Atwater
Township
2,762
Aurora City
13,556
Brady Lake Village
513
Brimfield Township
7,963
Charlestown Township 2,003
Deerfield Township
3,211
Edinburg Township
2,344
Franklin Township
5,276
Freedom Township
2751
Garrettsville Village
2,262
Hiram Village
1,242
Hiram Township
2,296
Kent City
27,906
Mantua Village
1,046
Mantua Township
4,661
Nelson Township
2,985
Palmyra Township
2,785
Paris Township
1,827
Randolph Township 5,504
Ravenna City
11,771
Ravenna Township
9,270
Rootstown Township
7,212
Shalersville Township
5,976
Streetsboro City
12,311
Suffield Township
6,383
Sugar Bush Knolls Village 227
Tallmadge City (part)
210
Windham Village
2,806
Windham Township 2,060
Total Portage County 152,061
Land Area
Land area 504 square
miles
Persons per square mile, 2000 309.1
Topography Glaciated, rolling Plateaus
Vegetation Beech
Forests
Minerals Sand, gravel, petroleum
Rivers and
lakes: Cuyahoga River, Mogadore Reservoir, Lake Hodgson,
Michael Kirwan Reservoir, Berlin Lake, Lake Pippen, Lake Rockwell,
Aurora Pond.
Government
Portage County’s government is
administered by a three member board of commissioners. The county
contains *5 cities, 7 villages and 18 townships.
*Includes a small portion of the City of Tallmadge
Education
Portage County values its rich
educational resources. Within its borders are 12 public school
districts and 4 private schools, as well as Maplewood career Center,
Kent State University, Hiram College and Bohecker's Business
College. Portage County is in close proximity to nearly 30
institutions of higher education.
Business
More than 2,500 businesses are
located in Portage County, of which nearly 400 are involved in
manufacturing or
distribution. Metalworking, plastic and rubber products, and
printing/publishing lead the county's manufacturing sector.
Information is from a variety of sources including the Ohio
Department of Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Approximately 719 farms average more than $33,000 each in annual
sales.
Major business employers in Portage County include G.E. Lighting,
The Step 2 Co., Deluxe Business Systems, St. Gobain Performance
Plastics, Parker-Hannifin, Gougler Industries and The Press of
Ohio,
McMaster-Carr Supply Corp., Automated Packaging, Davey Tree Expert
Co., L'Oreal USA, Commercial Turf Products and DaimerChrysler Mopar Distribution Center.
Workforce
Average Workforce (2/2008) 90,700
Average unemployment (2/2008)
6.1%
Covered
employment by industry:
Manufacturing
23.2%
Wholesale/retail
15.4%
Service
29%
Government/Education *
23%
Transportation/utilities 2%
Construction
4.5%
Miscellaneous
2%
Finance/insurance/real estate
2.3%
Household Facts
(2000)
Home ownership rate
71.3%
Number of households 56,449
Persons per household 2.56
Utilities
Electric power - Ohio Edison, a First
Energy Co.
Natural Gas - Dominion East Ohio
Recycling - Portage County Solid Waste Management District
Recycling
Telecommunications - Ameritech, Alltel, GTE and AT&T
Water & Sanitary
Sewer - provided by various political subdivisions and the
Portage county Water Resource Department.
Voting
No. of
precincts 165
No. of registered voters
93,071
Percent of population
61.5%
Weather
Average annual temperature
52.1 degrees
Average annual precipitation
36.47 inches
Average annual snowfall 49.2
inches
Other Business Facts
Private non-farm employment,
1998 41,767
Manufacturers shipments, 1997, ($1,000) 2,154,174
Retail Sales, 1997, ($1,000) 1,117,940
Retail Sales per capita, 1997 $7,435
Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1,000)
420,798
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