- State:West VirginiaCounty:Ohio CountyZips:26074,26060,26059,26003Coordinates:40.09692139991667, -80.61905758788998Area total:109.03 sq. mi., 282.37 sq. km, 69776.00 acresArea land:105.83 sq. mi., 274.10 sq. km, 67731.20 acresArea water:3.20 sq. mi., 8.27 sq. km, 2044.80 acresEstablished:1776Capital seat:
Wheeling
Address: 1500 Chapline St
City County Building
Wheeling, WV 26003-3553
Governing Body: County Commission with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Ohio County, West Virginia, United States
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- Population:42,425; Population change: -4.54% (2010 - 2020)Population density:401 persons per square mileHousehold income:$38,385Households:18,672Unemployment rate:8.40% per 20,439 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%Income taxes:6.50%GDP:$3.63 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Ohio County's population of West Virginia of 72,077 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,59-fold to 42,425 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 52.72% female residents and 47.28% male residents live in as of 2020, 54.62% in Ohio County, West Virginia are married and the remaining 45.38% are single population.
As of 2020, 54.62% in Ohio County, West Virginia are married and the remaining 45.38% are single population.
- Housing units:21,170 residential units of which 86.61% share occupied residential units.
21.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Ohio County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
78.14% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 10.81% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.53% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.80% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Ohio County, West Virginia 59.75% are owner-occupied homes, another 26.78% are rented apartments, and the remaining 13.47% are vacant.
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The 69.18% of the population in Ohio County, West Virginia who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 54.730%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 43.980%) of those eligible to vote in Ohio County, West Virginia.
