Kingman, Indiana
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Kingman is a town in Millcreek Township
Millcreek Township, Fountain County, Indiana
Millcreek Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,610.-Geography:Millcreek Township covers an area of ; of this is water. It contains the town of Kingman in the southwest along Indiana State Road 234...

, Fountain County
Fountain County, Indiana
Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington....

, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 511 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Kingman is located at 39°58′2"N 87°16′43"W (39.967143, -87.278601), on Indiana State Road 234
Indiana State Road 234
State Road 234 exists in two sections in Indiana. The western portion begins at the Illinois border from a Vermilion County, Illinois, county road. It runs east from there to U.S. Route 136 near Jamestown...

 about 2 miles west of U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41
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.

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 538 people, 218 households, and 136 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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 was 659.2 people per square mile (253.3/km²). There were 237 housing units at an average density of 290.4 per square mile (111.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.07% White and 0.93% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.19% of the population.

There were 218 households out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.6% 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 3.17.

In the town the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,438, and the median income for a family was $36,875. Males had a median income of $29,250 versus $22,273 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the town was $12,815. About 13.7% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.3% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

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