Brown County, Ohio

Brown County is a located in the  of,. As of 2000, the population was 42,285. Its is. It is for Major General, an officer in the  who was wounded at the.

Government
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Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,283 (495 ). 1,274 km² (492 sq mi) of it is land and 9 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.70%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The was 33/km² (86/sq mi). There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (35/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.08%, 0.92% or , 0.18% , 0.13% , 0.08% from , and 0.60% from two or more races. 0.44% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 15,555 households out of which 37.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.30% were living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.20% were non-families. 20.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.60% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 30.30% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,303, and the median income for a family was $43,040. Males had a median income of $32,647 versus $22,483 for females. The for the county was $17,100. About 8.80% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the, including 15.20% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.

Media
Radio Newspaper
 * WAXZ 97.7 (Georgetown)
 * WAOL 99.5 (Ripley)
 * The News Democrat (Georgetown)
 * The Brown County Press (Mount Orab)
 * The County Free Press (Georgetown, Monthly)