and finally organized the following year. It was named after the North American Indian people, the Hurons .
17 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 28, 2018).
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1820 | 6675 | - | |
1830 | 13,341 | 99.9% | |
1840 | 23,933 | 79.4% | |
1850 | 26,203 | 9.5% | |
1860 | 29,616 | 13% | |
1870 | 28,532 | -3.7% | |
1880 | 31,609 | 10.8% | |
1890 | 31,949 | 1.1% | |
1900 | 32,330 | 1.2% | |
1910 | 34.206 | 5.8% | |
1920 | 32,424 | -5.2% | |
1930 | 33,700 | 3.9% | |
1940 | 34,800 | 3.3% | |
1950 | 39,353 | 13.1% | |
1960 | 47,326 | 20.3% | |
1970 | 49,587 | 4.8% | |
1980 | 54,608 | 10.1% | |
1990 | 56,240 | 3% | |
2000 | 59,487 | 5.8% | |
2010 | 59,626 | 0.2% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 2010 |
According to the 2000 census , there were 59,487 people in 22,307 households and 16,217 families in Huron County. The population density was 47 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.98 percent white, 0.97 percent African American, 0.18 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.63 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.99 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.56 percent of the population.
Of the 22,307 households, 36.3 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 58.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers, 27.3 percent were non-families, 23.1 percent were single households, and 9.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.11.
For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.9 men.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 40,558 , and the median income for a family is $ 46,911. Males had a median income of $ 35,760 versus $ 22,785 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,133. 6.5 percent of families and 8.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. 11.0 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ^ Huron County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 144 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 28, 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 26, 2016
- ^ Huron County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Coordinates: 41 ° 9 ′ N , 82 ° 36 ′ W