Scioto County

administration
Scioto County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 87002101
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Portsmouth
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 602 Seventh Street Portsmouth, OH 45662-3950
Foundation :	March 24, 1803
Made up from:	Adams County
Area code :	001 740
Demographics
Residents :	76,561 (2005)
Population density :	48.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1596 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.sciotocountyohio.com

Scioto County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Portsmouth .

geography

The county is located in southern Ohio, bordering Kentucky and has an area of 1,596 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Pike County , Jackson County , Lawrence County , Greenup County, Kentucky, Lewis County, Kentucky, and Adams County .

history

Scioto County was formed on March 24, 1803 from parts of Adams County. It was named after the Scioto River , whose name comes from the Wyandot .

41 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 15, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	3399	-
1820	5750	69.2%
1830	8740	52%
1840	11,192	28.1%
1850	18,428	64.7%
1860	24,297	31.8%
1870	29,302	20.6%
1880	33,511	14.4%
1890	35,377	5.6%
1900	40,981	15.8%
1910	48,463	18.3%
1920	62,850	29.7%
1930	81,221	29.2%
1940	86,565	6.6%
1950	82,910	-4.2%
1960	84.216	1.6%
1970	76,951	-8.6%
1980	84,545	9.9%
1990	80,327	-5%
2000	79.195	-1.4%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000 Age pyramid of Scioto County (as of 2000)

Bridge over the Ohio from Ohio to Kentucky

According to the 2000 census , Scioto County had 79,195 people in 30,871 households and 21,362 families. The population density was 50 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.88 percent white, 2.73 percent African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.18 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.31 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.60 percent of the population.

Of the 30,871 households, 31.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 52.3 percent were married couples living together, 13.1 percent were single mothers, 30.8 percent were non-families, 26.9 percent were single households, and 12.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.4 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 91.2 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,008 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,691. Males had a median income of $ 32,063 versus $ 21,562 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,408. 15.2 percent of families and 19.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 25.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 12.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.