Pike County, Indiana

administration
Pike County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Petersburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 801 Main Street Petersburg, IN 47567-1249
Foundation :	December 21, 1816
Made up from:	Gibson County Perry County
Area code :	001 812
Demographics
Residents :	12,845 (2010)
Population density :	14.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	883 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : www.pikecountyin.org

Pike County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Petersburg .

geography

The county is located in southwest Indiana, about 35 km to the west from Illinois , to the south about 60 km from Kentucky , and has an area of 883 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Daviess County , Dubois County , Warrick County , Gibson County, and Knox County .

history

Pike County was formed on December 21, 1816 from parts of Gibson County and Perry County. It was named after Zebulon Pike , an explorer who discovered Pikes Peak .

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

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	1472	-
1830	2475	68.1%
1840	4769	92.7%
1850	7720	61.9%
1860	10,078	30.5%
1870	13,779	36.7%
1880	16,383	18.9%
1890	18,544	13.2%
1900	20,486	10.5%
1910	19,684	-3.9%
1920	18,684	-5.1%
1930	16,361	-12.4%
1940	17,045	4.2%
1950	14,995	-12%
1960	12,797	-14.7%
1970	12,281	-4%
1980	13,465	9.6%
1990	12,509	-7.1%
2000	12,837	2.6%
2010	12,845	0.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Pike County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Bridge 246 in the Patoka Bridges Historic District , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Pike County had 12,837 people in 5,119 households and 3,680 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.10 percent white, 0.10 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.10 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.39 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.58 percent of the population.

Of the 5,119 households, 30.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 59.8 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers, and 28.1 percent were non-families. 24.9 percent were single households and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.94.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44 years. 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 96.8 men.

The median income for a household in the 34,759 US dollars , the average income of families 41,420 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,967 versus $ 20,970 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,217. 5.1 percent of families and 8.0 percent of the population are below the poverty line.