People QuickFacts	Howard County	Indiana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	82,849	6,537,334
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	82,752	6,483,800
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.1%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	82,752	6,483,802
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.2%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.3%	24.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.7%	13.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.8%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	89.3%	86.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	7.1%	9.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.0%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.2%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.7%	6.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	87.1%	81.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	82.9%	84.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.7%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.2%	7.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.1%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	19.7%	22.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	7,027	478,030
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.9	23.1 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	38,567	2,800,614
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	70.7%	71.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	17.9%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$104,200	$123,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	34,215	2,472,870
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,631	$24,497
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$45,022	$48,393
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.3%	14.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Howard County	Indiana
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	1,790	143,479
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	28,734	2,440,507
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	1.1%	1.7%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	4,338	380,097 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,748	482,847
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.8%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.8%	26.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	2,923,185	221,877,814
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	319,544	67,634,947
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,194,698	78,745,589
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$14,264	$12,408
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	150,481	11,669,759
 	Building permits, 2012    	162	13,781

   	Geography QuickFacts	Howard County	Indiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	293.06	35,826.11
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	282.4	181.0
 	FIPS Code    	067	18
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Kokomo, IN Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts