| | People QuickFacts | Porter County | Indiana |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 165,682 | 6,537,334 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 164,343 | 6,483,800 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.8% | 0.8% |
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Population, 2010 | 164,343 | 6,483,802 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.8% | 24.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.7% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.9% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 93.5% | 86.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.4% | 9.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 1.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 8.6% | 6.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 85.6% | 81.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.6% | 84.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.6% | 4.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.9% | 7.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.6% | 86.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 25.5% | 22.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 12,273 | 478,030 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 26.6 | 23.1 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 66,304 | 2,800,614 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 77.3% | 71.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.4% | 18.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $167,000 | $123,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 61,399 | 2,472,870 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.61 | 2.53 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,452 | $24,497 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $62,394 | $48,393 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.6% | 14.1% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Porter County | Indiana |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 3,451 | 145,0191 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 48,554 | 2,400,3821 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -3.2 | -9.41 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 8,916 | 380,097 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 12,407 | 482,847 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.4% | 4.6% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.5% | 1.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.1% | 1.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.2% | 26.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 7,318,767 | 221,877,814 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,463,085 | 67,634,947 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,956,275 | 78,745,589 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,188 | $12,408 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 211,334 | 11,669,759 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 237 | 12,618 |