Perry County, Ohio

Perry County is a located in the  of,. Founded on, it was the 55th county to be formed in Ohio. Portions of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum Counties were taken to create Perry County. As of the, the population was 34,078. Its is, and it is  for , a hero of the. One of the poorest counties in the state, this is where the lawsuit challenging Ohio's school funding system, , began.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,069 (413 ). 1,061 km² (410 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.68%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 34,078 people, 12,500 households, and 9,350 families residing in the county. The was 32/km² (83/sq mi). There were 13,655 housing units at an average density of 13/km² (33/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.54%, 0.22% or , 0.28% , 0.10% , 0.01% , 0.09% from , and 0.76% from two or more races. 0.45% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 12,500 households out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.1% were living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county, the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,383, and the median income for a family was $40,294. Males had a median income of $31,664 versus $21,147 for females. The for the county was $15,674. About 9.4% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 12.70% of those age 65 or over.

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