Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County is a located in the  of,. As of 2000, the population was 31,945. Its is  and is  for, an officer in the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,219 (471 ). 1,218 km² (470 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.05%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 31,945 people, 11,963 households, and 8,134 families residing in the county. The was 26/km² (68/sq mi). There were 12,907 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (27/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.54%, 0.70% or , 0.25% , 0.43% , 0.23% from , and 0.85% from two or more races. 0.78% of the population were or  of any race. 96.9% spoke and 1.4%  as their first language.

There were 11,963 households out of which 31.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.00% were living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.00% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.80% 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 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 15.40% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,440, and the median income for a family was $42,395. Males had a median income of $33,393 versus $21,695 for females. The for the county was $16,200. About 8.90% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the, including 15.20% of those under age 18 and 11.90% of those age 65 or over.

Government
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Hardin County GIS maintains layers such as townships, roads, precincts, waterways, watersheds and many others. The office is run under the Commisioneers but work closely with the engineer and auditor. The Hardin County GIS webpage is http://www.hcgis.com.