Morgan County (Ohio)

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

Geography

The County is located in southwestern Ohio, is about 60 km from the border with West Virginia and has an area of 1093 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Muskingum County, Noble County, Washington County, Athens County and Perry County.

History

Morgan County was formed on December 29, 1817 from parts of Guernsey, Muskingum and Washington County. It was named for Daniel Morgan, a member of the House of Representatives for Virginia, battlefield tactician and a general in the American Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000, lived in Morgan County 14,897 people in 5,890 households and 4,176 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 93.66 percent White, 3.41 percent African American, 0.35 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, and 0.26 percent from other races; 2.24 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.41 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,890 households out of which 30.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were non-families, 25.5 percent of all households and 12.0 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98.

Based on the county the population was spread from 25.3 percent population under 18 years, 7.8 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 15.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 28,868, and the median income for a family was $ 34,973. Males have a median income of $ 30,411, women $ 21,039. The per capita income was $ 13,967. 15.7 percent of families and 18.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 25.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 12.4 percent of those 65 years.