| | People QuickFacts | St. Joseph County | Indiana |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 266,344 | 6,537,334 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 266,929 | 6,483,800 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.2% | 0.8% |
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Population, 2010 | 266,931 | 6,483,802 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.4% | 24.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.4% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.5% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 81.9% | 86.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 13.0% | 9.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.0% | 1.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.5% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 7.5% | 6.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 75.4% | 81.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.7% | 84.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.3% | 4.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.2% | 7.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.5% | 86.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.2% | 22.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 19,575 | 478,030 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.8 | 23.1 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 114,833 | 2,800,614 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.7% | 71.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.6% | 18.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $116,600 | $123,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 101,071 | 2,472,870 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.51 | 2.53 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,420 | $24,497 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $45,183 | $48,393 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.0% | 14.1% |
| | Business QuickFacts | St. Joseph County | Indiana |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 5,922 | 143,4791 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 112,215 | 2,440,5071 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.6% | 1.7%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 14,891 | 380,097 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 20,374 | 482,847 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.7% | 1.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 1.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.7% | 26.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 8,011,023 | 221,877,814 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 67,634,947 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,683,417 | 78,745,589 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,831 | $12,408 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 439,711 | 11,669,759 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 582 | 13,781 |