People QuickFacts Wabash County Indiana Population, 2012 estimate 32,361 6,537,334 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 32,888 6,483,800 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.6% 0.8% Population, 2010 32,888 6,483,802 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.6% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.4% 24.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 18.4% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.4% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.1% 86.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 9.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.0% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.2% 6.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.0% 81.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.8% 84.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.6% 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 86.1% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.1% 22.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,782 478,030 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.8 23.1  Housing units, 2011 14,124 2,800,614 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.4% 71.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 12.9% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $96,700 $123,300 Households, 2007-2011 12,968 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 $20,741 $24,497 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,242 $48,393 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.6% 14.1%     Business QuickFacts Wabash County Indiana Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 747 143,479 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 10,555 2,440,507 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.6% 1.7% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,820 380,097  Total number of firms, 2007 2,571 482,847 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 30.7% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,045,382 221,877,814 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 168,937 67,634,947 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 325,620 78,745,589 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,889 $12,408 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 30,325 11,669,759 Building permits, 2012 20 13,781     Geography QuickFacts Wabash County Indiana Land area in square miles, 2010 412.43 35,826.11 Persons per square mile, 2010 79.7 181.0 FIPS Code 169 18 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Wabash, IN Micro 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