Ottawa County (Ohio)

Ottawa County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Port Clinton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 315 Madison Street Port Clinton, OH 43452-1943
Foundation :	March 6, 1840
Made up from:	Erie County Lucas County Sandusky County
Area code :	001 419
Demographics
Residents :	41,428  (2010)
Population density :	48.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1515 km²
Water surface :	660 km²
map
Website : www.co.ottawa.oh.us

Ottawa County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Port Clinton .

geography

The county is located in northern Ohio, borders in the northeast on Lake Erie , the southernmost of the 5 Great Lakes and has an area of ​​1515 square kilometers, of which 660 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Erie County , Sandusky County , Wood County, and Lucas Counties .

history

Ottawa County was formed on March 6, 1840 from parts of Erie, Lucas and Sandusky Counties. It was named after the North American Indian people of the Ottawa .

There is a national memorial in the county , the Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial , which commemorates a naval battle from the British-American War . Two places in the county have National Historic Landmark status , Jay Cooke House and Johnson's Island Civil War Prison . 29 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of April 6, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1840	2248		-
1850	3308		47.2%
1860	7016		112.1%
1870	13,364		90.5%
1880	19,762		47.9%
1890	21,974		11.2%
1900	22,213		1.1%
1910	22,360		0.7%
1920	22,193		-0.7%
1930	24,109		8.6%
1940	24,360		1 %
1950	29,469		21%
1960	35,323		19.9%
1970	37,099		5%
1980	40,076		8th %
1990	40,029		-0.1%
2000	40,985		2.4%
2010	41,428		1.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Ottawa County's Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Ottawa County had 40,985 people in 16,474 households and 11,729 families. The population density was 62 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.56 percent white, 0.65 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.44 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.87 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.75 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 16,474 households, 29.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, 28.8 percent were non-families, 25.0 percent were single households and 11.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 26.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 94.7 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 44,224 , and the median income for a family is $ 51,919. Males had a median income of $ 39,823 versus $ 24,727 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,973. 4.2 percent of families and 5.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. 7.4 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 5.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ottawa 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. 233 .
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Ohio . National Park Service , accessed April 6, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 5, 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 December 23, 2016
9. ^ Ottawa County, Ohio , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′  N , 83 ° 4 ′  W