Daviess County, Indiana

Daviess County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 29,820. The is. Daviess County switched to the on April 2, 2006. It will return to the on November 4, 2007.on November 4, 2007.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,131 (437 ). 1,115 km² (431 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (1.42%) is water.

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History
Daviess County was formed in 1817. It was named for Maj., for , killed at the  in 1811.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 29,820 people, 10,894 households, and 7,821 families residing in the county. The was 27/km² (69/sq mi). There were 11,898 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (28/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.52%, 0.45% or , 0.23% , 0.25% , 0.02% , 0.99% from , and 0.55% from two or more races. 2.08% of the population were or  of any race. 32.9% were of, 26.7% , 10.4% and 7.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 10,894 households out of which 35.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 25.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.00% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,064, and the median income for a family was $41,818. Males had a median income of $30,706 versus $20,102 for females. The for the county was $16,015. About 9.60% of families and 13.80% of the population were below the, including 19.70% of those under age 18 and 12.00% of those age 65 or over.