Carroll County (Ohio)

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

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme east of Ohio, each about 40 km from the border with Pennsylvania, and West Virginia is removed and has an area of 1033 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Columbiana County, Jefferson County, Harrison County, Tuscarawas County and Stark County.

History

Carroll County was formed on December 25, 1832 from portions of Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Stark and Tuscarawas County. It was named after Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence of 1776.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census of 2000, there were 28 836 people in Carroll County. Of these, 366 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 11,126 households and 8,155 families. The population density was 28 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.20 percent White, 0.54 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.09 percent from other races groups; 0.71 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.55 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 11,126 households out of which 31.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers, 26.7 percent were non-families, 22.9 percent of all households and 10.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.00.

Based on the county the population was spread from 25.1 percent population under 18 years, 7.5 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.7 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.2 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 35,509, and the median income for a family was $ 41,114. Males have a median income of $ 31,611, women $ 21,285. The per capita income was $ 16,701. 8.5 percent of families and 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 17.2 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 11.1 percent of those 65 years.

Places in Carroll County

Villages

Carrollton
Dellroy
Leesville
Magnolia

Malvern
Minerva
Sherrodsville

Townships

Augusta Township
Brown Township
Center Township
East Township
Fox Township

Harrison Township
Lee Township
Loudon Township
Monroe Township
Orange Township

Perry Township
Rose Township
Union Township
Washington Township

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