Meigs County, Ohio

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Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy
Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy
administration
US state : Ohio
Administrative headquarters : Pomeroy
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
100 East Second Street
Pomeroy, OH 45769-1094
Foundation : January 21, 1819
Made up from: Athens County
Gallatin County
Area code : 001 740
Demographics
Residents : 23,770  (2010)
Population density : 21.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1120 km²
Water surface : 8 km²
map
Map of Meigs County within Ohio

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

geography

The county is located in southern Ohio, bordering West Virginia and has an area of ​​1,120 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Athens County , Wood County, West Virginia, Jackson County (West Virginia), Mason County (West Virginia), Gallia County, and Vinton County .

history

Meigs County was formed on January 21, 1819 from parts of Athens County and the defunct Gallatin County. It was named after Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. , the fourth governor of Ohio and the eighth postmaster general at the time the county was founded.

Ten 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%
1820 4480 -
1830 6158 37.5%
1840 11,452 86%
1850 17,971 56.9%
1860 26,534 47.6%
1870 31,465 18.6%
1880 32,325 2.7%
1890 29,813 -7.8%
1900 28,620 -4%
1910 25,594 -10.6%
1920 26,189 2.3%
1930 23,961 -8.5%
1940 24,104 0.6%
1950 23,227 -3.6%
1960 22,159 -4.6%
1970 19,799 -10.7%
1980 23,641 19.4%
1990 22,987 -2.8%
2000 23,072 0.4%
2010 23,770 3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Meigs County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Meigs County had 23,072 people in 9,234 households and 6,574 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.73 percent white, 0.69 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian and 0.25 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.96 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.60 percent of the population.

Of the 9,234 households, 31.2 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.9 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers, 28.8 percent were non-families, 25.0 percent were single households, and 11.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,287 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,071. Males had a median income of $ 30,821 versus $ 19,621 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,848. 14.3 percent of families and 19.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 26.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 14.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meigs 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. 203 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 11, 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 September 3, 2016
  8. ^ Meigs County, Ohio , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 39 ° 5 ′  N , 82 ° 1 ′  W