People QuickFacts	West Lafayette	Indiana
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	29,921	6,516,353
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	29,596	6,483,800
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.1%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	29,596	6,483,802
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	3.5%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	11.8%	24.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.7%	13.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	45.8%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	76.8%	84.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.7%	9.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	17.3%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.1%	2.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.6%	6.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	74.3%	81.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	59.2%	84.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	21.6%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	23.1%	7.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	97.9%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	74.7%	22.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,033	478,030
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.4	23.1 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	12,591	2,795,541
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	33.4%	71.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	59.1%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$171,200	$123,300
 	Households, 2007-2011    	12,221	2,472,870
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.19	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,315	$24,497
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$29,014	$48,393
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	39.5%	14.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	West Lafayette	Indiana
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,534	482,847
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	F	1.8%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	26.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	221,877,814
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	22,867	67,634,947
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	268,654	78,745,589
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,843	$12,408
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	97,076	11,669,759

   	Geography QuickFacts	West Lafayette	Indiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	7.62	35,826.11
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,886.5	181.0
 	FIPS Code    	82862	18
 	Counties    	Tippecanoe 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