People QuickFacts Shelby County Indiana Population, 2012 estimate 44,471 6,537,334 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 44,436 6,483,800 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% 0.8% Population, 2010 44,436 6,483,802 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.0% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.0% 24.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.1% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.4% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.8% 86.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.3% 9.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.0% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.7% 6.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 93.4% 81.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.8% 84.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.7% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.5% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.8% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.0% 22.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,983 478,030 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.3 23.1  Housing units, 2011 19,098 2,800,614 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.2% 71.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.2% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $127,100 $123,300 Households, 2007-2011 17,381 2,472,870 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.51 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,197 $24,497 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,156 $48,393 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.1% 14.1%     Business QuickFacts Shelby County Indiana Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 913 145,019 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 14,379 2,400,382 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -6.9 -9.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,756 380,097  Total number of firms, 2007 3,706 482,847 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 F 1.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.5% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,354,852 221,877,814 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 291,027 67,634,947 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 487,648 78,745,589 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,094 $12,408 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 46,357 11,669,759 Building permits, 2011 48 12,618     Geography QuickFacts Shelby County Indiana Land area in square miles, 2010 411.15 35,826.11 Persons per square mile, 2010 108.1 181.0 FIPS Code 145 18 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Indianapolis-Carmel, 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