Sac County

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The Sac County Courthouse in Sac City, listed on the NRHP since 1981 [1]
The Sac County Courthouse in Sac City , listed on the NRHP since 1981
administration
US state : Iowa
Administrative headquarters : Sac City
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
100 NW State Street
Sac City, IA 50583-1750
Foundation : January 15, 1851
Made up from: Greene County
Area code : 001 712
Demographics
Residents : 10,350  (2010)
Population density : 6.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1498 km²
Water surface : 7 km²
map
Map of Sac County within Iowa
Website : www.saccounty.org

The Sac County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 10,350 people and a population density of 6.9 people per square kilometer. By 2015 the population had decreased to 10,021. The county seat is Sac City .

geography

The county is located in the central northwest of Iowa and is traversed in a north-south direction by the northern headwaters of the Raccoon River , which belongs to the Mississippi catchment area via the Des Moines River .

Sac County covers an area of ​​1,498 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring counties border Sac County:

Cherokee County    Buena Vista County    Pocahontas County
Ida County Compass card (de) .svg Calhoun County
Crawford County Carroll County
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1860 246 -
1870 1411 473.6%
1880 8774 521.8%
1890 14,522 65.5%
1900 17,639 21.5%
1910 16,555 -6.1%
1920 17,500 5.7%
1930 17,641 0.8%
1940 17,639 -0%
1950 17,518 -0.7%
1960 17.007 -2.9%
1970 15,573 -8.4%
1980 14,118 -9.3%
1990 12,324 -12.7%
2000 11,529 -6.5%
2010 10,350 -10.2%
2015 estimate 10,021 -3.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2015

history

Sac County was formed on January 15, 1851 from former parts of Greene County. It was named after the Native American people of the Sac .

population

As of the 2010 census , Sac County had 10,350 people in 4,482 households. The population density was 6.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 4482 households.

The racial the population in 2015 was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.1 Polynesian; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 48,581  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,224. 10.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities

Incorporated cities :

place Residents
2010
Residents
2015
Sac City 2220 2144
Lake View 1142 1125
Odebolt 1013 978
Wall Lake 819 795
Schaller 772 745
Early 557 532
Auburn 322 314
Lytton 1 315 301
Nemaha 85 83

1 - partially in Calhoun County

Unincorporated community not recorded separately from the census :

structure

Sac County is divided into 16 townships :

Township Population
(2010)
Boyer Valley Township 775   
Cedar Township 480   
Clinton Township 175   
Cook Township 167   
Coon Valley Township 187   
Delaware Township 275   
Douglas Township 132   
Eden Township 188   
Township Population
(2010)
Eureka Township 941   
Jackson Township 2433   
Levey Township 807   
Richland Township 1197   
Sac Township 566   
Viola Township 539   
Wall Lake Township 1309   
Wheeler Township 179   

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000268.Retrieved November 9, 2016
  2. ^ Sac County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  3. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Sac County, IA. Retrieved November 9, 2016
  4. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 10, 2011
  5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
  7. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 9, 2016
  8. Missouri Census Data Center - Iowa. Retrieved November 9, 2016

Web links

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

Coordinates: 42 ° 23 ′  N , 95 ° 7 ′  W