Audubon County

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The Audubon County Courthouse in Audubon, listed on the NRHP since 2003 [1]
The Audubon County Courthouse in Audubon, listed on the NRHP since 2003
administration
US state : Iowa
Administrative headquarters : Audubon
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
318 Leroy, Suite 4
Audubon, IA 50025-1255
Foundation : January 15, 1851
Made up from: Pottawattamie County
Area code : 001 712
Demographics
Residents : 6119  (2010)
Population density : 5.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1149 km²
Water surface : 1 km²
map
Map of Audubon County within Iowa
Website : www.auduboncounty.com

The Audubon County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 6,119 people and a population density of 5.3 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population decreased to 5873. The county seat is Audubon .

geography

The county is located west-southwest of the geographic center of Iowa. It has an area of ​​1149 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Crawford County Carroll County
Shelby County Compass card (de) .svg Guthrie County
Cass County Adair County

history

Audubon
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1860 454 -
1870 1212 167%
1880 7448 514.5%
1890 12,412 66.6%
1900 13,626 9.8%
1910 12,671 -7%
1920 12,520 -1.2%
1930 12,264 -2%
1940 11,790 -3.9%
1950 11,579 -1.8%
1960 10,919 -5.7%
1970 9595 -12.1%
1980 8559 -10.8%
1990 7334 -14.3%
2000 6830 -6.9%
2010 6119 -10.4%
2013 estimate 5873 -4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Audubon County was formed on January 15, 1851 from parts of Pottawattamie County. It was named after John James Audubon (1785-1851), an ornithologist and draftsman from Haiti .

The Audubon County courthouse in the city of the same name opened in 1940.

population

As of the 2010 census , Audubon County had 6,119 people in 2,731 households. The population density was 5.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in each of the 2,731 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 45,280  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,957. 10.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Audubon County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Audubon County is divided into 12 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Audubon Township 212    19-90093
Cameron Township 135    19-90453
Douglas Township 135    19-91026
Exira Township 1178    19-91260
Greeley Township 170    19-91728
Hamlin Township 252    19-91815
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Leroy Township 2496    19-92418
Lincoln Township 285    19-92523
Melville Township 117    19-92910
Oakfield Township 314    19-93153
Sharon Township 584    19-93825
Viola Township 166    19-94362

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Listing on the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03000826.Retrieved March 20, 2018
  2. ↑ Audubon County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved January 30, 2011
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Audubon County, IA. Retrieved October 11, 2014
  4. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 11, 2014
  5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
  7. ↑ Iowa Judicial Branch - Audubon County Courthouse ( Memento of 26 July 2011 at the Internet Archive ) Accessed 20 February 2011
  8. ↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Audubon County, Iowa  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 94 ° 54 ′  W