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St. Joseph County
Sign in to saveAlso known as St. Joseph County, Indiana, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, Saint Joseph County, IN, St. Joseph County, IN, St Joseph County, Indiana
county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Named after
- St. Joseph River
- Seat
- South Bend
- Largest city
- South Bend
- Total
- 461.38 sq mi (1,195.0 km )
- Land
- 457.85 sq mi (1,185.8 km )
- Water
- 3.54 sq mi (9.2 km ) 0.77%
- Estimate 2025
- 272,861
- Density
- 596.07/sq mi (230.15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .sjcindiana .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- St. Joseph River
- Official name
- Saint Joseph County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- South Bend
- Capital
- South Bend
- Population
- 272912
- Area
- 1194
- Elevation
- 246
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Starke County
- Official website
- www.sjcindiana.gov
- Image
- St Joseph County Indiana Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 104380
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- Commons category
- St. Joseph County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:St. Joseph County, Indiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from St. Joseph County, Indiana
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in St. Joseph County, Indiana
- inception
- 1830-01-29
- different from
- St. Joseph County
- water as percent of area
- 0.77
- native label
- St. Joseph County
- per capita income
- 29635
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Joseph County, colloquially called St. Joe County by residents, is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 272,912, making it the fifth-most populous county in Indiana. Formed in 1830, it was named for the St. Joseph River which flows through it to Lake Michigan. The county seat is South Bend. St. Joseph County is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN–MI "Michiana", Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Joseph County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.