People QuickFacts	Peru	Indiana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	11,257	6,537,334
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	11,417	6,483,800
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.4%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	11,417	6,483,802
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.7%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.5%	24.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	15.6%	13.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.5%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	93.1%	84.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.5%	9.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.3%	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    	2.3%	2.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.4%	6.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	91.5%	81.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.4%	84.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.2%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.3%	7.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.1%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	8.6%	22.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,133	478,030
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.3	23.1 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	5,704	2,795,541
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	65.5%	71.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	19.1%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$67,600	$123,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,338	2,472,870
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.61	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,288	$24,497
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$32,694	$48,393
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.9%	14.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Peru	Indiana
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	926	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    	39.6%	26.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	221,877,814
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	158,403	67,634,947
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	163,151	78,745,589
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,092	$12,408
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	17,155	11,669,759

   	Geography QuickFacts	Peru	Indiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	5.11	35,826.11
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,236.4	181.0
 	FIPS Code    	59328	18
 	Counties    	Miami 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