Morrow County (Ohio)
Morrow County is a county located in the state of Ohio of the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Mount Gilead.
Geography
The County is located north of the geographic center of Ohio and has an area of 1055 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Crawford County, Richland County, Knox County, Delaware County and Marion County.
History
Morrow County was formed on February 24, 1848 from parts of Delaware, Knox, Marion and Richland County. It was named for Jeremiah Morrow, the ninth Governor of Ohio.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Morrow County 31 628 people in 11,499 households and 8,854 families. The population density was 30 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.37 percent White, 0.27 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, and 0.18 percent from other races; 0.74 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.58 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 11,499 households out of which 35.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.6 percent were married couples living together, 8.1 percent were single mothers, 23.0 percent were non-families, 19.0 percent of all households and 7.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.09.
Based on the county the population was spread from 27.3 percent population under 18 years, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 11.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 40,882, and the median income for a family was $ 45,747. Males had a median income of $ 33,129, women $ 22,454. The per capita income was $ 17,830. 6.6 percent of families and 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 12.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years old and 7.1 percent are 65 years old.
Places
City
- Galion
Villages
- Cardington
- Chesterville
- Edison
- Fulton
- Marengo
- Mount Gilead
- Sparta
Townships
- Bennington
- Canaan
- Cardington
- Chester
- Congress
- Franklin
- Gilead
- Harmony
- Lincoln
- North Bloomfield
- Perry
- Peru
- South Bloomfield
- Troy
- Washington
- Westfield
Free community areas
- Bloomfield
- Blooming Grove
- Climax
- Denmark
- Fargo
- Iberia
- Johnsville
- Jugs Corners
- North Woodbury
- Penlan
- Pulaskiville
- Russell
- Shauck
- Shawtown
- South Woodbury
- St. James
- Vails Corners
- Westfield
- West Liberty
- West Point
- Williamsport