Decatur County, Indiana

Decatur County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 24,555. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 967 (373 ). 965 km² (373 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.22%) is water.

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History
Decatur County was formed in 1822. It was named for Commodore, naval officer in the and s, and in the. Decatur was mortally wounded in a duel in 1820. Recently, Greensburg, the county seat, was selected as the new location of the Honda assembly plant being proposed.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 24,555 people, 9,389 households, and 6,882 families residing in the county. The was 25/km² (66/sq mi). There were 9,992 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (27/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.50%, 0.05% or , 0.11% , 0.72% , 0.01% , 0.10% from , and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.54% of the population were or  of any race. 35.1% were of, 23.3% , 12.3% and 9.0%  ancestry according to.

There were 9,389 households out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.10% were living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.70% were non-families. 22.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 13.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,401, and the median income for a family was $46,453. Males had a median income of $31,790 versus $24,688 for females. The for the county was $18,582. About 6.60% of families and 9.30% of the population were below the, including 13.40% of those under age 18 and 8.10% of those age 65 or over.