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Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. 2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 40,446. The median age was 30.8 years. 33.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 102.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.8 males age 18 and over. The racial makeup of the county was 94.6%
White, 0.2%
Black or African American, 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
Asian, <0.1%
Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander, 1.7% from some other race, and 3.0% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 4.3% of the population. There were 12,676 households in the county, of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 65.7% were married-couple households, 13.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 16.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The population density was . There were 14,094 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 96.6% white, 0.3% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 1.7% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 3.5% of the population. Of the 11,598 households, 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 21.5% were non-families, and 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 3.17, and the average family size was 3.66. The median age was 30.4 years.
Amish community rides are offered in tourist-oriented
Shipshewana, Indiana Approximately 43% of the population of LaGrange County is
Amish, as the county is home to the third-largest Amish community in the United States and belongs to the
Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation. This is reflected in the linguistic situation in the county: 28.45% of the population report speaking
German,
Pennsylvania German, or
Dutch at home. 68.5% of the total population and 61.29% of the children in 5-17 age group used English as their home language, according to 2000 Census. The Amish languages (German, Pennsylfaansch, and Dutch) were used by 28.47% of the total population and 35.77% of them. As of
2020 census, Terry Martin, president of the LaGrange County Commissioners, said that "the Amish-English ratio is about 50-50", also adding that the nearly 9% growth, or 3,318 people [between 2010 and 2020 censuses], was mainly due to the increasing Amish population. ==Religion==