Noble County (Indiana)

administration
The Noble County Indiana Courthouse in Albion, listed on NRHP No. 81000005
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Albion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 North Orange Street Albion, IN 46701-1048
Foundation :	February 7, 1835
Made up from:	Allen County Elkhart County LaGrange County
Area code :	001 260
Demographics
Residents :	47,536 (2010)
Population density :	44.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1082 km²
Water surface :	17 km²
map

Website : www.nobleco.org

Noble County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Albion .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northeast of Indiana, about 40 km to the north from Michigan , about 45 km to the east from Ohio , and has an area of 1,082 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: LaGrange County , Steuben County , DeKalb County , Allen County , Whitley County , Kosciusko County, and Elkhart Counties .

history

Noble County was formed on February 7, 1835 from parts of Allen County, Elkhart County and LaGrange County. It was named after James Noble , the first US Senator from Indiana.

12 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 3, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2702	-
1850	7946	194.1%
1860	14,915	87.7%
1870	20,389	36.7%
1880	22,956	12.6%
1890	23,359	1.8%
1900	23,533	0.7%
1910	24.009	2%
1920	22,470	-6.4%
1930	22,404	-0.3%
1940	22,776	1.7%
1950	25,075	10.1%
1960	28,162	12.3%
1970	31,382	11.4%
1980	35,443	12.9%
1990	37,877	6.9%
2000	46.275	22.2%
2010	47,536	2.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Noble County (as of 2000)

Former district prison, listed in the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Noble County had 46,275 people in 16,696 households and 12,288 families. The population density was 43 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.98 percent white, 0.41 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 4.04 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.94 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.13 percent of the population.

Of the 16,696 households, 37.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers, and 26.4 percent were non-families. 21.9 percent were single households and 8.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.19 people.

29.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 30.0 percent between 25 and 44 years. 20.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 99.7 men.

The median income for a household in the 42,700 US dollars , the average income of families 49,037 USD. Males had a median income of $ 35,124 versus $ 24,026 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,896. 5.6 percent of families and 7.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line.