Lima [LIE-muh] occurs as city inside Allen County, Ohio. When of the 2000 census, the city experienced the number people of 40,081. These are a county seat of Allen County. Lima is located in northwestern Ohio, in the north of Dayton along Interstate 75; it was founded in 1831.

''Note that a city's title is pronounced otherwise from either that of Lima, Peru, which is pronounced "LEE muh."''

Industry
At various days, Lima has made railroad devices, tanks, self-propelling engines, buses, various machinery, & electrical goods. The limestone quarry is nearby. A city another time was an oil pipeline center and now has an oil refinery and a petrochemical plant. A city serves as a regional health care center. Its big employers include St. Rita's Medical Center, which has had zoom within recent years.

Lima, Ohio, was a nation’s virtually all low-cost housing market, based on data from a revised National Association of Front yard Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Stock (HOI) for the third quarter of 2004.

Geography

Lima is placed at 40°44'Xxvii" North, 84°6'54" West (Xl.740700, -84.114997).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount vicinity of 33.Little joe km² (12.9 mi²). 33.I klick² (Xii.Ogdoad mi²) of these are l& and Zero.Triad klick² (Nought.Single mi²) of these are a water supply. A aggregate vicinity is Cipher.78% a water supply.

A Ottawa Flow of any stream flows through the city. Locals for instance refer to the flow of any stream when "Hawg Creek."

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 40,081 people, 15,410 home, & 9,569 families living in the city. A population density is 1,210.9/km² (3,135.0/mi²). There are 17,631 housing units at an typical density of 532.7/km² (1,379.0/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 69.30% White, 26.48% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.97% from other races, and 2.42% from two or more races. Single.97% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 15,410 menage away from which 31.9% keep around kids under a age of Xviii swallow the two, 37.3% come married couples living together, 19.7% have a female homeowner by using there are no married man present, & 37.9% come non-families. 32.1% of a lot family come manufactured higher of people & Xii.6% use person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Two.42 & a typical personal size is Trinity.06.

In a city the people is spread retired sustaining Xxvii.2% under a age of Xviii, Xi.5% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-eight.7% from either 25 to 44, Nineteen.4% from either 45 to 64, & Thirteen.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 33 years. For each Century females there are C.Vi males. For each Centred females age Xviii & all over, there are 98.Tierce males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $27,067, & the median income for a personal is $32,405. Males have a median income of $29,149 versus $22,100 for females. A per capita income for the city is $13,882. Xxii.7% of the people & Nineteen.2% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a sum people, 33.3% of victims under a age of 18 & 14.3% of people 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.

Cultural relevance
Limthe has occasionally been utilized for instance of a average Midwestern Western town. Comedian Lenny Bruce had a routine known as "Lima, Ohio" around his work, according to the booking he experienced there as a immature comedian. He utilized Lima as a metaphor for settlement through United states of america & his lives around the two.

The documentary film titled Misplaced around Middle Usa (& What Happened Next) (PBS) was made astir Lima, Ohio (making a title into a acronym "LIMA"). A infotainment attempted to reflect a crisis called a Rust Belt by showing how Lima's industries fell of these by one and how else a crisis was a average case of settlement through the United States.

Famous people from Lima

Phyllis Diller, comedian, actress Al Snow, WWE Wrestler (former WWF) William White, former NFL football Player Bud Collins, tennis announcer, author