Knox County (Ohio)

Knox County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Vernon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 117 East High Street Mount Vernon, OH 43050-3456
Foundation :	January 30, 1808
Made up from:	Fairfield County
Area code :	001 740
Demographics
Residents :	60,921  (2010)
Population density :	44.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1371 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map
Website : www.knoxcountyohio.org

Knox County is a county in the US state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Mount Vernon .

geography

The county is located slightly northeast of the geographic center of Ohio and has an area of ​​1,371 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Richland County , Ashland County , Coshocton County , Licking County , Delaware County, and Morrow County .

history

Knox County was formed on January 30, 1808 from parts of Fairfield County. It was named after Henry Knox , an artillery officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and later first Secretary of War.

45 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 10, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1810	2149		-
1820	8326		287.4%
1830	17,085		105.2%
1840	29,579		73.1%
1850	28,872		-2.4%
1860	27,735		-3.9%
1870	26,333		-5.1%
1880	27,431		4.2%
1890	27,600		0.6%
1900	27,768		0.6%
1910	30.181		8.7%
1920	29,580		-2%
1930	29,338		-0.8%
1940	31,024		5.7%
1950	35,287		13.7%
1960	38,808		10%
1970	41,795		7.7%
1980	46,304		10.8%
1990	47,473		2.5%
2000	54,500		14.8%
2010	60,921		11.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Knox County's Age Pyramid

Kokosing River near Mount Vernon

Henry Knox

As of the 2000 census , Knox County had 54,500 people in 19,975 households and 14,362 families. The population density was 40 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.66 percent white, 0.67 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.21 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.89 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.68 percent of the population.

Of the 19,975 households, 32.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.6 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, 28.1 percent were non-families, 23.9 percent were single households and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.03.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 11.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 90.9 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 38,877 , and the median income for a family is $ 45,119. Males had a median income of $ 34,363 versus $ 24,352 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,695. 7.4 percent of families and 10.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 13.6 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Knox County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ 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. 166 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 10, 2018.
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
7. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved April 26, 2016
8. ^ Knox County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Knox County, Ohio  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 23 ′  N , 82 ° 28 ′  W