Preble County, Ohio

Preble County is a located in the  of,. As of 2000, the population was 42,337. Its is. It is for, a naval officer who fought in the  and against the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,104 (426 ). 1,100 km² (425 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.36%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 42,337 people, 16,001 households, and 12,144 families residing in the county. The was 38/km² (100/sq mi). There were 17,186 housing units at an average density of 16/km² (40/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.47%, 0.32% or , 0.21% , 0.26% , 0.02% , 0.11% from , and 0.60% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 16,001 households out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.50% were living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.10% were non-families. 20.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 24.40% 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 99.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,093, and the median income for a family was $47,547. Males had a median income of $35,313 versus $23,573 for females. The for the county was $18,444. About 4.50% of families and 6.10% of the population were below the, including 7.00% of those under age 18 and 6.10% of those age 65 or over.

Government
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Famous residents

 * (1835-1915), General and Governor of
 * (1859-1944) Governor of was born here
 * Kent Vosler, Olympic Diver (1976, 4th place)

Public School Districts

 * College Corner Local School District
 * Eaton Community Schools
 * , Eaton (the Eagles)
 * National Trail Local School District
 * , New Paris (the Blazers)
 * Preble Shawnee Local School District
 * , Camden (the Arrows)
 * Tri-County North Local School District
 * , Lewisburg (the Panthers)
 * Twin Valley Community Local School District
 * , West Alexandria (the Panthers)