Darke County, Ohio

Darke County is a located in the  of,. As of the, the population was 53,309. Its is  and is  for, an officer in the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,555 (600 ). 1,553 km² (600 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.08%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Darke County, Ohio, is one of the few counties in the United States to border as many as 8 counties. Ohio has another such county: (whose neighboring counties are all within Ohio). If not for a narrow slip of Mercer County that reaches to Shelby County that also separates Darke County from, Darke County would border 9 counties, which would make it part of an even rarer class of counties.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 53,309 people, 20,419 households, and 14,905 families residing in the county. The was 34/km² (89/sq mi). There were 21,583 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (36/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.09%, 0.39% or , 0.17% , 0.25% , 0.02% , 0.34% from , and 0.74% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 20,419 households out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.00% were living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.00% were non-families. 23.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,307, and the median income for a family was $45,735. Males had a median income of $32,933 versus $23,339 for females. The for the county was $18,670. About 6.00% of families and 8.00% of the population were below the, including 10.10% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.

Government
Main article: .

Other localities

 * Abbottsville
 * Baker
 * Braffettsville
 * Brock
 * Coletown
 * Cosmos
 * Delise
 * Fort Jefferson
 * Frenchtown
 * Hillgrove
 * Horatio
 * Hunchbargers
 * Jaysville
 * Nashville
 * North Dayton
 * Otterbein
 * Pikeville
 * Rose Hill
 * Rush's Station
 * Savora
 * Sharpeye
 * Webster
 * Woodington
 * Sharpeye
 * Webster
 * Woodington

Public School Districts

 * Ansonia Local Schools
 * Ansonia High School, Ansonia (the Tigers)
 * Arcanum-Butler Local School District
 * Arcanum High School, Arcanum (the Trojans)
 * Franklin Monroe Schools
 * Franklin Monroe Middle School/High School, Pitsburg (the Jets)
 * Greenville City School District
 * Greenville Senior High School, Greenville (the Green Wave)
 * Mississinawa Valley Local School District
 * Mississinawa Valley Junior/Senior High School, Union City (the Blackhawks)
 * Tri-Village Local School District
 * Tri-Village High School, New Madison (the Patriots)
 * Versailles Exempted Village Schools
 * Versailles High School, Versailles (the Tigers)