Pickaway County
Pickaway County Courthouse |
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administration | |
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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 |
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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 | |||
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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 |
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pickaway County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 11, 2018.
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
- ↑ Pickaway County, Ohio , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Coordinates: 39 ° 38 ′ N , 83 ° 2 ′ W