Daviess County, Indiana

administration
Daviess County Courthouse
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Washington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 East Walnut Washington, IN 47501-0000
Foundation :	December 24, 1816
Made up from:	Knox County
Area code :	001 812
Demographics
Residents :	31,648 (2010)
Population density :	28.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1131 km²
Water surface :	16 km²
map

Daviess County is a county in the US state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Washington .

geography

The county is located in southwest Indiana, is about 25 miles west of Illinois and has an area of 1,131 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Greene County , Martin County , Dubois County , Pike County, and Knox Counties .

history

Daviess County was formed on December 24, 1816 from parts of Knox County. It was named after Joseph Hamilton Daviess , a colonel in the US Army who was killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe .

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

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	3432	-
1830	4543	32.4%
1840	6720	47.9%
1850	10,352	54%
1860	13,323	28.7%
1870	16,747	25.7%
1880	21,552	28.7%
1890	26,227	21.7%
1900	29,914	14.1%
1910	27,747	-7.2%
1920	26,856	-3.2%
1930	25,832	-3.8%
1940	26,163	1.3%
1950	26,762	2.3%
1960	26,636	-0.5%
1970	26,602	-0.1%
1980	27,836	4.6%
1990	27,533	-1.1%
2000	29,820	8.3%
2010	31,648	6.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Daviess County (as of 2000)

County Bridge No. 45 , listed in the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Daviess County had 29,820 people in 10,894 households and 7,821 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.52 percent white, 0.45 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.99 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.55 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.08 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 10,894 households, 35.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 59.8 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers, and 28.2 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.24.

29.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.6 percent between 18 and 24, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44 years. 21.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 93.6 men.

The median income for a household in the 34,064 USD , and the median income for a family 41,818 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,706 versus $ 20,102 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,015. 9.6 percent of families and 13.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line.