Tippecanoe County

administration
Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Lafayette, listed on NRHP No. 72000013
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Lafayette
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 Main Street Lafayette, IN 47901-1326
Foundation :	January 20, 1826
Made up from:	Parke County Free Territory
Area code :	001 765
Demographics
Residents :	172,780 (2010)
Population density :	133.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1303 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.county.tippecanoe.in.us

Tippecanoe County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Lafayette .

geography

The county is located in mid-northwest Indiana, about 60 km to the west from Illinois and has an area of 1,303 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: White County , Carroll County , Clinton County , Montgomery County , Fountain County , Warren County, and Benton County .

history

Tippecanoe County was formed on January 20, 1826 from parts of Parke County and Free Territory. It was named after the Battle of Tippecanoe , which took place in 1811.

Tippecanoe County has a National Historic Landmark , the Tippecanoe Battlefield . A total of 44 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 4, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	7187	-
1840	13,724	91%
1850	19,377	41.2%
1860	25,726	32.8%
1870	33,515	30.3%
1880	35,966	7.3%
1890	35,078	-2.5%
1900	38,659	10.2%
1910	40,063	3.6%
1920	42,813	6.9%
1930	47,535	11%
1940	51.020	7.3%
1950	74,473	46%
1960	89.122	19.7%
1970	109,378	22.7%
1980	121,702	11.3%
1990	130,598	7.3%
2000	148.955	14.1%
2010	172.780	16%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Tippecanoe County (as of 2000)

Small herd of bison in Wolf Park

As of the 2000 census , Tippecanoe County had 148,955 people in 55,226 households and 32,417 families. The population density was 115 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.86 percent white, 2.52 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 4.46 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 2.48 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.37 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.26 percent of the population.

Of the 55,226 households, 28.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 46.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.3 percent were single mothers, and 41.3 percent were non-families. 28.0 percent were single households and 7.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.01.

20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 25.4 percent between 18 and 24, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44 years old. 17.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 105.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 105.1 men.

The median income for a household in the 38,652 USD , and the median income for a family 51,791 USD. Males had a median income of $ 37,606 versus $ 25,142 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,375. 7.3 percent of families and 15.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line.