Belmont, Ohio

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Belmont is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 532 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Location of Belmont, Ohio

Belmont is located at 40°1′39″N, 81°2′27″W (40.027560, -81.040807)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 532 people, 208 households, and 148 families residing in the village. The population density was 733.6/km² (1,886.6/mi²). There were 224 housing units at an average density of 308.9/km² (794.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.43% White, 1.13% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.94% Pacific Islander, and 1.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.

There were 208 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $28,875, and the median income for a family was $35,000. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $19,688 for females. The per capita income for the village was $13,015. About 9.9% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] External links

Belmont County, Ohio
St. Clairsville, county seat
Municipalities

Barnesville | Bellaire | Belmont | Bethesda | Bridgeport | Brookside | Fairview | Flushing | Holloway | Martins Ferry | Morristown | Powhatan Point | Shadyside | St. Clairsville | Wilson | Yorkville

Townships

Colerain | Flushing | Goshen | Kirkwood | Mead | Pease | Pultney | Richland | Smith | Somerset | Union | Warren | Washington | Wayne | Wheeling | York

Census-designated place

Neffs

Other localities

Alledonia | Bannock | Barton | Blaine | Colerain | Fairpoint | Glencoe | Jacobsburg | Lafferty | Lansing | Maynard | Piedmont | Warnock