Boone County, Indiana

administration
Boone County Courthouse in Lebanon, listed on NRHP No. 86002703
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Lebanon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 201 Courthouse Square Lebanon, IN 46052-2126
Foundation :	January 29, 1830
Made up from:	Hendricks County Marion County
Area code :	001
Demographics
Residents :	56,640 (2010)
Population density :	51.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1096 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.bccn.boone.in.us

Boone County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Lebanon .

geography

The county is located just west of the geographic center of Indiana and covers an area of 1,096 square kilometers, of which one square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Clinton County , Hamilton County , Marion County , Hendricks County, and Montgomery Counties .

history

Boone County was formed on January 29, 1830 from parts of Hendricks County and Marion County. It was named after Daniel Boone , an American pioneer and border guard who opened up the so-called Wilderness Trail and founded the town of Boonesborough in Kentucky .

11 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 31, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	621	-
1840	8121	1,207.7%
1850	11,631	43.2%
1860	16,753	44%
1870	22,593	34.9%
1880	25,922	14.7%
1890	26,572	2.5%
1900	26,321	-0.9%
1910	24,673	-6.3%
1920	23,575	-4.5%
1930	22,290	-5.5%
1940	22,081	-0.9%
1950	23,993	8.7%
1960	27,543	14.8%
1970	30,870	12.1%
1980	36,446	18.1%
1990	38,147	4.7%
2000	46.107	20.9%
2010	56,640	22.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Boone County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Strange Nathanial Cragun House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Boone County had 46,107 people in 17,081 households and 12,810 families. The population density was 42 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.92 percent white, 0.35 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.46 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.40 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.60 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.16 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,081 households, 38% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.4 percent were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers, and 25% were non-families. 21.1 percent were single households and 8.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.09.

28.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 6.3 percent between 18 and 24, 30.2 percent between 25 and 44 years. 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 90.9 men.

The median income for a household in the 49,632 USD , and the median income for a family 58,879 USD. Males had a median income of $ 39,534 versus $ 26,266 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,182. 3.8 percent of families and 5.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Rivers

Web links

Commons : Boone County (Indiana) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 450405. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 31, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 15, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
↑ Boone County, Indiana , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

40.048911 -86.467313Coordinates: 40 ° 3 ′ N , 86 ° 28 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 450405. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 31, 2017.

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

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

[6] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

[7] Boone County, Indiana , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .