Summit County, Ohio

Summit County is a urban located in the  of,. As of the, the population was 542,899. Its is. It is because the highest elevation on the  was located here.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,088 (420 ). 1,069 km² (413 sq mi) of it is land and 19 km² (7 sq mi) of it (1.75%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 542,899 people, 217,788 households, and 144,611 families residing in the county. The was 508/km² (1,315/sq mi). There were 230,880 housing units at an average density of 216/km² (559/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 83.50%, 13.19% or , 0.20% , 1.41% , 0.02% , 0.29% from , and 1.39% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 217,788 households out of which 30.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.10% were living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.60% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,304, and the median income for a family was $52,200. Males had a median income of $40,117 versus $26,831 for females. The for the county was $22,842. About 7.50% of families and 9.90% of the population were below the, including 14.00% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

Government
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Summit County is the only county of the 88 in Ohio that has a government, as authorized by the Article X of the. Under its charter, rather than three elected commissioners, Summit County has an elected County Executive and an eleven member County Council. Summit County also has an appointed Medical Examiner rather than an elected Coroner and an elected Fiscal Officer, who exercises the powers and performs the duties of a county auditor, treasurer and recorder. The remaining officials are similar to the officials in other counties. They include the following:


 * Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas (elected)
 * Prosecuting Attorney (elected)
 * Engineer (elected)
 * Sheriff (elected)