Demographic Profile for Preble County, Ohio
In terms of total land area, Preble spans a total area of 425 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 100 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Fauquier, VA (100 per sq. mile ), San Patricio, TX (100 per sq. mile ), Columbia, NY (100 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Huntington, IN (100 per sq. mile ), Dodge, WI (100 per sq. mile ), Adams, IN (100 per sq. mile ).
Preble County, Ohio has a population that is made up of 97.8 percent White, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.6 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Preble has increased in diversity when 1.2 percent of the total population were minorities.
Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Preble from another country. The international migration into Preble makes up 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Ohio. This amount of international migration is low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.
Preble County, Ohio had a population that was estimated at 42,527 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 42,361. This growth signifies an increase of 0.4 percent. Preble ranks 54 of 88 counties when analyzing total population change in Ohio and the county ranks 1,696 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Preble County, Ohio to be 39.5 years old. The median in Preble is greater than the median age for the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.6 years old. With a total of 23.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Preble can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 62.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Preble County, Ohio has a population that is made up of 97.8 percent White, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.6 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Preble has increased in diversity when 1.2 percent of the total population were minorities.
Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Preble from another country. The international migration into Preble makes up 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Ohio. This amount of international migration is low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.
Preble County, Ohio had a population that was estimated at 42,527 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 42,361. This growth signifies an increase of 0.4 percent. Preble ranks 54 of 88 counties when analyzing total population change in Ohio and the county ranks 1,696 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Preble County, Ohio to be 39.5 years old. The median in Preble is greater than the median age for the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.6 years old. With a total of 23.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Preble can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 62.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
