Stark County is located in northeastern Ohio. The County Seat is Canton and the largest city is Canton. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.starkcountyohio.gov/. The 2014 population estimate is 375,736 and the 2010 census population was 375,584. The land area is 575.27 square miles and there are 652.9 persons per square mile.
88.8% of the population is White, 7.8% is Black or African American, 1.8% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% is Asian, 0.3% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.3% is two or more races. 89.1% have a high school degree or higher, and 21.1% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $122,400, there are 150,003 households, an average of 2.44 persons per household. The per capita income is $24,453, the median household income is $45,641, and 15% of the persons in Stark County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 29,479. Retail sales (in $1000) were $4,963,666, and sales per capita were $13,068. The percentage of black-owned firms is 3.5%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 27.4%.
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| Stark County Stark County, Ohio official website including government information, contacts, departments, business services, news, social services, public documents, and more. |
| Adoptions Stark County Department of Job & Family Services list of children available for adoption. |
| Auditor Sales Forfeited land and property lists from the Stark County Auditor. |
| Child Support Make your Stark County Job & Family Services child support payments online. |
| Court Records | CJIS Common Pleas & Municipal Stark County CJIS case docket system. Search all Stark County Courts with the exception of Probate records. Includes Court of Common Pleas filings, and Municipal Court filings in Alliance, Canton, and Massillon Municipal Courts. Includes all county civil, criminal, domestic relations, traffic, and Court of Appeals cases. |
| Court Records | Common Pleas Stark County Common Pleas Court records. Includes civil, criminal, Court of Appeals, Court of Claims, Juvenile, Domestic Relations (divorce, dissolution, dependency, custody, alimony, annulment, visitation, parentage, support enforcement), auto, malpractice, real property, and workers compensation cases. |
| Court Records | County Probate Stark County Probate Court. Search by name or case number for Estate, Will, Guardianship, Trust, and Marriage License records. |
| Court Records | Municipal Alliance Alliance Municipal Court in Stark County online case docket for civil, criminal, small claims and traffic court filings and dockets. Jurisdiction: City of Alliance; Townships of Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington; and the villages of Limaville, Minerva, and Robertsville. |
| Court Records | Municipal Canton City of Canton Municipal Court Online Case records and dockets (civil, small claims, criminal, traffic). Jurisdiction: Cities of Canton, North Canton, and Louisville; Townships of Canton, Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy; Villages of East Canton, East Sparta, Hartville, Magnolia, Meyers Lake, Waynesburg; and the Uniontown Police District. |
| Court Records | Municipal Massillon Massillon Municipal Court Online Case Docket for civil, small claims, criminal, and traffic court filings. Jurisdiction is the City of Massillon, and the Townships of Bethlehem, Jackson, Lawrence, Perry, Sugar Creek, and Tuscarawas. |
| Delinquent Tax Sales Listing of Delinquent Tax Sales are held every Monday at the Stark County Court House. |
| Dog Tags Dog tag search from the Stark County Auditor. |
| Foreclosure Sales Search for foreclosure sales in Stark County. |
| Genealogy Stark County District Library genealogy searches, including courthouse, military, newspaper, vital, and public notice records. |
| Marriages Marriage license case search from the Stark County Probate Court. Records are current from April 23, 1986 to the present. |
| Obituaries | Louisville Public Library Louisville Public Library index of Stark County obituaries. |
| Obituaries | Regional Stark County obituaries from the Claymont, Holmes County, Massillon, Coshocton, Loudonville, and MOLO Regional public libraries. |
| Pets | Lost & Found Stark County Dog Warden lost and found pet search. |
| Property | Auditor Stark County Auditor's Office property records. |
| Property | Delinquent Taxpayers Delinquent Taxpayer List from the Stark County Treasurer. |
| Property | GIS Stark County Auditor's Office GIS map parcel search and property sales records. |
| Property | Tax Records Stark County Treasurer property search, prior year search, and online tax payments. |
| Recorded Documents Search for Recorded Documents in Stark County by name, date, document type, instrument number, or book and page. Access requires registration. |
| Registered Offenders Stark County Sheriff's Office offender registry. |
| Tax Maps Stark County Auditor's Office tax maps. |
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