Miami County, Ohio

Miami County is a located in the  of,. As of the, the population was 98,868. Its is  and is  for an Indian word of disputed meaning.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,060 (409 ). 1,054 km² (407 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.53%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 98,868 people, 38,437 households, and 27,943 families residing in the county. The was 94/km² (243/sq mi). There were 40,554 housing units at an average density of 38/km² (100/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.78%, 1.95% or , 0.19% , 0.79% , 0.01% , 0.28% from , and 1.00% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 38,437 households out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.50% were living together, 9.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 23.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.90% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,109, and the median income for a family was $51,169. Males had a median income of $37,357 versus $25,493 for females. The for the county was $21,669. About 5.10% of families and 6.70% of the population were below the, including 9.10% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.

Government


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Current officials

 * Board of Commissioners:
 * John O'Brien (R)
 * John "Jack" Evans (R)
 * Ron Widener (R)
 * County Auditor: Chris A. Peeples (R)
 * Clerk of Courts: Jan Mottinger (R)
 * County Coroner: Judith Nickras, M.D. (D)
 * County Engineer: Douglas Christian (R)
 * County Prosecutor: Gary Nasal (R)
 * County Recorder: John Alexander (R)
 * Sheriff: Charles Cox, Jr. (R)
 * County Treasurer: Lydia Callison (R)

Miami County Court of Common Pleas Municipal Court
 * Judges:
 * Jeffrey Welbaum (R)
 * Robert Lindeman (R)
 * Lynnita K.C. Wagner (R)
 * Judges:
 * Mel Kemmer (R)
 * Elizabeth Gutmann (R)

Public School Districts

 * Bethel Local Schools
 * , Tipp City (the Bees)
 * Bradford Schools
 * , Bradford (the Railroaders)
 * Covington Exempted Village School District
 * , Covington (the Buccs/Buccaneers)
 * Miami East Local Schools
 * , Casstown (the Vikings)
 * Milton-Union Exempted Village Schools
 * , West Milton (the Bulldogs)
 * Newton Local School District
 * , Newton (the Indians)
 * Piqua City School District
 * , Piqua (the Indians)
 * Tipp City Exempted Village School District
 * , Tipp City (the Red Devils)
 * Troy City School District
 * , Troy (the Trojans)