Sandusky County, Ohio

Sandusky County is a county located in the state of Ohio of the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fremont.

Geography

The County is located in northern Ohio, is bordered on the northeast by Lake Erie, the southernmost of the five Great Lakes and has an area of ​​1082 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Ottawa County, Erie County, Huron County, Seneca County and Wood County.

History

Sandusky County was formed on February 12, 1820 from parts of Huron County. It was named after an Indian term which means as much as cold water.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Sandusky County 61 792 people in 23,717 households and 16,957 families. The population density was 58 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 92.20 percent White, 2.67 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.10 percent from other races groups; 1.61 percent were descended from two or more races. 6.96 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 23,717 households out of which 33.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers, 28.5 percent were non-families, 24.1 percent of all households and 10.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04.

Based on the county the population was spread out 26.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 40,584, and the median income for a family was $ 47,675. Males have a median income of $ 35,501, women $ 23,964. The per capita income was $ 19,239. 5.7 percent of families and 7.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 9.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 7.0 percent of those 65 years.