Miami County (Ohio)

Miami County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Troy.

Geography

The County is located in western Ohio, is about 45 km from the border with Indiana and has an area of 1060 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Shelby County, Champaign County, Clark County, Montgomery County and Darke County.

History

Miami County was formed on January 16, 1807 from parts of Montgomery County. It was named after an expression of the North American Indian people of Ottawa, which means as much as mother.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Miami County 98 868 people in 38,437 households and 27,943 families. The population density was 94 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.78 percent White, 1.95 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.79 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.28 percent from other races groups; 1.00 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.73 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 38,437 households out of which 33.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.5 percent were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers, 27.3 percent were non-families, 23.2 percent of all households and 9.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.99.

Based on the county the population was spread from 25.9 percent population under 18 years, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.8 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.2 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 44,109, and the median income for a family was $ 51,169. Males have a median income of $ 37,357, women $ 25,493. The per capita income was $ 21,669. 5.1 percent of families and 6.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 9.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 5.6 percent of those 65 years.

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