Tipton County, Indiana

administration
Tipton County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 84001665
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Tipton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 East Jefferson Street Tipton, IN 46072-1940
Foundation :	January 15, 1844
Made up from:	Cass County Hamilton County Miami County
Area code :	001 765
Demographics
Residents :	15,936 (2010)
Population density :	23.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	674 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.tiptoncounty.org

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

geography

The county is located just north of the geographic center of Indiana and covers an area of 674 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Howard County , Grant County , Madison County , Hamilton County, and Clinton County .

history

Tipton County was formed on January 15, 1844 from parts of Cass County, Hamilton County and Miami County. It was named after John Tipton , a surviving officer of the Battle of Tippecanoe .

Two of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 4, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3532	-
1860	8170	131.3%
1870	11,953	46.3%
1880	14,407	20.5%
1890	18,157	26%
1900	19,116	5.3%
1910	17,459	-8.7%
1920	16,152	-7.5%
1930	15.208	-5.8%
1940	15,135	-0.5%
1950	15,566	2.8%
1960	15,856	1.9%
1970	16,650	5%
1980	16,819	1 %
1990	16,119	-4.2%
2000	16,577	2.8%
2010	15,936	-3.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Tipton County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Tipton County Detention Center in Tipton, listed on NRHP No. 84001667

According to the 2000 census , Tipton County had 16,577 people in 6,469 households and 4,748 families. The population density was 25 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.35 percent white, 0.14 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 0.30 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.33 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.65 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.21 percent of the population.

Of the 6,469 households, 32.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 62.3 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers, and 26.6 percent were non-families. 23.1 percent were single households and 11.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.2 percent between 18 and 24, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44 years old. 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 91.6 men.

The median income for a household in the 48,546 USD , and the median income for a family 56,080 USD. Males had a median income of $ 42,109 versus $ 25,061 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,926. 2.9 percent of families and 5.1 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 450394. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 16, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
^ Tipton County, Indiana , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Tipton County, Indiana - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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

[2] GNIS-ID: 450394. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2017.

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

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

[6] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

[7] Tipton County, Indiana , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .