Wayne County, Ohio

Wayne County is a located in the  of, , and is  for General. As of 2000, the population was 111,564. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,441 (556 ). 1,438 km² (555 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.17%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 111,564 people, 40,445 households, and 29,484 families residing in the county. The was 78/km² (201/sq mi). There were 42,324 housing units at an average density of 29/km² (76/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.52%, 1.57% or , 0.16% , 0.66% , 0.01% , 0.24% from , and 0.84% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were or  of any race. 91.5% spoke, 3.2% , 1.6% , 1.5% and 1.2%  as their first language.

There were 40,445 households out of which 35.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.80% were living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.10% were non-families. 22.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.40% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,538, and the median income for a family was $48,294. Males had a median income of $33,976 versus $23,203 for females. The for the county was $18,330. About 5.40% of families and 8.00% of the population were below the, including 10.60% of those under age 18 and 6.90% of those age 65 or over.

Government




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The Wayne County Public Library serves the communities of Wayne County, Ohio from its administrative offices in and branches in, , , , , and. It also offers bookmobile service and outreach program, and patron can use the extended services of CLEVNET, a group of libraries located in northeast Ohio.

In 2005, the library loaned more than 1.2 million items to its 54,000 cardholders. Total holding are over 340,000 volumes with over 900 periodical subscriptions.