Owen County, Indiana

administration
Owen County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 94001351
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Spencer
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 60 S. Main Street Spencer, IN 47460-1795
Foundation :	December 21, 1818
Made up from:	Daviess County Sullivan County
Area code :	001 812
Demographics
Residents :	21,575 (2010)
Population density :	21.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1004 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.owencounty.org

Owen County is a county in the US state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Spencer .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Indiana, about 70 km to the west from Illinois and has an area of 1004 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Putnam County , Morgan County , Monroe County , Greene County, and Clay County .

Eastern Owen County is crossed by the White River , the largest entirely Indiana river. This also forms a short stretch of the Monroe County border. To the north is Mill Creek , a headwaters of the Eel River , with the largest waterfalls in Indiana ( Cataract Falls ), as well as part of Cagles Mill Lake . The Eel River itself flows through the most southwestern corner of Owen County.

history

Owen County was formed on December 21, 1818 from parts of Daviess County and Sullivan County. It was named after Abraham Owen , a colonel and hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe .

15 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%
1820	838	-
1830	4017	379.4%
1840	8359	108.1%
1850	12,106	44.8%
1860	14,376	18.8%
1870	16,137	12.2%
1880	15.901	-1.5%
1890	15,040	-5.4%
1900	15,149	0.7%
1910	14,053	-7.2%
1920	12,760	-9.2%
1930	11,351	-11%
1940	12,090	6.5%
1950	11,763	-2.7%
1960	11,400	-3.1%
1970	12.163	6.7%
1980	15,841	30.2%
1990	17,281	9.1%
2000	21,786	26.1%
2010	21,575	-1 %
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Owen County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Cataract Falls in the north of the county, part of the Lieber State Recreation Area

According to the 2000 census , Owen County had 21,786 people in 8,282 households and 6,194 families. The population density was 22 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.21 percent white, 0.25 percent African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.16 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.82 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.75 percent of the population.

Of the 8,282 households, 33.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 62.3 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, and 25.2 percent were non-families. 21.3 percent were single households and 8.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00.

26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.2 percent between 18 and 24, 28.8 percent between 25 and 44 years. 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 97.8 men.

The median income for a household in the 36,529 US dollars , the average income of families 41,282 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,011 versus $ 21,782 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,884. 6.1 percent of families and 9.4 percent of the population are below the poverty line.