Portage County, Ohio (OH)

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• • 145,14595.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,5794.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,9962.6%Two or more races
  • 3,3122.2%Asian alone
  • 2,8261.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1710.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 900.06%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $195,430

Here:	$195,430
State:	$184,174

Townhouses or other attached units: $277,879

Here:	$277,879
State:	$176,779

In 2-unit structures: $515,200

Here:	$515,200
State:	$145,870

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $73,547

Here:	$73,547
State:	$149,759

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $93,685

Here:	$93,685
State:	$135,655

Mobile homes: $79,212

Here:	$79,212
State:	$65,137

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 21
• Assaults: 10
• Burglaries: 534
• Thefts: 1028
• Auto thefts: 125

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $2,471 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $1,948 (1.4%)

Area name: Akron, OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Portage County is $547 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $700 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $890 a month.

Cities in this county include: Kent, Aurora, Streetsboro, Ravenna, Brimfield, Windham, Garrettsville, Hiram, Mantua, Atwater.

Neighboring counties: Bureau County, Illinois , Davis County, Utah , Crawford County, Pennsylvania , Tooele County, Utah , Des Moines County, Iowa , Henderson County, Illinois , Luzerne County, Pennsylvania .

Current college students: 17,050
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,901 (43.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5,3342010 or later
• 1,0072000 to 2009
• 6821990 to 1999
• 5051980 to 1989
• 3331970 to 1979
• 936Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 50.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 46,675
• One, attached: 4,354
• Two: 1,984
• 3 or 4: 2,847
• 5 to 9: 3,567
• 10 to 19: 1,656
• 20 to 49: 1,483
• 50 or more: 2,103
• Mobile homes: 4,440

Housing units in Portage County with a mortgage: 27,862 (606 second mortgage, 3,401 home equity loan, 62 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15,210

Religion statistics for Portage County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Portage County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Ohio Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3250: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3250, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Ohio Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 18, 2004 to June 21, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1519: June 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 1519, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Ohio Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 17, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3187: September 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3187, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• Ohio Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds, Incident Period: July 21, 2003 to August 25, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1484: August 01, 2003, FEMA Id: 1484, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Ohio Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Incident Period: July 12, 1992 to August 01, 1992, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-951: August 04, 1992, FEMA Id: 951, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Ohio SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, Incident Period: May 31, 1985, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-738: June 03, 1985, FEMA Id: 738, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Ohio Blizzards and Snowstorms, Incident Period: January 26, 1978, Emergency Declared EM-3055: January 26, 1978, FEMA Id: 3055, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Blizzard
• Ohio Snowstorms, Incident Period: February 02, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3029: February 02, 1977, FEMA Id: 3029, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm

6.62% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($51,327 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($279 average AGI)

Portage County:	0.04%
Ohio average:	0.03%

5.23% relocated from other counties in Ohio ($38,470 average AGI)
1.35% relocated from other states ($12,579 average AGI)

Portage County:	1.35%
Ohio average:	1.73%

from Summit County, OH	2.18% ($48,490 average AGI)
from Cuyahoga County, OH	0.99% ($53,634)
from Stark County, OH	0.49% ($46,873)
from Trumbull County, OH	0.29% ($37,078)
from Geauga County, OH	0.27% ($64,223)
from Mahoning County, OH	0.20% ($48,752)
from Lake County, OH	0.13% ($52,747)

7.54% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($63,124 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($337 average AGI)

Portage County:	0.03%
Ohio average:	0.04%

5.51% relocated to other counties in Ohio ($32,859 average AGI)
2.00% relocated to other states ($29,928 average AGI)

Portage County:	2.00%
Ohio average:	2.01%

to Summit County, OH	2.49% ($46,967 average AGI)
to Cuyahoga County, OH	0.90% ($43,921)
to Stark County, OH	0.41% ($39,280)
to Trumbull County, OH	0.33% ($33,641)
to Geauga County, OH	0.25% ($70,628)
to Mahoning County, OH	0.18% ($44,722)
to Franklin County, OH	0.18% ($36,134)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.7
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 8.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Portage County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 124,770 (21,545 male householders, 17,556 female householders)

  29,707 spouses, 40,679 children (36,818 natural, 455 adopted, 3,406 stepchildren), 3,309 grandchildren, 1,518 brothers or sisters, 2,052 parents, 2,875 other relatives, 5,529 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 30,196 (11,678 male householders (9,164 living alone)), 11,514 female householders (9,471 living alone)), 7,004 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 7,311

Size of family households: 18,358 2-persons, 9,288 3-persons, 6,976 4-persons, 3,256 5-persons, 661 6-persons, 562 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18,635 1-person, 3,828 2-persons, 285 3-persons, 275 4-persons, 169 5-persons.

17,873 married couples with children.
8,644 single-parent households (3,071 men, 5,573 women).

94.6% of residents of Portage speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $648,515,000 ($4,190 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $22,324,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $281,305,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $162,740,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,254,000
Federal grants: $122,821,000
Federal procurement contracts: $59,492,000 ($14,230,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $19,902,000 ($1,485,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $311,595,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $50,191,000
Federal Government insurance: $33,285,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.09 millions of gallons per day (81% from ground, 19% from surface)

• Year house built in Portage County, Ohio
• 8732014 or later
• 1,1812010 to 2013
• 7,9162000 to 2009
• 10,9981990 to 1999
• 6,3741980 to 1989
• 11,8531970 to 1979
• 9,1571960 to 1969
• 7,0581950 to 1959
• 3,1781940 to 1949
• 10,5211939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Portage County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portage County, Ohio
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 2493 rooms
• 2,9864 rooms
• 6,3105 rooms
• 11,6356 rooms
• 7,5957 rooms
• 5,3818 rooms
• 8,9169+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portage County, Ohio
• 2171 room
• 6682 rooms
• 3,2383 rooms
• 5,1974 rooms
• 5,0905 rooms
• 2,8166 rooms
• 9877 rooms
• 6028 rooms
• 4069+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Portage County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Portage County, Ohio
• 0no bedroom
• 5121 bedroom
• 6,7252 bedrooms
• 24,1303 bedrooms
• 10,1354 bedrooms
• 1,5705+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portage County, Ohio
• 217no bedroom
• 4,0181 bedroom
• 7,5112 bedrooms
• 6,5063 bedrooms
• 7544 bedrooms
• 2155+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Portage County, Ohio in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Portage County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,175no vehicle
• 10,6751 vehicle
• 18,1112 vehicles
• 8,4723 vehicles
• 3,6254 vehicles
• 1,0145+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Portage County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,402no vehicle
• 7,8871 vehicle
• 6,8522 vehicles
• 1,5453 vehicles
• 4544 vehicles
• 815+ vehicles

83.8% of Portage County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Ohio.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 121,088
• Other state: 34,083
• Northeast: 12,400
• Midwest: 5,823
• South: 12,135
• West: 3,725

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,006
• Number of aged recipients: 101
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,905
• Number of recipients under 18: 382
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,390
• Number of recipients older than 64: 234
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 643
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 954

Portage County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #78 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #87 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"