Van Wert County, Ohio Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Van Wert County is 4th in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Home ownership rate

Van Wert County is 11th in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Van Wert County is 15th in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Van Wert County is 19th in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Female residents

Main Cities Within Van Wert County, Ohio

Van Wert County, Ohio Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Current population (2012)	28,744	76th	11,544,225	313,914,040
Size in square miles	409.2	63rd	40,860.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	70.3	73rd	282.3	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	28th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	21st	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.4%	15th	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.6%	11th	87.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.9%	57th	24.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Race - White	97.3%	22nd	83.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	64th	12.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	52nd	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	71st	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	83rd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	68th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	23rd	3.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.9%	31st	80.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Female residents	51.2%	19th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	51st	3.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Housing units	12,583	78th	5,133,446	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.5%	77th	22.9%	25.9%
Households	11,381	77th	4,554,007	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.6%	4th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,800	80th	$135,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	45th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	87	31st	16,905	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Income per capita	$21,245	58th	$25,618	$27,915
Income per household	$45,111	44th	$48,071	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.1%	78th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Van Wert County	Rank	Ohio	US
Non-farm private establishments	536	72nd	250,476	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,121	66th	4,432,849	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,192	75th	897,939	27,092,908
Retail sales	$242,794	73rd	$138,816,008	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,403	65th	$12,049	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$25,464	73rd	$17,779,905	$613,795,732

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