Fayette County (Indiana)

administration
The Fayette County Courthouse in Connersville, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Connersville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 401 Central Avenue Connersville, IN 47331-1981
Foundation :	December 28, 1818
Made up from:	Franklin County Wayne County
Area code :	001 765
Demographics
Residents :	24,277 (2010)
Population density :	43.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	557 km²
Water surface :	0.4 km²
map

Website : connersvillecommunity.com/fayette_county

Fayette County is a county in the US state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Connersville .

geography

The county is located in southeast Indiana, about 40 km to the east from Ohio and has an area of 557 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Henry County , Wayne County , Union County , Franklin County, and Rush County .

history

Fayette County was formed on December 28, 1818 from parts of Franklin County and Wayne County. It was named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , a general in the American War of Independence .

6 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 1, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	5950	-
1830	9112	53.1%
1840	9837	8th %
1850	10,217	3.9%
1860	10,225	0.1%
1870	10,476	2.5%
1880	11,394	8.8%
1890	12,630	10.8%
1900	13,495	6.8%
1910	14,415	6.8%
1920	17,142	18.9%
1930	19,243	12.3%
1940	19,411	0.9%
1950	23,391	20.5%
1960	24,454	4.5%
1970	26,216	7.2%
1980	28,272	7.8%
1990	26,015	-8th %
2000	25,588	-1.6%
2010	24,277	-5.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Fayette County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Fayette County had 25,588 people in 10,199 households and 7,149 families. The population density was 46 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.16 percent white, 1.67 percent African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.52 percent of the population.

Of the 10,199 households, 30.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 55.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers, and 29.9 percent were non-families. 25.8 percent were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.94.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.6 percent between 18 and 24, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44 years old. 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 90.7 men.

The median income for a household in the 38,840 USD , and the median income for a family 46,111 USD. Males had a median income of $ 34,493 versus $ 23,082 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,624. 6.0 percent of families and 7.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line.