Chesapeake, Ohio

Chesapeake, Ohio
Village
Location of Chesapeake, Ohio
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Lawrence
Area
• Total	0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)
• Land	0.6 sq mi (1.4 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation Template:GR	554 ft (169 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	842
• Density	1,523.7/sq mi (588.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	45619
Area code	740
FIPS code	39-13904Template:GR
GNIS feature ID	1056797Template:GR

Chesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was listed as 842 in the 2000 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek.

A bridge across the Ohio River connects Chesapeake to Huntington's downtown area. At one time, this was the only bridge connection across the Ohio River linking Ohio to Huntington. In recent years, bridges across the Ohio River connecting Ohio to Huntington's East and West sides have been built.

Chesapeake is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649.

Geography

Chesapeake is located at 38°25′41″N 82°27′17″W (38.428066, -82.454832)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²) of which 0.6 square miles (1.4 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) (5.17%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 842 people, 395 households, and 231 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,523.7 people per square mile (591.1/km²). There were 441 housing units at an average density of 798.0/sq mi (309.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.74% White, 0.12% African American, 0.59% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.48% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.54% of the population.

Of the 395 households, 23.5% contained children under the age of 18. 42.3% had married couples living together. 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present. 41.3% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.79.

The ages of the population were spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $24,653, and the median income for a family was $31,528. Males had a median income of $32,917 versus $23,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $19,698. About 14.2% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government

• The city is run by an elected Mayor-council government system.

See also

• List of cities and towns along the Ohio River