Pike County (Ohio)

Pike County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Waverly
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 East Second Street Waverly, OH 45690-1301
Foundation :	February 1, 1815
Made up from:	Adams County Ross County Scioto County
Area code :	001 740
Demographics
Residents :	28,146  (2005)
Population density :	24.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1150 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
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Pike County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat has been Waverly since 1845 , before that it was Piketon .

geography

The county is located in southern Ohio, approximately 60 km from each of the West Virginia and Kentucky borders , and covers an area of ​​1,150 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Ross County , Jackson County , Scioto County , Adams County, and Highland Counties .

history

Pike County was formed on January 3, 1815 from parts of Adams, Ross and Scioto Counties. It was named after Zebulon Pike , a US officer, explorer and explorer of the North American continent.

Eight structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 18, 2018). The Waverly Canal Historic District is one of eight entries for the county in the NRHP.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1820	4253		-
1830	6024		41.6%
1840	7626		26.6%
1850	10,953		43.6%
1860	13,643		24.6%
1870	15,447		13.2%
1880	17,927		16.1%
1890	17,482		-2.5%
1900	18,172		3.9%
1910	15,723		-13.5%
1920	14,151		-10%
1930	13,876		-1.9%
1940	16,113		16.1%
1950	14,607		-9.3%
1960	19,380		32.7%
1970	19,114		-1.4%
1980	22.802		19.3%
1990	24,249		6.3%
2000	27,695		14.2%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Pike County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , there were 27,695 people in 10,444 households and 7,665 families in Pike County. The population density was 24 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.72 percent white, 0.89 percent African American, 0.74 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.07 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.36 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.56 percent of the population.

Of the 10,444 households, 35.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers, 26.6 percent were non-families, 22.8 percent were single households and 10.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,649 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,934. Males had a median income of $ 32,379 versus $ 20,761 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,093. 15.1 percent of families and 18.6 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 23.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 13.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Web links

Commons : Pike County (Ohio)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pike 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. 243 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 18, 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. ^ Pike County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 39 ° 5 ′  N , 83 ° 4 ′  W