Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a located in the  of,. As of 2000, the population was 121,065. Its is  and it was  for Captain, the engineer for General 's army who built  in the. Wood County is part of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,607 km² (621 sq mi). 1,599 km² (617 sq mi) of it is land and 8 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.52%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 121,065 people, 45,172 households, and 29,678 families residing in the county. The was 76/km² (196/sq mi). There were 47,468 housing units at an average density of 30/km² (77/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.83%, 1.27% or , 0.23% , 1.03% , 0.01% , 1.45% from , and 1.18% from two or more races. 3.33% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 45,172 households out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.90% were living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.30% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 17.20% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,442, and the median income for a family was $56,468. Males had a median income of $40,419 versus $26,640 for females. The for the county was $21,284. About 4.70% of families and 9.60% of the population were below the, including 7.40% of those under age 18 and 5.80% of those age 65 or over.

Government
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The Weston Public Library serves the communities of western Wood County from its administrative offices in and branch in. In 2005, the library loaned nearly than 95,000 items to its 3,000 cardholders. Total holdings in 2005 were over 51,000 volumes with over 130 periodical subscriptions.

Townships

 * † Ross Township is defunct, as it was entirely incorporated by the cities of and.
 * †† Fort Meigs Township is defunct. It is the original square mile that makes up the City of Perrysburg.