Mahoning County

Mahoning County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Youngstown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 21 West Broardman Street Youngstown, OH 44503-0000
Foundation :	February 16, 1846
Made up from:	Columbiana County Trumbull County
Area code :	001 330
Demographics
Residents :	238,823  (2010)
Population density :	222 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1097 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map
Website : www.mahoningcountygov.com

Mahoning County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is in Youngstown .

geography

The county is located in northeast Ohio, bordering Pennsylvania and has an area of ​​1,097 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by Trumbull County , Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Columbiana County , Stark County, and Portage County .

history

Mahoning County was formed on February 16, 1846 from parts of Columbiana County and Trumbull County. It was named after a Delaware expression , which means something like at the salt blocks (salt licks).

The county has a National Historic Landmark , the William H. McGuffey Boyhood Home Site . 73 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 11, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	23,735		-
1860	25,894		9.1%
1870	31,001		19.7%
1880	42,871		38.3%
1890	55,979		30.6%
1900	70.134		25.3%
1910	116.151		65.6%
1920	186.310		60.4%
1930	236.142		26.7%
1940	240.251		1.7%
1950	257,629		7.2%
1960	300,480		16.6%
1970	303.424		1 %
1980	289,487		-4.6%
1990	264,806		-8.5%
2000	257,555		-2.7%
2010	238,823		-7.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Mahoning County

According to the 2000 census , Mahoning County had 257,555 people in 102,587 households and 68,835 families. The population density was 239 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.04 percent white, 15.87 percent African American, 0.17 percent Native American, 0.47 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.03 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.38 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.97 percent of the population.

Of the 102,587 households, 28.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 49% were married couples living together, 14.1 percent were single mothers, 32.9 percent were non-families, 29.1 percent were single households and 13.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.02.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 88 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,248 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,185. Males had a median income of $ 36,313 versus $ 23,272 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,818. 9.6 percent of families and 12.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line. 19.1 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mahoning 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. 191 .
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Ohio . National Park Service , accessed May 11, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 11, 2018.
5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
8. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved September 2, 2016
9. ^ Mahoning County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Mahoning County, Ohio  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Coordinates: 41 ° 1 ′  N , 80 ° 46 ′  W