Shelby County (Ohio)

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

Geography

The County is located in western Ohio, is about 45 km from the border with Indiana and has an area of 1065 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Auglaize County, Logan County, Champaign County, Miami County and Darke County.

History

Shelby County was formed on January 7, 1819 parts of Miami County. It was named for Isaac Shelby, a general in the American Revolutionary War and later the fifth Governor of Kentucky.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census of 2000, there were 47 910 people in Shelby County. Of these, 665 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 17,636 households and 13,085 families. The population density was 45 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 96.04 percent White, 1.49 percent African American, 0.17 percent Native American, 0.97 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.24 percent from other races groups; 1.05 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.80 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,636 households out of which 36.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.3 percent were single mothers, 25.8 percent were non-families, 22.0 percent of all households and 8.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.13.

Based on the county the population was spread from 28.6 percent population under 18 years, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 21.7 percent between 45 and 64 years and 12.2 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 44,507, and the median income for a family was $ 51,331. Males had a median income of $ 36,212, women $ 24,470. The per capita income was $ 20,255. 5.3 percent of families and 6.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Among them were 8.3 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 5.3 percent of people aged 65 and over.