Marion County, Ohio

Marion County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Marion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Building 222 W. Center Street Marion, OH 43302-3646
Foundation :	February 12, 1820
Made up from:	Delaware County
Area code :	001 740
Demographics
Residents :	66,501  (2010)
Population density :	63.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1047 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map
Website : www.co.marion.oh.us

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

geography

The county is located slightly northwest of the geographic center of Ohio and has an area of ​​1047 square kilometers, of which one square kilometer is water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Crawford County , Morrow County , Delaware County , Union County , Hardin County, and Wyandot Counties .

history

Marion County was formed on February 12, 1820 from parts of Delaware County. It was named after Francis Marion , a lieutenant colonel and later brigadier general in the South Carolina militia in the American Revolutionary War .

The county has a National Historic Landmark , the Warren G. Harding Home , the residence of former President Warren G. Harding . 15 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 11, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1830	6551		-
1840	14,765		125.4%
1850	12,618		-14.5%
1860	15,490		22.8%
1870	16,184		4.5%
1880	20,565		27.1%
1890	24,727		20.2%
1900	28,678		16%
1910	33,971		18.5%
1920	42.004		23.6%
1930	45,420		8.1%
1940	44,898		-1.1%
1950	49,959		11.3%
1960	60.221		20.5%
1970	64,724		7.5%
1980	67,974		5%
1990	64,274		-5.4%
2000	66,217		3%
2010	66.501		0.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Marion County's Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Marion County had 66,217 people in 24,578 households and 17,253 families. The population density was 63 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.10 percent white, 5.75 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.52 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.49 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.95 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.09 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 24,578 households, 32.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, 29.8 percent were non-families, 25.1 percent were single households and 10.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.5 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 106.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 107.1 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 38,709 , and the median income for a family was $ 45,297. Males had a median income of $ 33,179 versus $ 23,586 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,255. 7.4 percent of families and 9.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 13.6 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 5.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marion 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. 193 .
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 3, 2016
9. ^ Marion County, Ohio , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

literature

The History of Marion County, Ohio , Legget, Conaway & Co, Chicago 1883, digitized  in the  text archive - Internet Archive

Web links

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

Coordinates: 40 ° 35 ′  N , 83 ° 10 ′  W