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People QuickFacts |
Fountain County |
Indiana |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
17,041 | 6,376,792 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-5.1% | 4.9% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
17,955 | 6,080,522 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
5.9% | 6.9% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
23.4% | 24.9% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
17.3% | 12.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
50.3% | 50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
98.3% | 88.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.5% | 9.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.4% | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
0.6% | 1.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
1.7% | 5.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
96.6% | 83.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
61.2% | 55.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.0% | 3.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
2.9% | 6.4% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
80.7% | 82.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
10.1% | 19.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
3,530 | 1,054,757 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.1 | 22.6 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
7,886 | 2,795,024 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
77.9% | 71.4% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
7.5% | 19.2% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$69,200 | $94,300 |
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Households, 2000 |
7,041 | 2,336,306 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.52 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$42,847 | $47,422 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,779 | $20,397 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
12.2% | 12.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Fountain County |
Indiana |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
358 | 152,8581 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
4,879 | 2,648,2191 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
-3.0% | -0.1%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
1,006 | 379,813 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
1,287 | 433,907 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 3.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
40.9% | 27.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
318,301 | 160,924,188 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
68,083 | 79,806,006 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
180,539 | 67,261,298 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$10,130 | $10,922 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,466 | 9,409,270 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
7 | 16,631 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
127,538 | 52,812,6491 |
