Gallia County, Ohio

Gallia County (pronunciation: GAL-yuh) is a located in the  of,. As of 2000, the population was 31,069. Its is. Its is the  word for "", so called because many immigrants from that country settled here.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,220 (471 ). 1,214 km² (469 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.50%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 31,069 people, 12,060 households, and 8,586 families residing in the county. The was 26/km² (66/sq mi). There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (29/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.26%, 2.70% or , 0.43% , 0.35% , 0.15% from , and 1.11% from two or more races. 0.61% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 12,060 households out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.80% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,191, and the median income for a family was $35,938. Males had a median income of $31,783 versus $22,829 for females. The for the county was $15,183. About 13.50% of families and 18.10% of the population were below the, including 25.20% of those under age 18 and 10.00% of those age 65 or over.

Government
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