Plymouth County, Iowa

administration
The Plymouth County Courthouse in Le Mars , listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Le Mars
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 215 4th Avenue SE Le Mars, IA 51031-2169
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 712
Demographics
Residents :	24,986 (2010)
Population density :	11.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2238 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.co.plymouth.ia.us

The Plymouth County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 24,986 residents and a population density of 11.2 people per square kilometer. By 2015 the population had decreased to 24,800. The county seat is Le Mars .

Plymouth County is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area , which also extends across state lines to Nebraska and South Dakota .

geography

Floyd River

The county is located in northwest Iowa. The western border of Plymouth County is formed by the Big Sioux River and is also the border with South Dakota.

A few kilometers below the southern boundary of Plymouth County flow into Sioux City , which only belongs to Plymouth County in the north, the Big Sioux River and the Floyd River into the Missouri River .

The county covers an area of 2238 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

	Sioux County	O'Brien County
Union County, South Dakota		Cherokee County
	Woodbury County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	148	-
1870	2199	1,385.8%
1880	8566	289.5%
1890	10,568	23.4%
1900	22,209	110.2%
1910	23,129	4.1%
1920	23,584	2%
1930	24,159	2.4%
1940	23,502	-2.7%
1950	23,252	-1.1%
1960	23,906	2.8%
1970	24,312	1.7%
1980	24,743	1.8%
1990	23,388	-5.5%
2000	24,849	6.2%
2010	24,986	0.6%
2015 estimate	24,800	-0.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2015

Plymouth County was formed on January 15, 1851. Settlement began in 1856. In October 1859 the first courthouse was built and the first public school opened its doors with 32 students. In 1872 the county government moved to Le Mars and in 1873 a new courthouse and prison were built there. The courthouse, which is still in use today, was built in 1900 from red sandstone.

During the Great Depression of 1929, farmers organized into a group called the Farmers Holiday Group . Their goal was to sell the farm products they produce directly in the surrounding towns, excluding trade. A radical group of them kidnapped Judge Bradley from his courtroom and threatened to hang him outside the courthouse. Bradley was liberated, but the governor summoned the National Guard to Plymouth County and declared a state of emergency, which meant the end of the Farmers Holiday Group.

population

According to the 2010 census , Plymouth County had 24,986 people in 9,804 households. The population density was 1.0 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 9804 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 56,379 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,060. 4.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities

Incorporated cities :

place	Residents 2010	Residents 2015
Sioux City ¹	82,684	82,792
Le Mars	9826	9757
Remsen	1663	1878
Akron	1486	1454
Kingsley	1411	1456
Hinton	928	964
Merrill	755	845
Brunsville	151	93
Westfield	132	172
Oyens	103	87
Craig	89	118
Struble	78	86

Unincorporated communities not recorded separately from the census :

^{1 - predominantly in Woodbury County}

structure

Plymouth County is divided into 24 townships :

Township	Population (2010)
America Township	10,299
Elgin Township	448
Elkhorn Township	202
Fredonia Township	281
Garfield Township	1554
Grant Township	480
Hancock Township	371
Henry Township	173

Township	Population (2010)
Hungerford Township	1823
Johnson Township	244
Liberty Township	315
Lincoln Township	261
Marion Township	600
Meadow Township	249
Perry Township	1124
Plymouth Township	1023

Township	Population (2010)
Portland Township	1755
Preston Township	281
Remsen Township	1766
Sioux Township	298
Stanton Township	352
Union Township	189
Washington Township	486
Westfield Township	406

The city of Sioux City does not belong to any township.

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000263 Retrieved April 1, 2017
↑ GNIS-ID: 465263. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Plymouth County, IA. Retrieved April 1, 2017
^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved April 1, 2017
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
↑ ^a ^b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 18, 2017
↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Iowa. Retrieved April 1, 2017

Web links

Commons : Plymouth County, Iowa - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000263 Retrieved April 1, 2017

[2] GNIS-ID: 465263. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-3] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Plymouth County, IA. Retrieved April 1, 2017

[4] National Association of Counties.Retrieved April 1, 2017

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011

[American_Fact_Finder-7] American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 18, 2017

[8] Missouri Census Data Center - Iowa. Retrieved April 1, 2017