Perry County, Indiana

administration
Former Perry Courthouse in Rome, listed in the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Tell City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 2219 Payne Street Tell City, IN 47586-2844
Foundation :	September 7, 1814
Made up from:	Gibson County Warrick County
Area code :	001 812
Demographics
Residents :	19,338 (2010)
Population density :	19.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1001 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : www.perrycountyin.org

The Perry County is a county in the US state of Indiana . At the 2010 census , the county had 19,338 people and a population density of 19.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Tell City .

geography

The county is located in southern Indiana on the north bank of the Ohio River , which forms the border with Kentucky . It has an area of 1,001 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Perry County:

Dubois County		Crawford County
Spencer County		Meade County, Kentucky
Hancock County, Kentucky		Breckinridge County, Kentucky

history

O. H. Perry

Perry County was formed on September 7, 1814 from parts of Gibson County and Warrick County. It was named after Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), a US naval officer in the War of 1812 .

Perry County has a National Historic Landmark , the Cannelton Cotton Mill . 7 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 3, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	2330	-
1830	3369	44.6%
1840	4655	38.2%
1850	7268	56.1%
1860	11,847	63%
1870	14,801	24.9%
1880	16,997	14.8%
1890	18,240	7.3%
1900	18,778	2.9%
1910	18,078	-3.7%
1920	16,692	-7.7%
1930	16,625	-0.4%
1940	17,770	6.9%
1950	17,367	-2.3%
1960	17,232	-0.8%
1970	19,075	10.7%
1980	19,346	1.4%
1990	19,107	-1.2%
2000	18,899	-1.1%
2010	19,338	2.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010 Perry County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Former Perry County Courthouse in Cannelton in the Cannelton Historic District

Cannelton Cotton Mill , listed in the NRHP since 1975

According to the 2000 census , Perry County had 18,899 people in 7,270 households and 5,074 families. The population density was 19 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.61 percent white, 1.45 percent African American, 0.17 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.50 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.70 percent of the population.

Of the 7,270 households, 30.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 56.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers, and 30.2 percent were non-families. 26.7 percent were single households and 12.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.8 percent between 18 and 24, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44 years. 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 107 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 107.7 men.

The median income for a household in the 36,246 US dollars , the average income of families 43,743 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,554 versus $ 22,123 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,673. 7.1 percent of families and 9.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line.