Tama County

administration
The Tama County Courthouse in Toledo, listed on NRHP No. 81000269
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Toledo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 West High Street Toledo, IA 52342-1333
Foundation :	February 17, 1843
Made up from:	Benton County
Area code :	001 641
Demographics
Residents :	17,767 (2010)
Population density :	9.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1871 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.tamacounty.org

The Tama County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 17,767 residents and a population density of 9.5 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 17,576. The county seat is Toledo , named after Toledo in Ohio .

In Tama County is the tribal area of the officially recognized by the US government Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa , part of the Sauk and Fox . It is after Taimah, a former chief of the Fox - Indians named.

geography

The county is located in east-central Iowa and has an area of 1,871 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water.

The south of the county is traversed by the Iowa River , a right tributary of the Mississippi .

The following neighboring counties border Tama County:

Grundy County		Black Hawk County
Marshall County		Benton County
Jasper County	Poweshiek County	Iowa County

history

Taimah

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	8th	-
1860	5285	65,962.5%
1870	16,131	205.2%
1880	21,585	33.8%
1890	21,651	0.3%
1900	24,585	13.6%
1910	22,156	-9.9%
1920	21,861	-1.3%
1930	21,987	0.6%
1940	22,428	2%
1950	21,688	-3.3%
1960	21,413	-1.3%
1970	20,147	-5.9%
1980	19,533	-3%
1990	17,419	-10.8%
2000	18,103	3.9%
2010	17,767	-1.9%
2013 estimate	17,576	-1.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Tama County was formed on February 17, 1843 from former parts of Benton County. It was named after Taimah, a chief of the Fox Indians.

population

According to the 2010 census , Tama County had 17,767 people in 7,058 households. The population density was 9.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in each of the 7058 households.

The racial the population was composed of 86.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 7.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.4 percent of the population.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 46,288 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,041. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities

Citys

place	Residents 2010	Residents 2013
Tama	2877	2842
Toledo	2341	2276
Traer	1703	1677
Dysart	1379	1376
Gladbrook	945	926
Le Grand ¹	938	939
Garwin	527	518
Chelsea	267	264
Montour	249	248
Clutier	213	212
Elberon	196	195
Lincoln	162	159
Vining	50	50

^{1 - partially in Marshall County}

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Tama County is divided into 21 townships :

Township	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Buckingham Township	295	19-90375
Carlton Township	881	19-90474
Carroll Township	261	19-90480
Clark Township	1665	19-90669
Columbia Township	336	19-90786
Crystal Township	223	19-90864
Geneseo Township	364	19-91554

Township	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Grant Township	270	19-91707
Highland Township	214	19-91944
Howard Township	239	19-91995
Indian Village Township	1153	19-92037
Lincoln Township	378	19-92619
Oneida Township	439	19-93180
Otter Creek Township	305	19-93243

Township	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Perry Township	1965	19-93306
Richland Township	208	19-93618
Salt Creek Township	533	19-93750
Spring Creek Township	1305	19-93972
Tama Township	3064	19-94083
Toledo Township	3160	19-94128
York Township	509	19-94812

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 465274. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Tama County, IA. Retrieved March 21, 2015
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 21, 2015
^ Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, Iowa. Retrieved March 21, 2015
^ 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 March 21, 2015
↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

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

42.078611111111 -92.531388888889Coordinates: 42 ° 5 ′ N , 92 ° 32 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 465274. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-3] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Tama County, IA. Retrieved March 21, 2015

[naco-4] National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 21, 2015

[5] Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, Iowa. Retrieved March 21, 2015

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

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

[American_Fact_Finder-8] American Fact Finder.Retrieved March 21, 2015

[9] 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .