Darke County Demographics

Source: US Census QuickFacts

People QuickFacts

Darke County

Ohio

Population, 2001 estimate

53,078

11,373,541

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001

-0.4%

0.2%

Population, 2000

53,309

11,353,140

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

-0.6%

4.7%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

6.7%

6.6%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

26.3%

25.4%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

15.3%

13.3%

Female persons, percent, 2000

51.0%

51.4%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

98.1%

85.0%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.4%

11.5%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.2%

0.2%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.2%

1.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

Z

Z

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

0.3%

0.8%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

0.7%

1.4%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

0.9%

1.9%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

97.6%

84.0%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

65.6%

57.5%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

0.7%

3.0%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

1.9%

6.1%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

82.8%

83.0%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

10.1%

21.1%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

9,341

1,909,489

Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000

22.8

22.9

Housing units, 2000

21,583

4,783,051

Home ownership rate, 2000

76.6%

69.1%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

12.4%

24.1%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$91,100

$103,700

Households, 2000

20,419

4,445,773

Persons per household, 2000

2.56

2.49

Median household money income, 1999

$39,307

$40,956

Per capita money income, 1999

$18,670

$21,003

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

8.0%

10.6%

Business QuickFacts

Darke County

Ohio

Private nonfarm establishments, 1999

1,275

270,766

Private nonfarm employment, 1999

16,791

4,867,368

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999

15.1%

14.6%

Nonemployer establishments, 1999

3,133

591,150

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

1,147,367

241,902,924

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

385,362

102,938,830

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$7,103

$9,181

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

F

6.3%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

20.9%

26.2%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000

177

49,745

Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000)

224,902

61,704,785

Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997

1,663

421,092

Geography QuickFacts

Darke County

Ohio

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

600

40,948

Persons per square mile, 2000

88.9

277.3

Metropolitan Area

None

Legend:
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms