Portage County, established in 1807 was named in the favor of the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers and has a total area of 504.06 sq mi. Ravenna is the county seat while the largest city at Kent. The total population of the county is over 0.16 million with an excellent admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 56.4K housing units and 39.1K families. It is a part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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