Wood County /

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 121,065. Its county seat is Bowling Green and it was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812. Wood County is part of the Toledo Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 621 square miles (1,607 km²). 617 square miles (1,599 km²) of it is land and 3 square miles (8 km²) of it (0.52%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 121,065 people, 45,172 households, and 29,678 families residing in the county. The population density was 196 people per square mile (76/km²). There were 47,468 housing units at an average density of 77 per square mile (30/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 94.83% White, 1.27% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.45% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. 3.33% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 36.3% were of German, 9.9% American, 8.2% English, 8.0% Irish and 5.8% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000. There were 45,172