Mercer County, Ohio (OH)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,879
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 11,833
Renter-occupied apartments: 3,183 (it was 2,923 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 20% |
State: | 32% |
Land area: 463 sq. mi.
Water area: 10.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 91 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (31.9%), Educational, health and social services (18.3%), Retail trade (11.2%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 82%
- Government: 12%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 39,41494.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 9122.2%Two or more races
- 8722.1%Hispanic or Latino
- 2700.6%Asian alone
- 2110.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 2000.5%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 150.04%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 39.7 years |
Ohio median age: | 39.9 years |
Males: 21,450 | (50.8%) |
Females: 20,804 | (49.2%) |
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Mercer County: | 2.0 people |
Ohio: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $71,888 ($42,742 in 1999)
This county: | $71,888 |
Ohio: | $65,720 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $572 (lower quartile is $476, upper quartile is $711)
This county: | $572 |
State: | $765 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $214,678 (it was $93,500 in 2000)
Mercer: | $214,678 |
Ohio: | $204,100 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,180Detached houses: $263,327
Here: $263,327 State: $254,366 Townhouses or other attached units: $184,774
Here: $184,774 State: $225,733 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $186,290
Here: $186,290 State: $211,593 Mobile homes: $43,920
Here: $43,920 State: $62,719
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $505
Institutionalized population: 403
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 3
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 0
- Burglaries: 2
- Thefts: 11
- Auto thefts: 0
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 4
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 2
- Burglaries: 5
- Thefts: 44
- Auto thefts: 0
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 70 buildings, average cost: $347,900
- 2021: 79 buildings, average cost: $278,300
- 2020: 76 buildings, average cost: $308,400
- 2019: 60 buildings, average cost: $309,600
- 2018: 71 buildings, average cost: $260,600
- 2017: 70 buildings, average cost: $289,400
- 2016: 54 buildings, average cost: $265,100
- 2015: 58 buildings, average cost: $243,500
- 2014: 57 buildings, average cost: $249,900
- 2013: 54 buildings, average cost: $205,200
- 2012: 41 buildings, average cost: $196,300
- 2011: 26 buildings, average cost: $210,100
- 2010: 39 buildings, average cost: $157,100
- 2009: 51 buildings, average cost: $179,500
- 2008: 65 buildings, average cost: $214,100
- 2007: 72 buildings, average cost: $200,100
- 2006: 78 buildings, average cost: $187,800
- 2005: 117 buildings, average cost: $174,200
- 2004: 154 buildings, average cost: $167,500
- 2003: 126 buildings, average cost: $175,700
- 2002: 110 buildings, average cost: $157,900
- 2001: 103 buildings, average cost: $169,500
- 2000: 113 buildings, average cost: $146,200
- 1999: 121 buildings, average cost: $145,600
- 1998: 124 buildings, average cost: $143,800
- 1997: 93 buildings, average cost: $153,900
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,003 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,164 (1.1%)
Mercer County: | 6.4% |
Ohio: | 13.4% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 39.7 years old
(Males: 38.2 years old, Females: 41.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 40.4 years old, Black residents: 46.8 years old, American Indian residents: 59.5 years old, Asian residents: 41.6 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26.0 years old, Other race residents: 33.2 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Mercer County is $426 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $678 a month.
Cities in this county include: Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Mendon, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, Montezuma.
Zip Code | City | Tests | Max concentration | Min concentration | Arithmetic mean | Geometric mean | Standard deviation | Coefficient of variation | Mean concentration | First quartile | Third quartile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45310 | Burkettsville | 4 | 10.8 | 0.7 | 5.25 | 3.54 | 4.31 | 82.04 | 4.75 | 0.70 | 6.10 |
45822 | Celina | 190 | 48.6 | 0.1 | 6.26 | 3.77 | 6.82 | 109.01 | 4.30 | 1.95 | 8.30 |
45826 | Chickasaw | 7 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 4.63 | 1.87 | 38.25 | 4.20 | 3.40 | 5.73 |
45828 | Coldwater | 59 | 17.6 | 0.7 | 5.07 | 3.91 | 3.75 | 73.9 | 4.20 | 2.38 | 6.50 |
45846 | Fort Recovery | 34 | 38.5 | 0.6 | 6.39 | 3.69 | 7.85 | 122.74 | 3.40 | 1.60 | 7.70 |
45860 | Maria Stein | 61 | 56.1 | 0.7 | 10.35 | 5.91 | 12.5 | 120.83 | 5.80 | 2.40 | 13.18 |
45862 | Mendon | 9 | 40.4 | 0.4 | 10.67 | 4.96 | 12.49 | 117.12 | 9.00 | 1.15 | 12.38 |
45882 | Rockford | 17 | 6.4 | 0.1 | 2.17 | 1.51 | 1.84 | 84.63 | 1.40 | 0.98 | 2.63 |
45883 | Saint Henry | 46 | 53 | 0.1 | 7.17 | 4.17 | 8.61 | 120.1 | 4.50 | 2.60 | 8.00 |
All concentrations are in units of pico-Curies of radiation per liter of air ( pCi/l ).
Neighboring counties: Auglaize County , Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , Franklin County, Pennsylvania , Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , Seneca County , White County, Indiana .
Here: | 1.8% |
Ohio: | 3.1% |
Current college students: 1,275
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 609 (23.6% naturalized citizens)
Mercer County: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 3302010 or later
- 1252000 to 2009
- 451990 to 1999
- 631980 to 1989
- 511970 to 1979
- 127Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 14,679
- One, attached: 295
- Two: 646
- 3 or 4: 463
- 5 to 9: 407
- 10 to 19: 126
- 20 to 49: 145
- 50 or more: 190
- Mobile homes: 1,003
Housing units in Mercer County with a mortgage: 6,637 (581 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 509 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 419
Here: | 1.4% with mortgage |
State: | 95.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Mercer County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 23,728 | 20 |
Mainline Protestant | 5,599 | 22 |
Evangelical Protestant | 3,375 | 28 |
Other | 1 | 1 |
None | 8,111 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Mercer County: | 1.96 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.89 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.72 / 10,000 pop. |
Ohio: | 1.25 / 10,000 pop. |
Mercer County: | 3.68 / 10,000 pop. |
Ohio: | 2.93 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.11 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.25 / 10,000 pop. |
Mercer County: | 10.2% |
Ohio: | 10.3% |
Mercer County: | 29.2% |
State: | 29.1% |
Here: | 11.1% |
State: | 11.9% |
Agriculture in Mercer County:
Average size of farms: 212 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $218,747
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $149.57
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.16%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 87.30%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $180,092
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 87.70%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.02%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $103,725
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.30%
Average age of principal farm operators: 51 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 18.82
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 36.75%
Corn for grain: 70396 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 20948 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 102592 harvested acres
Vegetables: 50 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 18 acres
Earthquake activity:
Mercer County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Ohio state average. It is 2% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 7/12/1986 at 08:19:37, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 13.1 miles away from Mercer County center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 164.7 miles away from the county center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW) earthquake occurred 225.8 miles away from the county center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 225.8 miles away from the county center
On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 210.1 miles away from Mercer County center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 230.3 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Ohio Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4507, Natural disaster type: Other
- Ohio Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslide, Incident Period: May 27, 2019 - May 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4447, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
- 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: July 04, 2003 to July 11, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1478: July 15, 2003, FEMA Id: 1478, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Ohio Severe Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: August 07, 1995 to August 18, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1065: August 25, 1995, FEMA Id: 1065, 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 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 23, 1989 to June 26, 1989, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-831: June 10, 1989, FEMA Id: 831, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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
- Ohio TORNADOES, SEVERE STORMS, Incident Period: April 14, 1965, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-191: April 14, 1965, FEMA Id: 191, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
The number of natural disasters in Mercer County (10) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 2
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,413 (81.8%)
- Carpooled: 1,852 (8.7%)
- Bus: 18 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 197 (0.9%)
- Bicycle: 29 (0.1%)
- Walked: 369 (1.7%)
- Worked at home: 917 (4.3%)
- Manufacturing (20%)
- Health care and social assistance (19%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Manufacturing (23%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Retail trade (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Production occupations (23%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Material moving occupations (9%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (6%)
- Transportation occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (18%)
- Production occupations (11%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (9%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (9%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Mexico (26%)
- Philippines (18%)
- Marshall Islands (15%)
- India (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Canada (6%)
- Costa Rica (3%)
- German (70%)
- American (13%)
- English (4%)
- Irish (2%)
- European (1%)
- Italian (1%)
- French (except Basque) (0%)
People in group quarters in Mercer County, Ohio in 2010:
- 361 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 26 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 25 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 16 people in hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 8 people in group homes intended for adults
- 3 people in other noninstitutional facilities
People in group quarters in Mercer County, Ohio in 2000:
- 399 people in nursing homes
- 68 people in religious group quarters
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in other group homes
- 5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
3.71% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($51,877 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 3.71% |
Ohio average: | 5.68% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.62% relocated from other counties in Ohio ($37,845 average AGI)
1.09% relocated from other states ($14,032 average AGI)
Mercer County: 1.09% Ohio average: 1.92%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Auglaize County, OH | 0.88% ($50,781 average AGI) |
from Van Wert County, OH | 0.26% ($49,652) |
from Darke County, OH | 0.20% ($42,917) |
from Allen County, OH | 0.19% ($32,588) |
from Franklin County, OH | 0.17% ($73,862) |
from Shelby County, OH | 0.16% ($45,393) |
from Jay County, IN | 0.15% ($56,731) |
4.02% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($46,858 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.02% |
Ohio average: | 5.79% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.78% relocated to other counties in Ohio ($31,430 average AGI)
1.25% relocated to other states ($15,427 average AGI)
Mercer County: 1.25% Ohio average: 2.05%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Auglaize County, OH | 0.88% ($47,903 average AGI) |
to Van Wert County, OH | 0.33% ($49,169) |
to Darke County, OH | 0.31% ($43,836) |
to Montgomery County, OH | 0.16% ($41,107) |
to Allen County, OH | 0.15% ($27,148) |
to Shelby County, OH | 0.13% ($47,130) |
to Franklin County, OH | 0.13% ($41,217) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.8
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 4.3%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 6,812 (6,016 aged, 796 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,040 (9%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Mercer County, Ohio in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,410)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (560)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (442)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (239)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (235)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (178)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (157)
- Unspecified dementia (86)
- Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (47)
- Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (45)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 4,811
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 146
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 24,409
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,447
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 988
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 2
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 27
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 78
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 15
Household type by relationship:
Households: 42,254- Male householders: 8,700 (2,036 living alone), Female householders: 7,604 (2,508 living alone)
9,326 spouses (9,172 opposite-sex spouses), 1,122 unmarried partners, (1,121 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,800 children (12,074 natural, 247 adopted, 479 stepchildren), 552 grandchildren, 108 brothers or sisters, 211 parents, 9 foster children, 242 other relatives, 1,052 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 530
Size of family households: 5,139 2-persons, 2,055 3-persons, 1,651 4-persons, 1,022 5-persons, 541 6-persons, 318 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,546 1-person, 874 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 14 6-persons.
8,303 married couples with children.
1,460 single-parent households (424 men, 1,036 women).
97.7% of residents of Mercer speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $111,751,000 ($2,721 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,468,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $27,787,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $39,849,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,317,000
Federal grants: $26,795,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,081,000 ($136,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,921,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $816,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,154,000
Federal Government insurance: $56,709,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,850Here: | 69 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,997
Here: | 48 per 1000 residents |
State: | 50 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +44
Here: | +1 per 1000 residents |
State: | +7 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -570
Here: | -14 per 1000 residents |
State: | -15 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.51 millions of gallons per day (52% from ground, 48% from surface)
Here: | 6.7 |
State: | 6.7 |
Here: | 4.9 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Mercer County, Ohio
- 1782020 or later
- 1,3882010 to 2019
- 1,9632000 to 2009
- 2,1561990 to 1999
- 1,8191980 to 1989
- 2,4151970 to 1979
- 1,5341960 to 1969
- 2,4411950 to 1959
- 9621940 to 1949
- 3,0911939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mercer County, Ohio
- 01 room
- 102 rooms
- 2503 rooms
- 7814 rooms
- 2,1595 rooms
- 2,6276 rooms
- 2,6257 rooms
- 1,9658 rooms
- 2,5259+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mercer County, Ohio
- 911 room
- 1222 rooms
- 4463 rooms
- 6834 rooms
- 9995 rooms
- 4516 rooms
- 2797 rooms
- 1648 rooms
- 1579+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Mercer County, Ohio
- 0no bedroom
- 2141 bedroom
- 1,7752 bedrooms
- 7,3613 bedrooms
- 2,9014 bedrooms
- 6775+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mercer County, Ohio
- 106no bedroom
- 6521 bedroom
- 1,4342 bedrooms
- 8253 bedrooms
- 3404 bedrooms
- 415+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Mercer County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 221no vehicle
- 2,5601 vehicle
- 5,2742 vehicles
- 3,2203 vehicles
- 9364 vehicles
- 6775+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Mercer County in renter-occupied apartments
- 469no vehicle
- 1,8071 vehicle
- 7852 vehicles
- 2323 vehicles
- 744 vehicles
- 405+ vehicles
90.7% of Mercer 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, 81% lived in Ohio.
Mercer County: | 90.7% |
State average: | 87.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 36,967
- Other state: 4,567
- Northeast: 361
- Midwest: 2,980
- South: 907
- West: 315
- 47.6%Utility gas
- 23.0%Electricity
- 21.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 3.0%Wood
- 2.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.0%No fuel used
- 0.9%Other fuel
- 46.4%Utility gas
- 37.5%Electricity
- 11.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.6%Wood
- 1.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.0%No fuel used
- 0.2%Other fuel
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 4.1% |
Ohio: | 16.0% |
Here: | 0.3% |
Ohio: | 13.1% |
Here: | 4.8% |
Ohio: | 22.3% |
Mercer County government finances - Expenditure in 2017:
- Charges - Other: $943,000
Air Transportation: $93,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $640,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $342,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $73,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,001,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,582,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,419,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $555,000
Fines and Forfeits: $35,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,370,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,429,000
Property: $2,373,000
Mercer County government finances - Revenue in 2017:
- Charges - Other: $943,000
Air Transportation: $93,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $640,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $342,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $73,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,001,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,582,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,419,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $555,000
Fines and Forfeits: $35,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,370,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,429,000
Property: $2,373,000
Mercer County government finances - Debt in 2017:
- Charges - Other: $943,000
Air Transportation: $93,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $640,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $342,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $73,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,001,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,582,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,419,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $555,000
Fines and Forfeits: $35,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,370,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,429,000
Property: $2,373,000
Mercer County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017:
- Charges - Other: $943,000
Air Transportation: $93,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $640,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $342,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $73,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,001,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,582,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,419,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $555,000
Fines and Forfeits: $35,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,370,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $5,429,000
Property: $2,373,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 381
- Number of aged recipients: 17
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 364
- Number of recipients under 18: 66
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 267
- Number of recipients older than 64: 48
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 134
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 166
Most common first names in Mercer County, OH among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Mary | 330 | 79.8 years |
John | 252 | 76.9 years |
William | 202 | 76.5 years |
Robert | 173 | 73.0 years |
Charles | 139 | 75.9 years |
James | 123 | 69.1 years |
Paul | 118 | 73.6 years |
Joseph | 114 | 77.7 years |
Helen | 113 | 78.1 years |
Edward | 107 | 77.9 years |
Most common last names in Mercer County, OH among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Miller | 115 | 77.8 years |
Smith | 90 | 76.9 years |
Homan | 65 | 76.5 years |
Bollenbacher | 56 | 78.1 years |
Davis | 53 | 78.4 years |
Bruns | 53 | 75.5 years |
Williams | 50 | 73.5 years |
Hemmelgarn | 47 | 78.9 years |
Knapke | 47 | 79.2 years |
Post | 45 | 74.8 years |
Businesses in Mercer County, OH | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALDI | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
AT&T | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 5 | |
Ace Hardware | 3 | McDonald's | 2 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Menards | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | New Balance | 1 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Nike | 2 | |
Burger King | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
CVS | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | SAS Shoes | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | SONIC Drive-In | 1 | |
FedEx | 1 | Subway | 7 | |
Ford | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
GameStop | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
Goodwill | 2 | U-Haul | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | UPS | 5 | |
Holiday Inn | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
KFC | 1 | Wendy's | 1 | |
La-Z-Boy | 2 | YMCA | 1 | |
Lane Furniture | 1 |
Mercer County on our top lists:
- #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"