Pickaway County

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Pickaway County Courthouse
Pickaway County Courthouse
administration
US state : Ohio
Administrative headquarters : Circleville
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
207 South Court Street
Circleville, OH 43113-1601
Foundation : January 12, 1810
Made up from: Fairfield County
Franklin County
Ross County
Area code : 001 740
Demographics
Residents : 52,989  (2005)
Population density : 40.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1313 km²
Water surface : 13 km²
map
Map of Pickaway County within Ohio
Website : www.pickaway.org

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

geography

The county is located in south-central Ohio and has an area of ​​1,313 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Franklin County , Fairfield County , Hocking County , Ross County , Fayette County, and Madison County .

history

Pickaway County was formed on January 12, 1810 from parts of Fairfield, Franklin and Ross Counties. It was named after the North American Piqua Indians who lived here.

29 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%
1810 7124 -
1820 13,149 84.6%
1830 16.001 21.7%
1840 19,725 23.3%
1850 21.006 6.5%
1860 23,649 12.6%
1870 24,875 5.2%
1880 27,415 10.2%
1890 26,959 -1.7%
1900 27,016 0.2%
1910 26,158 -3.2%
1920 25,788 -1.4%
1930 27,238 5.6%
1940 27,889 2.4%
1950 29,352 5.2%
1960 35,855 22.2%
1970 40,071 11.8%
1980 43,662 9%
1990 48,255 10.5%
2000 52,727 9.3%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of Pickaway County

As of the 2000 census , Pickaway County's population was 52,727 people in 17,599 households and 13,287 families. The population density was 41 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 91.95 percent white, 6.43 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.15 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.93 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.63 percent of the population.

Of the 17,599 households, 35.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 61.5 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers, 24.5 percent were non-families, 20.6 percent were single households, and 9.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.02.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 122.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 125.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 42,832 , and the median income for a family is $ 49,259. Males had a median income of $ 36,265 versus $ 26,086 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,478. 7.6 percent of families and 9.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 13.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Web links

Commons : Pickaway County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Pickaway County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 11, 2018.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
  5. Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
  6. Pickaway County, Ohio , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 39 ° 38 ′  N , 83 ° 2 ′  W