Lorain County, Ohio

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

Geography

The County is located in northern Ohio, adjacent to Lake Erie, the southernmost of the five Great Lakes and has an area of ​​2391 square kilometers, of which 1115 square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Ashland County, Huron County and Erie County.

History

Lorain County was formed on December 26, 1822 from parts of Cuyahoga, Huron and Medina County. It was named after the French region of Lorraine (French: Lorraine ).

Historical buildings

• In Oberlin is at number 207 East College Street, the historic John Mercer Langston House.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Lorain County 284 664 people in 105 836 households and 76 201 families. The population density was 223 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 85.54 percent White, 8.50 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.60 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.87 percent from other races groups; 2.17 percent were descended from two or more races. 6.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 105 836 households out of which 33.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.2 percent were married couples living together, 12.6 percent were single mothers, 28.0 percent were non-families, 23.6 percent of all households and 9.2 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.08.

Based on the county the population was spread out 26.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 12.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 45,042, and the median income for a family was $ 52,856. Males have a median income of $ 39,902, women $ 26,116. The per capita income was $ 21,054. 6.7 percent of families and 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 12.9 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 6.6 percent of those 65 years.