People QuickFacts Highland Indiana Population, 2011 estimate 23,705 6,516,353 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,727 6,483,800 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.1% 0.5% Population, 2010 23,727 6,483,802 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.1% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.9% 24.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 17.3% 13.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.0% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 88.6% 84.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.2% 9.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.6% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.0% 2.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 12.8% 6.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 80.2% 81.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.1% 84.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.6% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.5% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.2% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 26.9% 22.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,796 478,030 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.9 23.1  Housing units, 2010 10,335 2,795,541 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.3% 71.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 21.9% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $154,900 $123,300 Households, 2007-2011 9,806 2,472,870 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.42 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,766 $24,497 Median household income, 2007-2011 $60,913 $48,393 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.0% 14.1%     Business QuickFacts Highland Indiana Total number of firms, 2007 2,132 482,847 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.3% 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 6.3% 1.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.3% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 221,877,814 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 185,710 67,634,947 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 705,188 78,745,589 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $31,111 $12,408 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 38,973 11,669,759     Geography QuickFacts Highland Indiana Land area in square miles, 2010 6.94 35,826.11 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,420.8 181.0 FIPS Code 33466 18 Counties Lake 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