Pike County, Indiana

Pike County is a located in the  of. As of, the is 12,837. The is. Pike County switched to the on April 2, 2006. It will return to the on November 4, 2007.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 883 (341 ). 871 km² (336 sq mi) of it is land and 13 km² (5 sq mi) of it is. The total area is 1.44% water.

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History
Pike County was formed in 1817. It was named for, mostly famous for the of 1806 - 1807, exploring the southwest portion of the. Pike also fought at the in 1811. Pike was killed, in 1813, in the.

From 1959 to 1963 and  were the U.S. Senators for Indiana, both from Pike County.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 12,837 people, 5,119 households, and 3,680 families residing in the county. The was 15/km² (38/sq mi). There were 5,611 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (17/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.10%, 0.10% or , 0.12% , 0.14% , 0.04% , 0.10% from , and 0.39% from two or more races. 0.58% of the population were or  of any race. 35.0% were of, 24.6% , 11.4% and 9.5%  ancestry according to.

There were 5,119 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.90% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 24.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,759, and the median income for a family was $41,420. Males had a median income of $31,967 versus $20,970 for females. The for the county was $16,217. About 5.10% of families and 8.00% of the population were below the, including 9.00% of those under age 18 and 9.70% of those age 65 or over.