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Mercer, Defiance, Williams, Van Wert & Paulding Counties PUMA, OH

164,713 Population
2,120.1 square miles 77.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$30,808 ±$1,064 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $37,932 ±$269
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$62,383 ±$4,157 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $65,720 ±$618
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11.5% ±1.7% (18,529  ±2,695) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.4% 1,540,922 (±0.3% / ±37,806)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.9 minutes ±1.4 (1,601,440  ±119,624) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 115,938,520 (±0.2 / ±1,090,505)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

68,326 ±1,063 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,878,206 ±13,413
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (162,185  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,472,112
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

6.9% ±1.8% (2,388  ±633) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 144,549 (±0.3% / ±7,036)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

72,374 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,293,227 ±374
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$155,900 ±$6,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $204,100 ±$1,844
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.2% ±1.7% (16,684  ±2,845.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12.2% 1,413,503 (±0.3% / ±31,643.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.4% ±3.5% (105,270  ±4,057.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,460,496 (±0.5% / ±41,701.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
16.2% ±1.6% (18,667  ±1,865.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,600,379 (±0.3% / ±25,115.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

3.4% ±0.4% (5,234  ±,674.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 7.5% 826,711 (±0.1% / ±9,318.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

1.2% (1,908  ±792) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5% 585,938
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.1% ±0.9% (7,679  ±1,171) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 602,318 (±0.1% / ±12,581)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
7,679 Total veterans ±1,171 7,404 Male ±1,154 275 Female ±209

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