Hardin County, Iowa

administration
The Hardin County Courthouse in Eldora, listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Eldora
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1215 Edgington Avenue Eldora, IA 50627-1762
Foundation :	1851
Area code :	001 641
Demographics
Residents :	17,534 (2010)
Population density :	11.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1476 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.hardin.ia.us

The Hardin County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 17,534 residents and a population density of 11.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Eldora .

geography

The county is located slightly northeast of the geographic center of Iowa and is traversed by the Iowa River . It has an area of 1,476 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water bodies. The following counties border Hardin County:

Wright County	Franklin County	Butler County
Hamilton County		Grundy County
Story County		Marshall County

history

J. Hardin

Hardin County was formed in 1851. It was named after Colonel John J. Hardin , who died in the Mexican-American War .

The county has had three courthouses in its history. The first was a small wooden building that burned down in the 1850s . The second courthouse was a two story building on the site of the current county sheriff's office. The third courthouse, which is still in use today, was built in 1892 and opened on September 19, 1893; it was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

A total of 33 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5440	-
1870	13,684	151.5%
1880	17,807	30.1%
1890	19.003	6.7%
1900	22,794	19.9%
1910	20,921	-8.2%
1920	23,337	11.5%
1930	22,947	-1.7%
1940	22,530	-1.8%
1950	22,218	-1.4%
1960	22,533	1.4%
1970	22,248	-1.3%
1980	21,776	-2.1%
1990	19.094	-12.3%
2000	18,812	-1.5%
2010	17,534	-6.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

According to the 2010 census , Hardin County had 17,534 people in 7,540 households. The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.20 people lived in each of the 7,540 households.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,705 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,737. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line