Martin County, Indiana

Martin County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 10,369. The is. On April 2, 2006, Martin County switched to the. It will return to the on November 4, 2007, mainly due to Crane Naval Warfare Center's Union who, depite local objections, forced the county, and four others, to petition for a change back to Eastern Time.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 882 (341 ). 871 km² (336 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (1.29%) is water.

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History
Martin County was formed in 1820. It was named for Maj. of.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,369 people, 4,183 households, and 2,877 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (31/sq mi). There were 4,729 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.93%, 0.15% or , 0.12% , 0.14% , 0.03% , 0.11% from , and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population were or  of any race. 35.4% were of, 24.3% , 13.0% and 7.9%  ancestry according to.

There were 4,183 households out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 27.60% 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 2.45 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 25.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 102.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,411, and the median income for a family was $43,550. Males had a median income of $31,200 versus $21,732 for females. The for the county was $17,054. About 8.10% of families and 11.20% of the population were below the, including 13.00% of those under age 18 and 11.80% of those age 65 or over.