People QuickFacts	Valparaiso	Indiana
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	31,942	6,516,922
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	31,730	6,483,800
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.7%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	31,730	6,483,802
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.9%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.3%	24.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.1%	13.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.4%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	89.9%	84.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.3%	9.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.1%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.1%	2.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	7.1%	6.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	85.6%	81.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	76.7%	83.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	5.1%	4.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	7.9%	7.8%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	92.0%	86.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	36.2%	22.4%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	22.8	22.8 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	59.4%	71.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	36.7%	18.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$166,300	$123,000
 	Households, 2006-2010    	12,358	2,465,402
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.31	2.53
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$25,339	$24,058
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$47,361	$47,697
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	14.3%	13.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Valparaiso	Indiana
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,090	482,847
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.2%	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	30.3%	26.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,004,756	221,877,814
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	206,531	67,634,947
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	852,148	78,745,589
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$28,419	$12,408
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	93,758	11,669,759

   	Geography QuickFacts	Valparaiso	Indiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	15.53	35,826.11
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,043.1	181.0
 	FIPS Code    	78326	18
 	Counties    	Porter 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