Population Estimates by Age in 2004	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	338	92	5.8%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	1,020	92	17.4%	18.8%
College Age (18 to 24)	527	92	9.0%	10.1%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	1,556	92	26.6%	27.8%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	1,522	92	26.0%	24.0%
Older (65 plus)	886	92	15.1%	12.4%
Median Age	40.1			Median Age = 35.7

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2004	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	3	91	0.1%	0.3%
Asian Alone	9	88	0.2%	1.2%
Black Alone	31	83	0.5%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	0	68	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	5,804	92	99.2%	88.7%
Two or More Race Groups	2	92	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	5,825	92	99.6%	95.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24	92	0.4%	4.3%

Source: US Census Bureau

Household Types	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Households in 2000 (Includes detail not shown below)	2,201	92	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	536	92	24.4%	23.8%
Married Without Children	782	92	35.5%	29.8%
Single Parents	167	92	7.6%	9.1%
Living Alone	510	92	23.2%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2004 (estimate)	2,596	92	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	2,424	92	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	1,709 $97,100	92 23	70.5% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	492 $463	92 46	20.3% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2004/2005 Total Reported)	987	92	0.1%	1,154,681
Public	980	92	0.1%	1,021,244
Private	7	92	0.0%	133,437
Public High School Graduates (2002/2003)	59	92	0.1%	56,222
Going on to Higher Education	32	92	0.1%	43,805
4-year	27	92	0.1%	32,572
2-year	4	91	0.1%	7,052
Voc/tech.	1	90	0.0%	4,181
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	3,780	92	0.1%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	78.4%	73		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	11.6%	56		19.4%

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; US Census Bureau
Note: It has been brought to our attention that La Porte County data may be incorrect; we are working with IDOE to get the right numbers and will post a message when they have been corrected.

Income and Poverty	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Per Capita Personal Income (annual) in 2003	$23,175	72	80.4%	$28,838
Median Household Income in 2002	$42,395	34	101.0%	$41,973
Poverty Rate in 2002	7.0%	78	72.9%	9.6%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	7.5%	78	63.0%	11.9%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2003	17	91	0.0%	55,652
Foodstamp Recipients in 2003	184	92	0.0%	452,654
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2004	185	92	0.1%	356,702

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration;
Indiana Department of Education

Health and Vital Statistics in 2003	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Births	62	92	0.1%	86,382
Births to Teens	9	91	0.1%	9,498
Deaths	56	91	0.1%	55,747

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2004	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	3,083	92	0.1%	3,170,404
Employed	2,916	92	0.1%	3,005,247
Unemployed	167	92	0.1%	165,157
Unemployment Rate	5.4	40	103.8%	5.2
August 2005 Unemployment Rate	5.2	46	100.0%	5.2

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2003 (NAICS)	Employment	Pct Dist. in County	Earnings ($000)	Pct Dist. In County	Avg. Earnings Per Job
Total by place of work	2,690	100.0%	$73,647	100.0%	$27,378
Wage and Salary	1,972	73.3%	$58,648	79.6%	$29,740
Farm Proprietors	281	10.4%	$0	0.0%	$0
Nonfarm Proprietors	437	16.2%	$4,365	5.9%	$9,989
Farm	293	10.9%	$268	0.4%	$915
Nonfarm	2,397	89.1%	$73,379	99.6%	$30,613
Private	2,098	78.0%	$62,410	84.7%	$29,747
Accomodation, Food Serv.	71	2.6%	$641	0.9%	$9,028
Arts, Ent., Recreation	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Construction	142	5.3%	$5,466	7.4%	$38,493
Health Care, Social Serv.	111	4.1%	$2,362	3.2%	$21,279
Information	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Manufacturing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
nbsp; Professional, Tech. Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Retail Trade	173	6.4%	$2,197	3.0%	$12,699
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	27	1.0%	$548	0.7%	$20,296
Other Private (not above)	158*	5.9%*	$2,279*	3.1%*	$14,424*
Government	299	11.1%	$10,969	14.9%	$36,686

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Assessed Property Value in 1999 (for taxes payable in 2000)	Value	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Assessed Value by Property Class	$44,073,200	92	100.0%	100.0%
Commercial & Industrial	$16,651,820	89	37.8%	43.2%
Residential	$19,276,800	90	43.7%	41.5%
Agricultural	$5,906,810	92	13.4%	9.6%
Utilities	$2,237,770	92	5.1%	5.6%
Total Assesed Value Per Capita	$8,091	61

Source: The State Board of Tax Commissioners

Residential Building Permits in 2004	Units	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State	Cost ($000)	State Cost ($000)
Total Permits Filed	42	100.0%	100.0%	$5,162	$5,617,400
Single Family	42	100.0%	82.0%	$5,162	$5,166,656
Two Family	0	0.0%	3.6%	$0	$127,747
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	2.0%	$0	$64,789
Five families and More	0	0.0%	12.4%	$0	$258,205

Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding.

Commuting Patterns - Top 5 in 2003
Into Ohio FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Ohio TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	1,072	33.8%	All Areas	1,872	47.2%
Dearborn County	334	10.5%	Dearborn County	776	19.6%
Switzerland County	231	7.3%	Ohio (State)	566	14.3%
Ohio (State)	141	4.4%	Kentucky	249	6.3%
Ripley County	90	2.8%	Out of state	67	1.7%
Wayne County	40	1.3%	Switzerland County	60	1.5%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue