Plymouth (Indiana)

Marshall County

18-60822

Plymouth is an American city in the state of Indiana. In the 2000 census, the population was 9,840. The city houses the district administration ( county seat ) of Marshall County.

Geography

Plymouth geographical location is 41 ° 21 ' N, 81 ° 19' W. The city covers a total area of 18.1 km ², including 0.14% of water.

Population

Data obtained from the census in 2000 9.840 inhabitants of Plymouth lived in 3,838 households; among them were 2,406 families. The population density was 546 per km ². According to ethnicity, the population consisted of 80.80 % White, 0.63% African- Africans, 0.45 % Native American, 0.50 % Asian, 6.19% members of other ethnic groups and 1.43 % people of several ethnic groups. 14.99% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 31.9 % of all households were resident children, 45.3 % were composed of married couples, 12.2% were headed by single women standing and 37.3 % were non- family households. 31.4 % of all households were single persons and in 14.4% lived at least one person who was over 65 years old. On average, there were 2.48 households per inhabitant, families had an average of 3.11 members.

The population of Plymouth was divided into 26.1% younger than 18 years, 12.4% 18 to 24 years, 28.8 % 25 to 44 years, 18.0 % 45 to 64 years and 14.8 % with age over 64 The average age was 32 years. Overall, the ratio was 100 women to 93.5 men and 100 women among adults 89.5 males.

The income was $ 34,505 per household and $ 41,417 per family on average. Men had average annual earnings of $ 30,444 compared to $ 21,293 for women. The per capita income amounted to $ 15,417. 13.1 % of the population and 10.4 % of families are below the poverty line, and this affected 15.9 % of minors and 9.6 % of all people over 65.

History

In the fall of 1977, the Plymouth High School Football State Championship, the won. In March 1982, Scott Skiles led the boys team of Plymouth High School for basketball state championship with a 75:74 victory after double overtime against Gary Roosevelt High School.

In July 1982, five firefighters died in a car accident on State Road 17 When turning the driver lost control of the fire truck when shifted the extinguishing water. The fire truck went through the guard rails and crashed. On subsequent investigation revealed that the occasion of the use had not been a real emergency, but a hoax of local young people.

96-97 to 03-04 - Plymouth wins the State Speech Championship Class AA in Indiana.