Logan County (Ohio)

administration
Logan County Courthouse in Bellefontaine, listed on the NRHP with number 73001497
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Bellefontaine
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 117 East Columbus Bellefontaine, OH 43311-2055
Foundation :	December 30, 1817
Made up from:	Champaign County
Area code :	001 937
Demographics
Residents :	45,858 (2010)
Population density :	38.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1209 km²
Water surface :	22 km²
map

Website : www.co.logan.oh.us

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

geography

The county is located in west-central Ohio and has an area of 1209 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hardin County , Union County , Champaign County , Shelby County, and Auglaize County .

history

Logan County was formed on December 30, 1817 from parts of Champaign County. It was named after Benjamin Logan , a brigadier general in the Virginia Militia in the American Revolutionary War and a member of the Kentucky General Assembly .

Nine structures 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%
1820	3159	-
1830	6440	103.9%
1840	14,015	117.6%
1850	19,162	36.7%
1860	20,996	9.6%
1870	23,028	9.7%
1880	26,267	14.1%
1890	27,386	4.3%
1900	30,420	11.1%
1910	30,084	-1.1%
1920	30,104	0.1%
1930	28,981	-3.7%
1940	29,624	2.2%
1950	31,329	5.8%
1960	34,803	11.1%
1970	35,072	0.8%
1980	39,155	11.6%
1990	42,310	8.1%
2000	46.005	8.7%
2010	45,858	-0.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Logan County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Logan County had 46,005 people. 585 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 17,956 households and 12,730 families. The population density was 39 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.15 percent white , 1.71 percent African American , 0.20 percent American Indian , 0.40 percent Asian American , 0.03 percent Pacific islander and 0.27 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.24 percent were descended from two or more races . 0.72 percent of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

Of the 17,956 households, 33.3 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 57.0 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were non-families, 24.8 percent were single households and 10.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.01.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 93.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 41,479 , and the median income for a family is $ 47,516. Males had a median income of $ 37,134 versus $ 24,739 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,984. 7.1 percent of families and 9.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. 11.8 percent of these were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 8.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.