Harrison County, Iowa

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The Harrison County Courthouse in Logan, listed on the NRHP since 1981 [1]
The Harrison County Courthouse in Logan, listed on the NRHP since 1981
administration
US state : Iowa
Administrative headquarters : Logan
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Harrison County Courthouse
111 North 2nd Avenue
Logan, IA 51546
Foundation : 1851
Made up from: Pottawattamie County
Area code : 001 712
Demographics
Residents : 14,928  (2010)
Population density : 8.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1815 km²
Water surface : 11 km²
map
Map of Harrison County within Iowa
Website : www.harrisoncountyia.org

The Harrison County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 14,928 people and a population density of 8.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Logan , named after General John A. Logan .

Harrison County is part of the metropolitan area of Omaha-Council Bluffs .

geography

The county is located in western Iowa on the Missouri River , which also forms the border with Nebraska . It has an area of ​​1,815 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. The following counties border Harrison County:

Burt County,
Nebraska 		Monona County Crawford County
Compass card (de) .svg Shelby County
Washington County,
Nebraska 		Pottawattamie County

history

Harrison

Harrison County was formed in 1851 from former parts of Pottawattamie County. It was named after William H. Harrison (1773–1841), the ninth President of the USA (1841).

12 of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 3621 -
1870 8931 146.6%
1880 16,649 86.4%
1890 21,356 28.3%
1900 25,597 19.9%
1910 23,162 -9.5%
1920 24,488 5.7%
1930 24,897 1.7%
1940 22,767 -8.6%
1950 19,560 -14.1%
1960 17,600 -10%
1970 16,240 -7.7%
1980 16,348 0.7%
1990 14,730 -9.9%
2000 15,666 6.4%
2010 14,928 -4.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

As of the 2010 census , Harrison County had 14,928 people in 6,385 households. The population density was 8.3 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 6,385 households.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 50,368  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,939. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line

Places in Harrison County

Citys

structure

Harrison County is divided into 20 townships :

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Listing on the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000243. Accessed March 21, 2018
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 465231. Retrieved on February 24, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Harrison County, IA ( July 11, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved April 16, 2012
  4. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 29, 2011
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2017.
  6. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
  8. ↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Harrison County, Iowa  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 95 ° 49 ′  W