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CLIMATE
Average Annual Temperature 53.3º
Average Annual Precipitation 37.45 in
Average Annual Snowfall 38.0 in
Average Relative Humidity (AM) 81%
Average Relative Humidity (PM) 67%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Number Percent
Persons 25 Years & Over 64,052 100.0%
Less Than 9th Grade 2,993 4.7%
9th to 12th Grade 7,408 11.6%
High School Graduate 53,651 83.8%
High School Graduate Only 35,015 54.7%
Associate Degree Only 4,622 7.2%
Bachelor's Degree Only 8,675 13.5%
Graduate or Professional Degree 5,339 8.3%

ESTIMATES, 1998
PERSONS BY AGE Total Female
Under 5 Years 7,058 3,480
5 to 9 Years 8,127 3,904
10 to 14 Years 8,438 4,119
15 to 19 Years 11,719 6,195
20 to 24 Years 13,205 7,037
25 to 29 Years 7,690 3,915
30 to 34 Years 7,993 4,113
35 to 39 Years 9,589 4,850
40 to 44 Years 9,561 4,783
45 to 49 Years 7,809 3,918
50 to 54 Years 6,219 3,131
55 to 59 Years 4,979 2,557
60 to 64 Years 3,900 1,973
65 Years & Over 13,211 7,872

GEOGRAPHY QUICKFACTS Wood County Ohio
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 617 40,948
Persons per square mile, 2000 196.2 277.3
Metropolitan Area Toledo, OH MSA  

PEOPLE QUICKFACTS Wood County Ohio
Population, 2000 121,065 11,353,140
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 6.9% 4.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.8% 6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.7% 25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.0% 13.3%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 94.8% 85.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.3% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.0% 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.5% 0.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.2% 1.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.6% 51.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 3.3% 1.9%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 93.3% 84.0%
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 53,651 5,239,876
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 14,014 1,175,336
Housing units, 2000 47,468 4,783,051
Homeownership rate, 2000 70.7% 69.1%
Households, 2000 45,172 4,445,773
Persons per household, 2000 2.51 2.49
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 33.9% 34.5%
Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $42,790 $36,029
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 7.1% 11.0%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 8.4% 16.0%

BUSINESS QUICKFACTS Wood County Ohio
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 2,643 270,766
Private nonfarm employment, 1999 46,916 4,867,368
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 22.0% 14.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 1998 5,930 579,907
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 2,602,349 241,902,924
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 947,173 102,938,830
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,000 $9,181
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 1.5% 6.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 25.7% 26.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 754 49,745
Federal funds and grants, 2000 ($1000) 361,309 57,354,920
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 4,141 421,092

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE OBES (Household Survey)
  1995, County 1996, County 1997, County 1998, County 1998, State 1998, U.S.
Civilian Labor Force 63,500 64,500 65,800 65,500 5,678,000 137,673,000
Employment 61,000 62,100 63,500 63,300 5,437,000 131,463,000
Unemployment 2,500 2,400 2,300 2,200 242,000 6,210,000
Unemployment Rate 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.3 4.3 4.5