Pike County, Ohio

Pike County is a located in the  of. As of, the population was 27,695. Its is  and is  for explorer.

History
Pike County was organized on, from portions of Scioto, Ross and Adams Counties, and was named in honor of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,150 (444 ). 1,143 km² (441 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.55%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 27,695 people, 10,444 households, and 7,665 families residing in the county. The was 24/km² (63/sq mi). There were 11,602 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (26/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.72%, 0.89% or , 0.74% , 0.18% , 0.04% , 0.07% from , and 1.36% from two or more races. 0.56% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 10,444 households out of which 35.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were living together, 11.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.60% were non-families. 22.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.20% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,649, and the median income for a family was $35,934. Males had a median income of $32,379 versus $20,761 for females. The for the county was $16,093. About 15.10% of families and 18.60% of the population were below the, including 23.20% of those under age 18 and 13.60% of those age 65 or over.

Government
Main article: 

The serves area communities from its main branch in  and from its branches in, , and Western Pike County.

In 2005, the library loaned more than 238,000 items to its 20,000 cardholders. Total holding are over 91,000 volumes with over 210 periodical subscriptions.