Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	3,749	26	6.8%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	10,672	26	19.4%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	4,339	29	7.9%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	14,913	26	27.1%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	14,871	27	27.0%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	6,483	29	11.8%	12.8%
Median Age	37.0			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	136	32	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	778	18	1.4%	1.4%
Black Alone	791	29	1.4%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	6	50	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	52,887	27	96.1%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	429	27	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	53,943	27	98.0%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1,084	37	2.0%	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)	17,081	29	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	5,361	27	31.4%	23.8%
Married Without Children	5,647	29	33.1%	29.8%
Single Parents	1,133	40	6.6%	9.1%
Living Alone	3,604	36	21.1%	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)	22,148	27	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	17,929	31	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	13,440 $131,100	29 3	75.0% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	3,641 $545	35 11	20.3% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	10,635	26	0.9%	1,154,826
Public	10,404	26	1.0%	1,045,702
Private	231	93	0.2%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	635	32	1.0%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	567	30	1.1%	52,698
4-year	462	26	1.2%	38,566
2-year	67	51	0.7%	9,783
Voc/tech.	38	55	0.9%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	30,048	29	0.8%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	88.3%	4		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	27.6%	4		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	$49,720	1	149.7%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$65,106	4	137.3%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	6.6%	88	53.7%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	7.6%	89	44.4%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	94	54	0.3%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	2,671	51	0.4%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	2,085	53	0.5%	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	694	27	0.8%	87,088
Births to Teens	45	52	0.5%	9,604
Deaths	407	33	0.7%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	28,195	27	0.9%	3,230,367
Employed	26,980	27	0.9%	3,039,795
Unemployed	1,215	39	0.6%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	4.3	87	72.9%	5.9
October 2009 Unemployment Rate	7.0	84	74.5%	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	31,468	100.0%	$1,241,055	100.0%	$39,439
Wage and Salary	20,336	64.6%	$710,424	57.2%	$34,934
Farm Proprietors	588	1.9%	$12,707	1.0%	$21,611
Nonfarm Proprietors	10,544	33.5%	$354,268	28.5%	$33,599
Farm	773	2.5%	$18,047	1.5%	$23,347
Nonfarm	30,695	97.5%	$1,223,008	98.5%	$39,844
Private	27,456	87.3%	$1,072,532	86.4%	$39,064
Accommodation, Food Serv.	1,642	5.2%	$21,691	1.7%	$13,210
Arts, Ent., Recreation	825	2.6%	$9,406	0.8%	$11,401
Construction	3,462	11.0%	$155,170	12.5%	$44,821
Health Care, Social Serv.	2,309	7.3%	$79,387	6.4%	$34,382
Information	314	1.0%	$7,629	0.6%	$24,296
Manufacturing	2,453	7.8%	$137,618	11.1%	$56,102
Professional, Tech. Serv.	1,967	6.3%	$76,669	6.2%	$38,978
Retail Trade	2,756	8.8%	$52,110	4.2%	$18,908
Trans., Warehousing	1,842	5.9%	$89,965	7.2%	$48,841
Wholesale Trade	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Other Private (not above)	8,122*	25.8%*	$272,652*	22.0%*	$33,570*
Government	3,239	10.3%	$150,476	12.1%	$46,458

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	306	100.0%	100.0%	$69,212	$2,470,264
Single Family	289	94.4%	70.8%	$67,276	$2,136,514
Two Family	12	3.9%	1.9%	$1,221	$28,170
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	1.2%	$0	$18,059
Five families and More	5	1.6%	26.0%	$715	$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 Boone FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Boone TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	5,705	21.4%	All Areas	15,963	43.3%
Marion County	1,217	4.6%	Marion County	11,123	30.2%
Clinton County	1,117	4.2%	Hamilton County	2,018	5.5%
Hamilton County	972	3.7%	Hendricks County	708	1.9%
Hendricks County	690	2.6%	Tippecanoe County	695	1.9%
Montgomery County	392	1.5%	Clinton County	338	0.9%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue