People QuickFacts	Starke County	Indiana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	23,213	6,537,334
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	23,363	6,483,800
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.6%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	23,363	6,483,802
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.1%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.8%	24.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	15.7%	13.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.5%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	97.6%	86.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	9.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.0%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	3.5%	6.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	94.5%	81.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.1%	84.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.5%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.0%	7.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.3%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	11.3%	22.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,791	478,030
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	29.2	23.1 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	10,985	2,800,614
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	79.6%	71.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	4.9%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$99,400	$123,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,064	2,472,870
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.54	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,507	$24,497
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,961	$48,393
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	16.5%	14.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Starke County	Indiana
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	335	145,019
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	2,953	2,400,382
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-23.6	-9.4
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,152	380,097 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,470	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    	S	1.8%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.7%	26.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	243,732	221,877,814
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	61,452	67,634,947
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	156,674	78,745,589
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,730	$12,408
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	11,669,759
 	Building permits, 2011     	33	12,618

   	Geography QuickFacts	Starke County	Indiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	309.13	35,826.11
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	75.6	181.0
 	FIPS Code    	149	18
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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