St. Joseph County, Indiana

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St Joseph County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 70000007 [1]
St Joseph County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 70000007
administration
US state : Indiana
Administrative headquarters : South Bend
Foundation : January 29, 1830
Demographics
Residents : 266,931  (2010)
Population density : 225.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1194 km²
Water surface : 9 km²
map
Map of Saint Joseph County within Indiana
Website : www.stjosephcountyindiana.com

St. Joseph County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is South Bend .

geography

The total area of ​​the district is 1,194 square kilometers. Nine square kilometers of this area consist of water, that is 0.79 percent.

history

Father Jacques Marquette , a Jesuit missionary, was arguably the first European to set foot in the area between 1671 and 1675. St. Joseph County was formed on January 29, 1830 and was the fourth largest county in Indiana. It was named after a French fort of the same name. The first county seat was established on William Brookfield's farm. On September 7, 1831, the administrative headquarters were moved to South Bend.

In St. Joseph County is a National Historic Landmark , the Clement Studebaker House . A total of 92 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 4, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1830 287 -
1840 6425 2,138.7%
1850 10,954 70.5%
1860 18,455 68.5%
1870 25,322 37.2%
1880 33,178 31%
1890 42,457 28%
1900 58,881 38.7%
1910 84,312 43.2%
1920 103,304 22.5%
1930 160.033 54.9%
1940 161,823 1.1%
1950 205.058 26.7%
1960 238.614 16.4%
1970 245.045 2.7%
1980 241,617 -1.4%
1990 247.052 2.2%
2000 265,559 7.5%
2010 266.931 0.5%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

At the 2000 census there were 265,559 residents, 100,743 households and 66,792 families in the district. The population density was 224 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The ethnic composition was as follows: 82.36 percent White, 11.46 percent African American, 0.35 percent Native American, 1.34 percent Asian, 0.05 percent Oceanian, 2.48 percent other races, and 1.97 percent with two or more ethnicities. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.73 percent of the total population.

Of the 100,743 households, 32.0 percent had children under the age of 18, 50.0 percent were married couples, 12.4 percent were households with only one female head of the household , and 33.7 percent were single households.

25.7 percent of the population were younger than 18 years old, 11.8 percent were 18–24 years old, 28.0 percent were 25–44 years old, 20.9 percent were 45–64, and 13.6 percent were 65 Years and older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males; for every 100 female residents over the age of 18 there were 89.8 male residents.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 452855. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken & Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 269 .
  4. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Indiana . National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 16, 2011
  8. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  9. ^ St. Joseph County, Indiana , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : St. Joseph County, Indiana  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′  N , 86 ° 17 ′  W