Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	604	87	6.9%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	1,583	89	18.1%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	720	88	8.2%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	2,051	90	23.4%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	2,366	90	27.0%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	1,445	87	16.5%	12.8%
Median Age	40.5			Median Age = 36.7

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	15	89	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	9	90	0.1%	1.4%
Black Alone	82	81	0.9%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	0	88	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	8,537	89	97.4%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	126	78	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	8,422	90	96.0%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	347	65	4.0%	5.2%

Source: US Census Bureau

Household Types	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Households in 2000 (Includes detail not shown below)	3,558	88	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	963	88	27.1%	23.8%
Married Without Children	1,155	90	32.5%	29.8%
Single Parents	289	89	8.1%	9.1%
Living Alone	871	88	24.5%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2008 (estimate)	3,894	89	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	3,818	89	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	2,697 $75,000	88 69	70.6% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	861 $488	86 33	22.6% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	1,948	86	0.2%	1,154,826
Public	1,948	86	0.2%	1,045,702
Private	N/R			109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	136	84	0.2%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	111	85	0.2%	52,698
4-year	66	81	0.2%	38,566
2-year	30	84	0.3%	9,783
Voc/tech.	15	85	0.3%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	6,158	88	0.2%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	86.3%	9		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	13%	43		19.4%

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; US Census Bureau
Notes: 1) Private enrollment includes home schools. 2) County rankings for high-school graduates continuing to higher education are subject to revision.

Income and Poverty	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Per Capita Personal Income (annual) in 2007	$30,730	31	92.5%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$44,637	54	94.1%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	10.2%	59	82.9%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	14.1%	58	82.5%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	27	88	0.1%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	822	89	0.1%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	711	87	0.2%	436,945

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration;
Indiana Department of Education

Health and Vital Statistics in 2005	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Births	118	86	0.1%	87,088
Births to Teens	13	85	0.1%	9,604
Deaths	84	88	0.2%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	4,408	90	0.1%	3,230,367
Employed	4,178	90	0.1%	3,039,795
Unemployed	230	89	0.1%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	5.2	69	88.1%	5.9
October 2009 Unemployment Rate	8.6	64	91.5%	9.4

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2007 (NAICS)	Employment	Pct Dist. in County	Earnings ($000)	Pct Dist. In County	Avg. Earnings Per Job
Total by place of work	4,524	100.0%	$132,290	100.0%	$29,242
Wage and Salary	2,728	60.3%	$74,292	56.2%	$27,233
Farm Proprietors	430	9.5%	$22,368	16.9%	$52,019
Nonfarm Proprietors	1,366	30.2%	$16,181	12.2%	$11,846
Farm	504	11.1%	$24,837	18.8%	$49,280
Nonfarm	4,020	88.9%	$107,453	81.2%	$26,730
Private	3,293	72.8%	$80,529	60.9%	$24,455
Accommodation, Food Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Arts, Ent., Recreation	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Construction	276	6.1%	$6,459	4.9%	$23,402
Health Care, Social Serv.	226	5.0%	$4,637	3.5%	$20,518
Information	18	0.4%	$428	0.3%	$23,778
Manufacturing	507	11.2%	$18,494	14.0%	$36,477
Professional, Tech. Serv.	106	2.3%	$1,320	1.0%	$12,453
Retail Trade	479	10.6%	$6,050	4.6%	$12,630
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	369	8.2%	$16,601	12.5%	$44,989
Other Private (not above)	806*	17.8%*	$12,730*	9.6%*	$15,794*
Government	727	16.1%	$26,924	20.4%	$37,034

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Residential Building Permits in 2008	Units	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State	Cost ($000)	State Cost ($000)
Total Permits Filed	5	100.0%	100.0%	$706	$2,470,264
Single Family	5	100.0%	70.8%	$706	$2,136,514
Two Family	0	0.0%	1.9%	$0	$28,170
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	1.2%	$0	$18,059
Five families and More	0	0.0%	26.0%	$0	$287,521

Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding.

Commuting Patterns - Top 5 in 2007
Into Benton FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Benton TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	675	14.9%	All Areas	2,175	36.1%
Tippecanoe County	233	5.1%	Tippecanoe County	1,481	24.6%
Warren County	93	2.1%	Newton County	223	3.7%
Illinois	71	1.6%	Jasper County	133	2.2%
Newton County	60	1.3%	White County	53	0.9%
Out of state	54	1.2%	Illinois	50	0.8%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue