Wood County (Ohio)

administration
Wood County Courthouse
US state :	Ohio
Administrative headquarters :	Bowling green
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse One Courthouse Square Bowling Green, OH 43402-2431
Foundation :	February 12, 1820
Made up from:	Logan County
Area code :	001 419
Demographics
Residents :	123,929 (2005)
Population density :	77.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1607 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.co.wood.oh.us

Wood County is a county in the state of Ohio in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 121,065 people and a population density of 76 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bowling Green .

geography

The county is located in northwest Ohio, is about 15 km to the northeast from Lake Erie , the southernmost of the 5 Great Lakes , and has an area of 1,607 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Lucas County , Ottawa County , Sandusky County , Seneca County , Hancock County , Putnam County, and Henry County .

history

Fort Meigs (2009)

Wood County was formed on February 12, 1820 from parts of Logan County. It was named after Eleazer D. Wood , a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point and an officer in the US Army in the British-American War of 1812-1814. As an army engineer, he was responsible for planning Fort Meigs . Located on a rock above the Maumee River in what is now Perrysburg , the fort was able to hold its own in the battles with the British. The fort gave protection to the settlers who had fled the area because of the war and led to the rapid development of the county.

The county has a National Historic Landmark , Fort Meigs. 31 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 19, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	733	-
1830	1102	50.3%
1840	5357	386.1%
1850	9157	70.9%
1860	17,886	95.3%
1870	24,596	37.5%
1880	34,022	38.3%
1890	44,392	30.5%
1900	51,555	16.1%
1910	46,330	-10.1%
1920	44,892	-3.1%
1930	50,320	12.1%
1940	51,796	2.9%
1950	59,605	15.1%
1960	72,596	21.8%
1970	89,722	23.6%
1980	107,372	19.7%
1990	113.269	5.5%
2000	121.065	6.9%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Wood County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Wood County's population was 121,065. 7,781 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 45,172 households and 29,678 families. The population density was 76 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.83 percent white, 1.27 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 1.03 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.45 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.18 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.33 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 45,172 households, 32.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, 34.3 percent were non-families; 25.8 percent were single households and 9.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.04.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 17.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over there were statistically 91.1 men.

The median income for a household in the 44,442 USD , and the median income for a family was 56,468 USD. Males had a median income of $ 40,419 versus $ 26,640 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,284. 4.7 percent of families and 9.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. This included 7.4 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 5.8 percent of people aged 65 and over.