Benton County, Indiana

administration
The Benton County Courthouse in Fowler, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Fowler
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 706 East 5th Street Fowler, IN 47944-1556
Foundation :	February 18, 1840
Made up from:	Jasper County
Area code :	001 765
Demographics
Residents :	8854 (2010)
Population density :	8.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1053 km²
Water surface :	0.2 km²
map

Website : www.bentoncounty.in.gov

The Benton County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Indiana . In 2010 , the county had 8,854 residents and a population density of 8.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Fowler .

Benton County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Lafayette in the southeastern neighboring Tippecanoe County .

geography

The county is located in northwest Indiana and borders Illinois to the west . It has an area of 1053 square kilometers without any significant water surface. The following neighboring counties border Benton County:

	Newton County	Jasper County
Iroquois County, Illinois		White County
Vermilion County (Illinois)	Warren County	Tippecanoe County

Wind turbine
Freeland Park
Indiana Park

history

Thomas Hart Benton

Benton County was formed on February 18, 1840 from parts of Jasper County. It was named after Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), an American politician and US senator .

economy

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1144	-
1860	2809	145.5%
1870	5615	99.9%
1880	11,108	97.8%
1890	11,903	7.2%
1900	13,123	10.2%
1910	12,688	-3.3%
1920	12.206	-3.8%
1930	11,886	-2.6%
1940	11,117	-6.5%
1950	11,462	3.1%
1960	11,912	3.9%
1970	11,262	-5.5%
1980	10,218	-9.3%
1990	9441	-7.6%
2000	9421	-0.2%
2010	8854	-6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Benton County had 8,854 people in 3,581 households. The population density was 8.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.42 people lived in each of the 3581 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.9 percent of the population.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,240 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,461. 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Benton County localities

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Tippecanoe County}

structure

Townships in Benton County

Benton County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bolivar Township	1252	18-06328
Center township	2757	18-11224
Gilboa Township	250	18-27630
Grant Township	1056	18-28818
Hickory Grove Township	409	18-33358
Oak Grove Township	1581	18-55620

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Parish & Grove Township	241	18-57942
Pine Township	330	18-59886
Richland Township	542	18-63990
Union Township	255	18-77138
York Township	181	18-85940

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 450403. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Benton County, IN Retrieved December 10, 2012

^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 10, 2012

^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011

↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Indiana ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 10, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

Commons : Benton County, Indiana - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

40.607844 -87.311212Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′ N , 87 ° 19 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 450403. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Benton County, IN Retrieved December 10, 2012

[naco-3] A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 10, 2012

[4] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011