Newton County (Indiana)

administration
The Newton County Courthouse in Kentland, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Kentland
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 201 North Third Street Kentland, IN 47951-1239
Foundation :	February 7, 1835
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 219
Demographics
Residents :	14,244 (2010)
Population density :	13.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1045 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.newtoncountyin.com

The Newton County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Indiana . In 2010 , the county had 14,244 residents and a population density of 13.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Kentland .

Newton County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in northwest Indiana in the southeast suburb of Chicago and borders Illinois to the west . It has an area of 1045 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water.

The northern boundary of the county is formed by the Kankakee River , one of the two headwaters of the Illinois River . In the south, the county is traversed by the Iroquois River, which flows northeast into the Kankakee River.

The following neighboring counties border Newton County:

Kankakee County (Illinois)	Lake County
Iroquois County, Illinois		Jasper County
	Benton County

history

Newton County was formed as the original Free Territory County on February 7, 1835. It was named after John Newton , a sergeant in the American Revolutionary War .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2360	-
1870	5829	147%
1880	8167	40.1%
1890	8803	7.8%
1900	10,448	18.7%
1910	10,504	0.5%
1920	10.144	-3.4%
1930	9841	-3%
1940	10,775	9.5%
1950	11.006	2.1%
1960	11,502	4.5%
1970	11.606	0.9%
1980	14,844	27.9%
1990	13,551	-8.7%
2000	14,566	7.5%
2010	14,244	-2.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Newton County had 14,244 people in 5,370 households. The population density was 13.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.63 people lived in each of the 5370 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.2 percent of the population.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,108 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,416. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Newton County localities

Towns

Census-designated places (CDP)

Lake Village
Roselawn ¹

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Jasper County}

structure

Newton County is divided into ten townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Beaver Township	1573	18-03970
Colfax Township	199	18-14302
Grant Township	1189	18-28872
Iroquois Township	1358	18-36522
Jackson Township	382	18-37242
Jefferson Township	2140	18-38106
Lake Township	2384	18-40968
Lincoln Township	4480	18-43830
McClellan Township	217	18-45594
Washington Township	322	18-80864