Sandusky County compromises the Fremont, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[5] As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 61,792 people, 23,717 households, and 16,957 families living in the county.

24.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 60,944 people, 24,182 households, and 16,616 families living in the county.

[14] Like most of northwestern Ohio, Sandusky County voters have historically supported the Republican Party.

It was initially settled by migrants from the Northern Tier of New England and New York, who carried their culture with them.

During the 2008 U.S. presidential election, 51% of the voters from Sandusky County supported Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

Obama narrowly carried the county again in the 2012 U.S. presidential election with just under 50 percent of the vote.

[16] Time magazine listed Sandusky as one of five critical counties in the 2012 election.