Ross County, Ohio (OH)

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• • 68,65389.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,9875.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,5753.3%Two or more races
  • 1,0311.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4170.5%Asian alone
  • 2040.3%Some other race alone
  • 170.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 90.01%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $173,105

Here:	$173,105
State:	$198,781

Townhouses or other attached units: $625,375

Here:	$625,375
State:	$188,193

In 2-unit structures: $82,672

Here:	$82,672
State:	$118,841

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $161,542

Here:	$161,542
State:	$156,796

Mobile homes: $62,247

Here:	$62,247
State:	$56,406

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 25
• Robberies: 11
• Assaults: 18
• Burglaries: 485
• Thefts: 1269
• Auto thefts: 157

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 17
• Robberies: 19
• Assaults: 20
• Burglaries: 483
• Thefts: 1106
• Auto thefts: 99

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 2019: $1,453 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,073 (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: 90.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 677 (69.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1262010 or later
• 2212000 to 2009
• 1771990 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: 23,090
• One, attached: 654
• Two: 755
• 3 or 4: 1,144
• 5 to 9: 692
• 10 to 19: 159
• 20 to 49: 12
• 50 or more: 302
• Mobile homes: 4,833
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 378

Housing units in Ross County with a mortgage: 11,350 (310 second mortgage, 478 home equity loan, 62 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,569

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.

4.79% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($39,984 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.74% relocated from other counties in Ohio ($29,632 average AGI)
1.05% relocated from other states ($10,351 average AGI)

Ross County:	1.05%
Ohio average:	1.73%

from Franklin County, OH	0.60% ($39,182 average AGI)
from Pickaway County, OH	0.59% ($38,894)
from Pike County, OH	0.58% ($34,532)
from Highland County, OH	0.30% ($31,048)
from Fayette County, OH	0.23% ($43,719)
from Jackson County, OH	0.20% ($33,429)
from Fairfield County, OH	0.17% ($51,196)

4.82% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($42,762 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.65% relocated to other counties in Ohio ($29,155 average AGI)
1.17% relocated to other states ($13,607 average AGI)

Ross County:	1.17%
Ohio average:	2.01%

to Franklin County, OH	0.77% ($40,303 average AGI)
to Pickaway County, OH	0.55% ($38,417)
to Pike County, OH	0.47% ($41,438)
to Highland County, OH	0.30% ($28,771)
to Fayette County, OH	0.23% ($29,758)
to Jackson County, OH	0.20% ($42,764)
to Vinton County, OH	0.13% ($35,343)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.9

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: 14,249 (4,265 living alone), Female householders: 14,116 (4,459 living alone)

• 12,808 spouses (12,542 opposite-sex spouses), 2,316 unmarried partners, (2,316 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 20,622 children (18,164 natural, 396 adopted, 2,062 stepchildren), 2,175 grandchildren, 1,032 brothers or sisters, 535 parents, 0 foster children, 1,962 other relatives, 1,102 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,749

Size of family households: 8,055 2-persons, 4,791 3-persons, 3,800 4-persons, 1,637 5-persons, 117 6-persons, 203 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,724 1-person, 956 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 28 4-persons.

9,122 married couples with children.
5,185 single-parent households (1,577 men, 3,608 women).

97.7% of residents of Ross speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 24% speak English not 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
• 3822014 or later
• 2322010 to 2013
• 2,9612000 to 2009
• 6,7481990 to 1999
• 3,3171980 to 1989
• 2,8801970 to 1979
• 3,2621960 to 1969
• 3,8601950 to 1959
• 1,8451940 to 1949
• 6,5321939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ross County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ross County, Ohio
• 4391 room
• 122 rooms
• 2153 rooms
• 1,0734 rooms
• 5,2155 rooms
• 4,0196 rooms
• 3,0777 rooms
• 3,4378 rooms
• 3,4329+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ross County, Ohio
• 2261 room
• 4132 rooms
• 7933 rooms
• 1,5404 rooms
• 2,4905 rooms
• 8476 rooms
• 4827 rooms
• 2928 rooms
• 3639+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ross County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ross County, Ohio
• 470no bedroom
• 2211 bedroom
• 3,7992 bedrooms
• 10,9223 bedrooms
• 4,5934 bedrooms
• 9145+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ross County, Ohio
• 226no bedroom
• 1,6711 bedroom
• 3,1992 bedrooms
• 1,8963 bedrooms
• 3854 bedrooms
• 695+ 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
• 294no vehicle
• 4,9251 vehicle
• 9,1182 vehicles
• 4,5973 vehicles
• 1,1284 vehicles
• 8575+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ross County in renter-occupied apartments
• 697no vehicle
• 3,4861 vehicle
• 2,5672 vehicles
• 5803 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 1165+ vehicles

85.3% of Ross County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Ohio.

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

• This state: 66,769
• Other state: 8,908
• Northeast: 1,914
• Midwest: 1,878
• South: 4,192
• West: 924

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