Jennings County

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Jennings County Courthouse
Jennings County Courthouse
administration
US state : Indiana
Administrative headquarters : Vernon
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 383
Vernon, IN 47282-0383
Foundation : December 27, 1816
Made up from: Jackson County
Jefferson County
Area code : 001 812
Demographics
Residents : 28,525  (2010)
Population density : 29.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 980 km²
Water surface : 3 km²
map
Map of Jennings County within Indiana
Website : www.jenningsco.org

Jennings County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Vernon .

geography

The county is located in southeast Indiana, about 25 miles from Kentucky and covers an area of ​​980 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Decatur County , Ripley County , Jefferson County , Scott County , Jackson County, and Bartholomew Counties .

history

Jennings County was formed on December 27, 1816 from parts of Jackson County and Jefferson County. It was named after Jonathan Jennings , the first governor of Indiana.

7 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 2, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1820 2000 -
1830 3974 98.7%
1840 8829 122.2%
1850 12.096 37%
1860 14,749 21.9%
1870 16,218 10%
1880 16,453 1.4%
1890 14,608 -11.2%
1900 15,757 7.9%
1910 14,203 -9.9%
1920 13,280 -6.5%
1930 11,800 -11.1%
1940 13,680 15.9%
1950 15,250 11.5%
1960 17,267 13.2%
1970 19,454 12.7%
1980 22,854 17.5%
1990 23,661 3.5%
2000 27,554 16.5%
2010 28,525 3.5%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Jennings County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge

As of the 2000 census , Jennings County had 27,554 people in 10,134 households and 7,600 families. The population density was 28 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.45 percent white, 0.75 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian and 0.21 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.11 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.70 percent of the population.

Of the 10,134 households, 36.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 60.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers, and 25.0 percent were non-families. 20.6 percent were single households and 8.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.07.

27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 30.4 percent between 25 and 44 years. 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 96.9 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,402 , and the median income for a family is $ 42,519. Males had a median income of $ 30,377 versus $ 21,023 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,059. 6.0 percent of families and 9.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 450364. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / geonames.usgs.gov  
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ↑ Jennings County, Indiana , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Jennings County, Indiana  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ′  N , 85 ° 38 ′  W