Columbiana County, Ohio

Columbiana County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 112,075. It is for   and the  is.

History
The principal historic tribes in the area were the, , and. Throughout the second half of the 1700s white explorers, starting with in, came to the area. , while engaged in land examinations, camped in the area of present-day in.

Columbiana County was founded in and named in honor of. It was the scene of the northern-most action fought during the ; in July  raiders under  were surrounded and captured by.

It was also the residence from 1809-1833 of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,386 (535 ). 1,379 km² (532 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.51%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 112,075 people, 42,973 households, and 30,682 families residing in the county. The was 81/km² (210/sq mi). There were 46,083 housing units at an average density of 33/km² (86/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.43%, 2.20% or , 0.18% , 0.23% , 0.02% , 0.15% from , and 0.79% from two or more races. 1.17% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 42,973 households out of which 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.10% were living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,226, and the median income for a family was $40,486. Males had a median income of $32,134 versus $20,331 for females. The for the county was $16,655. About 9.00% of families and 11.50% of the population were below the, including 16.20% of those under age 18 and 8.40% of those age 65 or over.

Government
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