Ross County, Ohio (OH)

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• • 67,83388.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,0935.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,3534.3%Two or more races
  • 1,0971.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4250.6%Asian alone
  • 2260.3%Some other race alone
  • 490.06%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 260.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $189,811

Here:	$189,811
State:	$228,722

Townhouses or other attached units: $685,997

Here:	$685,997
State:	$203,882

In 2-unit structures: $89,358

Here:	$89,358
State:	$143,395

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $189,543

Here:	$189,543
State:	$196,853

Mobile homes: $73,622

Here:	$73,622
State:	$100,200

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 37
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 66
• Burglaries: 190
• Thefts: 650
• Auto thefts: 101

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 28
• Robberies: 12
• Assaults: 64
• Burglaries: 306
• Thefts: 752
• Auto thefts: 125

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $1,899 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $1,209 (1.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ross County is $434 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $507 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $627 a month.

Cities in this county include: Chillicothe, North Fork Village, Kingston, Frankfort, Andersonville, Clarksburg, Richmond Dale, Adelphi, South Salem, Bourneville.

Neighboring counties: Bronx County, New York , Brown County, Illinois , Lincoln County, Nevada , Howard County, Maryland , Piute County, Utah , Chariton County, Missouri , Jefferson County, Missouri .

Current college students: 2,809
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 355 (26.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1252010 or later
• 2282000 to 2009
• 1801990 to 1999
• 1051980 to 1989
• 1021970 to 1979
• 93Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 70.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 23,098
• One, attached: 774
• Two: 735
• 3 or 4: 650
• 5 to 9: 305
• 10 to 19: 574
• 20 to 49: 261
• 50 or more: 1,286
• Mobile homes: 4,383

Housing units in Ross County with a mortgage: 12,137 (1,409 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 1,354 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 693

Religion statistics for Ross County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ross County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Ohio Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4507, Natural disaster type: Other
• Ohio Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides, Incident Period: February 5, 2019 - February 13, 2019, FEMA Id: 4424, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood
• Ohio Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 04, 2011 to May 15, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4002: July 13, 2011, FEMA Id: 4002, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 Winter Storms, Flooding and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 22, 2004 to February 01, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1580: February 15, 2005, FEMA Id: 1580, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Ohio Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides, Incident Period: January 03, 2004 to January 30, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1507: January 26, 2004, FEMA Id: 1507, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Ohio Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: February 28, 1997 to March 17, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1164: March 04, 1997, FEMA Id: 1164, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado, Incident Period: May 28, 1990 to July 15, 1990, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-870: June 06, 1990, FEMA Id: 870, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Ohio Blizzards and Snowstorms, Incident Period: January 26, 1978, Emergency Declared EM-3055: January 26, 1978, FEMA Id: 3055, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Blizzard
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.06% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($39,516 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.98% relocated from other counties in Ohio ($31,588 average AGI)
1.09% relocated from other states ($7,927 average AGI)

Ross County:	1.09%
Ohio average:	1.92%

from Franklin County, OH	0.94% ($38,907 average AGI)
from Pickaway County, OH	0.59% ($46,562)
from Pike County, OH	0.49% ($37,086)
from Highland County, OH	0.32% ($42,891)
from Fayette County, OH	0.26% ($44,716)
from Jackson County, OH	0.22% ($46,500)
from Scioto County, OH	0.22% ($37,758)

5.27% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($42,245 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.09% relocated to other counties in Ohio ($30,671 average AGI)
1.18% relocated to other states ($11,574 average AGI)

Ross County:	1.18%
Ohio average:	2.05%

to Franklin County, OH	0.72% ($44,229 average AGI)
to Pike County, OH	0.56% ($41,627)
to Pickaway County, OH	0.51% ($41,063)
to Highland County, OH	0.34% ($32,546)
to Jackson County, OH	0.21% ($50,983)
to Scioto County, OH	0.17% ($36,250)
to Fayette County, OH	0.16% ($48,778)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Ross County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 13,164 (4,243 living alone), Female householders: 17,386 (4,388 living alone)

• 14,691 spouses (14,691 opposite-sex spouses), 2,651 unmarried partners, (2,620 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 20,007 children (18,483 natural, 396 adopted, 1,128 stepchildren), 1,643 grandchildren, 203 brothers or sisters, 204 parents, 0 foster children, 618 other relatives, 668 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,656

Size of family households: 9,831 2-persons, 4,330 3-persons, 3,276 4-persons, 2,263 5-persons, 352 6-persons, 132 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,631 1-person, 1,642 2-persons, 93 3-persons.

9,120 married couples with children.
5,519 single-parent households (785 men, 4,734 women).

97.9% of residents of Ross speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 42% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $444,226,000 ($5,965 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,258,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $185,728,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $69,653,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,597,000
Federal grants: $99,575,000
Federal procurement contracts: $10,098,000 ($210,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $72,574,000 ($2,787,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,010,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $21,413,000
Federal Government insurance: $52,523,000

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

Here:	+16 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.50 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Ross County, Ohio
• 1752020 or later
• 1,2672010 to 2019
• 4,1972000 to 2009
• 5,7471990 to 1999
• 4,4211980 to 1989
• 2,4831970 to 1979
• 3,9131960 to 1969
• 3,6901950 to 1959
• 8941940 to 1949
• 5,2791939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ross County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ross County, Ohio
• 541 room
• 1492 rooms
• 6243 rooms
• 1,4184 rooms
• 5,0375 rooms
• 3,9606 rooms
• 3,7297 rooms
• 3,0858 rooms
• 2,7209+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ross County, Ohio
• 4191 room
• 592 rooms
• 8563 rooms
• 2,4334 rooms
• 2,7725 rooms
• 2,1076 rooms
• 6477 rooms
• 3628 rooms
• 1199+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ross County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ross County, Ohio
• 54no bedroom
• 3641 bedroom
• 4,5892 bedrooms
• 10,6023 bedrooms
• 4,3684 bedrooms
• 7995+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ross County, Ohio
• 419no bedroom
• 1,0871 bedroom
• 4,0602 bedrooms
• 3,6393 bedrooms
• 4814 bedrooms
• 885+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ross County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 436no vehicle
• 3,6661 vehicle
• 8,6382 vehicles
• 4,5083 vehicles
• 2,4224 vehicles
• 1,1065+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ross County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,837no vehicle
• 4,4301 vehicle
• 2,3782 vehicles
• 1,0443 vehicles
• 504 vehicles
• 355+ vehicles

86.5% of Ross County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Ohio.

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

• This state: 65,624
• Other state: 10,538
• Northeast: 1,730
• Midwest: 2,295
• South: 5,864
• West: 649

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,499
• Number of aged recipients: 101
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,398
• Number of recipients under 18: 299
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,859
• Number of recipients older than 64: 341
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 756
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,204