| | People QuickFacts | Whitley County | Indiana |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 33,342 | 6,537,334 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 33,292 | 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 | 33,292 | 6,483,802 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.2% | 24.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.4% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.2% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 97.8% | 86.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 9.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 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 | 1.1% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.7% | 6.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 96.4% | 81.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.8% | 84.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.9% | 4.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.1% | 7.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.6% | 86.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.6% | 22.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,468 | 478,030 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.2 | 23.1 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 14,419 | 2,800,614 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 82.9% | 71.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.6% | 18.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $124,200 | $123,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 13,159 | 2,472,870 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.48 | 2.53 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,898 | $24,497 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,666 | $48,393 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.5% | 14.1% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Whitley County | Indiana |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 681 | 143,4791 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 10,218 | 2,440,5071 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.4% | 1.7%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,049 | 380,097 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,734 | 482,847 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 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 | F | 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 | S | 1.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 26.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,107,506 | 221,877,814 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 67,634,947 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 343,476 | 78,745,589 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,547 | $12,408 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 28,272 | 11,669,759 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 53 | 13,781 |