People QuickFacts Gas City Indiana Population, 2012 estimate 5,909 6,537,334 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,965 6,483,800 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.9% 0.8% Population, 2010 5,965 6,483,802 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.1% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.6% 24.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.4% 13.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.8% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 96.2% 84.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.9% 9.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.7% 2.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.4% 6.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 94.6% 81.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.2% 84.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.4% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 0.7% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.7% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 11.8% 22.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 684 478,030 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 18.1 23.1  Housing units, 2010 2,597 2,795,541 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.8% 71.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.7% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $85,800 $123,300 Households, 2007-2011 2,397 2,472,870 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.43 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,591 $24,497 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,989 $48,393 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.3% 14.1%     Business QuickFacts Gas City Indiana Total number of firms, 2007 342 482,847 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 S 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 153,893 221,877,814 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 67,634,947 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 82,356 78,745,589 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,512 $12,408 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,757 11,669,759     Geography QuickFacts Gas City Indiana Land area in square miles, 2010 4.56 35,826.11 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,309.3 181.0 FIPS Code 27054 18 Counties Grant County (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