Porter County

administration
Porter County Courthouse
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Valparaiso
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 155 Indiana Avenue Valparaiso, IN 46383-5502
Foundation :	February 7, 1835
Made up from:	St. Joseph County
Area code :	001 219
Demographics
Residents :	164,343 (2010)
Population density :	151.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1351 km²
Water surface :	268 km²
map

Website : www.porterco.org

Porter County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Valparaiso .

geography

The county is located in northwest Indiana, borders Lake Michigan to the north and has an area of 1,351 square kilometers, of which 268 square kilometers, or 19.84 percent, are water surface. It is bounded by the counties: LaPorte County (east), Starke County (southeast), Jasper County (south) and Lake County (west).

history

Porter County was formed on February 7, 1835 from parts of St. Joseph County. It was named after David Porter , a Commodore in the British-American War of 1812. Originally Portersville was the seat of the county administration, but this was moved to Valparaiso in 1837 at the request of the population by Indiana's general assembly .

Porter County has a National Historic Landmark , the Joseph Bailly Homestead . A total of 36 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 3, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2162	-
1850	5234	142.1%
1860	10,313	97%
1870	13,942	35.2%
1880	17,227	23.6%
1890	18,052	4.8%
1900	19,175	6.2%
1910	20,540	7.1%
1920	20,256	-1.4%
1930	22,821	12.7%
1940	27,836	22%
1950	40,076	44%
1960	60.279	50.4%
1970	87.114	44.5%
1980	119,816	37.5%
1990	128,932	7.6%
2000	146,798	13.9%
2010	164,343	12%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Porter County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Former county jail and sheriff's house, listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Porter County had 146,798 people in 54,649 households and 39,729 families. The population density was 136 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.33 percent white, 0.92 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 0.91 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.32 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.82 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 54,649 households, 35.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 59.8 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers, and 27.3 percent were non-families. 22.2 percent were single households and 8.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.08.

25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.8 percent between 18 and 24, 28.9 percent between 25 and 44 years. 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 93.9 men.

The median income for a household in the 53,100 US dollars , the average income of families 61,880 USD. Males had a median income of $ 50,167 versus $ 26,347 for females. The per capita income was $ 23,957. 3.9 percent of families and 5.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 450382. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ History of Porter County on the homepage of the county administration ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 27, 2006 @1@ 2