Fulton County, Indiana

administration
Fulton County Courthouse in Rochester, listed on NRHP No. 00001138
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Rochester
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 815 Main Street Rochester, IN 46975-1545
Foundation :	February 7, 1835
Made up from:	Allen County Cass County St. Joseph County
Area code :	001 574
Demographics
Residents :	20,836 (2010)
Population density :	21.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	962 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.co.fulton.in.us

Fulton County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Rochester .

geography

The county is located in north-central Indiana and has an area of 962 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Marshall County , Kosciusko County , Wabash County , Miami County , Cass County , Pulaski County, and Starke Counties .

history

Fulton County was formed on February 7, 1835 from parts of Allen County, Cass County and St. Joseph County. It was named after Robert Fulton , an American engineer who built the first usable steamships and the Nautilus submarine .

Eight structures 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%
1840	1993	-
1850	5982	200.2%
1860	9422	57.5%
1870	12,726	35.1%
1880	14.301	12.4%
1890	16,746	17.1%
1900	17,453	4.2%
1910	16,879	-3.3%
1920	16,478	-2.4%
1930	15,038	-8.7%
1940	15,577	3.6%
1950	16,565	6.3%
1960	16,957	2.4%
1970	16,984	0.2%
1980	19,335	13.8%
1990	18,840	-2.6%
2000	20,511	8.9%
2010	20,836	1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Fulton County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Fulton County had 20,511 people in 8,082 households and 5,738 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.21 percent white, 0.76 percent African American, 0.38 percent Native American, 0.37 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 1.06 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.20 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.31 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,082 households, 31.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 59.5 percent were married couples living together, 7.5 percent were single mothers, and 29.0 percent were non-families. 24.9 percent were single households and 12.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44 years old. 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 94.4 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 38,290 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,865. Males had a median income of $ 32,602 versus $ 21,657 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,950. 5.0 percent of families and 7.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.