Knox County, Indiana

Knox County is a located in  in the. As of 2000, the population was 39,256. The is. Knox County switched to the on April 2, 2006. It will return to the on November 4, 2007, due to "convience of commerce" and much to the displeasure of most of Vincennes about half of the county's population.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,357 (524 ). 1,336 km² (516 sq mi) of it is land and 21 km² (8 sq mi) of it (1.57%) is water.

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History
Knox County was formed in 1790. It was named for.

Knox County was one of the counties of the prior to the formation of. When it was created, Knox County stretched from the to the. When the was formed in 1809, the portions of Knox County beyond the  became a part of Illinois.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 39,256 people, 15,552 households, and 10,139 families residing in the county. The was 29/km² (76/sq mi). There were 17,305 housing units at an average density of 13/km² (34/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.37%, 1.85% or , 0.21% , 0.52% , 0.05% , 0.31% from , and 0.69% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were or  of any race. 28.5% were of, 26.3% , 10.1% and 8.2%  ancestry according to.

By 2005 the Latino population of Knox County had risen to 1.0%. African-Americans were 2.1% of the population.

In 2000 there were 15,552 households out of which 30.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.60% were living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.80% were non-families. 29.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.90% under the age of 18, 13.60% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,362, and the median income for a family was $41,273. Males had a median income of $30,536 versus $20,916 for females. The for the county was $16,085. About 11.60% of families and 16.00% of the population were below the, including 19.70% of those under age 18 and 12.40% of those age 65 or over.

Time Zone Debate *
Knox County changed from Eastern Time to Central Time on April 2, 2006 along with 8 other counties (out of a total of as many as 22 that petitioned for CDT in the fall of 2005). Less than a month later, however, people that were associated with jobs and other things in some of the denied counties (namely Bicknell, because of Greene County and the Crane NWC base in nearby ), have put pressure on the county council and commissioners to repetition for a return to eastern time despite the objections of the majority of residents of Vincennes. Businesses in Knox county and in Vincennes have also put pressure to return to Eastern Time. The Knox Industrial Park, however with the majority of the businesses there (in particular, which just recently expanded its facility in the KIP and mainly does business with the TMMI plant in neighboring Gibson County which is one of the original CDT Countuies) seem to be primarily against being on a different time than their main clients. One September 20, 2007, Knox County was announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation as one of five Indiana counties that will return to Eastern Time when Daylight Savings Time Ends. This however may not be the end of the debate. The Deparment of Transportation has only suspended decisions concerning the time in Indiana until summer of 2008, probably because it has been flustered by the unability of counties to decide and stick with a certain time zone