MILAN, INDIANA

'Milan' is a town in Ripley County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,816 at the 2000 census.
The town's name is pronounced differently from the English name for the Italian city of the same name: IPA /ˈmaɪlən/ .
Its high school, Milan High School, won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1954 against Muncie Central High School, a school ten times its size. The 1986 movie ''Hoosiers'' is loosely based on the story of this team. (The team had lost in the semifinals the preceding year.)^[1] Milan is the subject of the 1941 Tramp Starr poetry compiled in the volume "Population 359."

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Geography

Demographics

References

External links

Geography

Milan is located at (39.122730, -85.130653).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.0 km² (1.9 mi²). 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.55%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,816 people, 693 households, and 460 families residing in the town. The population density was 369.0/km² (955.2/mi²). There were 768 housing units at an average density of 156.1/km² (404.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.51% White, 0.22% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.33% Asian, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.
There were 693 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $36,066, and the median income for a family was $41,435. Males had a median income of $31,512 versus $22,244 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,191. About 7.9% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

1. ‘Hoosiers’-style celebration

External links

★ Milan '54 Museum, Inc.