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Ohio is divided into 88 counties. [1] Ohio law defines a structure for county government, although they may adopt charters for home rule. [1] [2] The minimum population requirement for incorporation is 1,600 for a village and 5,000 for a city. [3] Unless a county has adopted a charter, it has a structure that includes the following elected ...
A census-designated place (CDP) [1] [2] [3] is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, [4] such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data.
The average population of Ohio's counties was 133,931; Franklin County was the most populous (1,326,063) and Vinton County was the least (12,474). The average land area is 464 sq mi (1,200 km 2 ). The largest county by area is Ashtabula County at 702.44 sq mi (1,819.3 km 2 ), and its neighbor, Lake County , is the smallest at 228.21 sq mi (591. ...
Eighty-six of Ohio's 88 counties (all except Summit as of 1981 and Cuyahoga as of 2011) have the following elected officials as provided by statute: . Three county commissioners (the Board of Commissioners): Control budget; oversee planning and approve zoning regulations where county rural zoning is implemented; approve annexations to cities and villages; set overall policy; oversee ...
There were 1,075 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or ...
In the year 1600, Mahoning County was likely divided between two nations of Native Americans, the Erie people in the east and the Whittlesey culture in the west. [6] [7] It is unknown where the actual boundaries between these cultures lay, though the nearest confirmed Whittlesey settlement was at Cleveland and the nearest confirmed Erie settlement was just barely across the Ohio-Pennsylvania ...
The Greater Hilltop population decreased 1.2% between 2000 and 2010, while the number of households decreased by 1.2% as well, indicating a gradual reduction in the average household size, a common trend found in many areas of Columbus. [14] The Hispanic population has been increasing along with an emerging Somali population. [15]
There were 2,953 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or ...