Williams County (Ohio)

administration
Williams County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 73001552
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Bryan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse One Courthouse Square Bryan, OH 43506-1791
Foundation :	February 12, 1820
Made up from:	Darke County
Area code :	001 419
Demographics
Residents :	38,688 (2005)
Population density :	35.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1096 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.williams.oh.us

Williams County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . The county seat is Bryan .

geography

The county is located in the extreme northwest of Ohio, borders Michigan to the north and Indiana to the west and has an area of 1,096 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by Hillsdale County, Michigan, Fulton County , Henry County , Defiance County , De Kalb County, Indiana, and Steuben County, Indiana.

history

Williams County was formed on February 12, 1820 from parts of Darke County. It was named after David Williams , an officer in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence . He was involved in the arrest of the spy John André .

Seven structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 19, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	387	-
1840	4465	1,053.7%
1850	8018	79.6%
1860	16,633	107.4%
1870	20,991	26.2%
1880	23,821	13.5%
1890	24,897	4.5%
1900	24,953	0.2%
1910	25.198	1 %
1920	24,627	-2.3%
1930	24,316	-1.3%
1940	25,510	4.9%
1950	26.202	2.7%
1960	29,968	14.4%
1970	33,669	12.3%
1980	36,369	8th %
1990	36,956	1.6%
2000	39,188	6%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Williams County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Williams County had 39,188 people in 15,105 households and 10,664 families. The population density was 36 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.51 percent white, 0.72 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.52 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.19 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.83 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.68 percent of the population.

Of the 15,105 households, 33.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.5 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers, 29.4 percent were non-families, 24.9 percent were single households and 10.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.00.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.2 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 96.4 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 40,735 , and the median income for a family is $ 47,398. Males had a median income of $ 33,476 versus $ 22,136 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,441. 3.9 percent of families and 6.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line. 6.2 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 6.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.