Martin County, Indiana

administration
Martin County Courthouse in Shoals, listed on NRHP No. 05000604
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Shoals
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 600 Shoals, IN 47581-0600
Foundation :	January 17, 1820
Made up from:	Daviess County Dubois County
Area code :	001 812
Demographics
Residents :	10,334 (2010)
Population density :	11.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	882 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Martin County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Shoals .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Indiana and has an area of 882 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Greene County , Lawrence County , Orange County , Dubois County, and Daviess County .

history

Martin County was formed on January 17, 1820 from parts of Daviess County and Dubois County. It was named after John T. Martin , a major from Kentucky .

The county's only entry on the National Register of Historic Places is the Martin County Courthouse (as of September 2, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	1032	-
1830	2010	94.8%
1840	3875	92.8%
1850	5941	53.3%
1860	8975	51.1%
1870	11,103	23.7%
1880	13,475	21.4%
1890	13,973	3.7%
1900	14,711	5.3%
1910	12,950	-12%
1920	11,865	-8.4%
1930	10,103	-14.9%
1940	10,300	1.9%
1950	10,678	3.7%
1960	10,608	-0.7%
1970	10,969	3.4%
1980	11.001	0.3%
1990	10,369	-5.7%
2000	10,369	0%
2010	10,334	-0.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Martin County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Martin County had 10,369 people in 4,183 households and 2,877 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.93 percent white, 0.15 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.11 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.41 percent of the population.

Of the 4,183 households, 31.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 56.5 percent were married couples living together, 8.2 percent were single mothers, and 31.2 percent were non-families. 27.6 percent were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.00.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.4 percent between 18 and 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44 years old. 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 102.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 100.2 men.

The median income for a household in the 36,411 USD , and the median income for a family 43,550 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,200 versus $ 21,732 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,054. 8.1 percent of families and 11.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line.