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Pike County, Ohio

Pike County is a county located in the Appalachian (southern) region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,088. Its county seat is Waverly, and the county is named for explorer Zebulon Pike.

Pike County was organized on February 1, 1815, from portions of Scioto, Ross, and Adams Counties, and was named in honor of Zebulon Pike, the explorer and soldier who had recently been killed in the War of 1812.

Pike County was the site of the Pike County Massacre where eight members of the Rhoden family were shot and killed the evening of April 21–22, 2016.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 444 square miles (1,150 km2), of which 440 square miles (1,100 km2) is land and 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2) (0.8%) is water.

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 27,088. The median age was 41.2 years. 23.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.5 males age 18 and over.

18.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 81.7% lived in rural areas.

There were 10,656 households in the county, of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 47.6% were married-couple households, 18.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 11,979 housing units, of which 11.0% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 65.9% were owner-occupied and 34.1% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.7%.

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