Seneca County (Ohio)

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Seneca County Courthouse
Seneca County Courthouse
administration
US state : Ohio
Administrative headquarters : Tiffin
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
81 Jefferson Street
Tiffin, OH 44883-2354
Foundation : February 12, 1820
Made up from: Huron County
Area code : 001 419
Demographics
Residents : 57,483  (2005)
Population density : 40.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1431 km²
Water surface : 5 km²
map
Map of Seneca County within Ohio

Seneca County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Tiffin .

geography

The county is located in northern Ohio, about 30 km to the northeast from Lake Erie , the southernmost of the 5 Great Lakes , and has an area of ​​1,431 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Sandusky County , Huron County , Crawford County , Wyandot County , Hancock County, and Wood County .

history

The France Hall of Heidelberg University is one of 45 entries in the county NRHP.

Seneca County was formed from parts of Huron County on February 12, 1820 and finally organized on January 22, 1824. It was named after the North American Indian people of the Seneca , whose reservation was here.

45 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 18, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1830 5159 -
1840 18,128 251.4%
1850 27,104 49.5%
1860 30,868 13.9%
1870 30,827 -0.1%
1880 36,947 19.9%
1890 40,869 10.6%
1900 41.163 0.7%
1910 42,421 3.1%
1920 43,176 1.8%
1930 47,941 11%
1940 48,499 1.2%
1950 52,978 9.2%
1960 59,326 12%
1970 60,696 2.3%
1980 61.901 2%
1990 59,733 -3.5%
2000 58,683 -1.8%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Seneca County's Pyramid of Age

As of the 2000 census , Seneca County had 58,683 people in 22,292 households and 15,738 families. The population density was 41 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.04 percent white, 1.76 percent African American, 0.18 percent Native American, 0.38 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.39 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.25 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.36 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 22,292 households, 33.4 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.1 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers, 29.4 percent were non-families, 24.7 percent were single households, and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.0 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 38,037 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,600. Males had a median income of $ 32,387 versus $ 22,383 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,027. 6.1 percent of families and 9.0 percent of the population are below the poverty line. 9.6 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.2 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Seneca 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. 279 .
  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. ^ Seneca County, Ohio , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 41 ° 8 ′  N , 83 ° 8 ′  W