Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	2,819	34	6.7%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	8,002	32	19.1%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	3,310	37	7.9%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	11,533	35	27.5%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	11,008	35	26.3%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	5,212	41	12.4%	12.8%
Median Age	36.9			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	97	42	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	165	45	0.4%	1.4%
Black Alone	266	49	0.6%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	19	30	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	41,016	35	97.9%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	321	37	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	40,967	34	97.8%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	917	40	2.2%	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)	15,134	37	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	4,240	35	28.0%	23.8%
Married Without Children	4,728	37	31.2%	29.8%
Single Parents	1,253	34	8.3%	9.1%
Living Alone	3,546	37	23.4%	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)	17,523	37	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	16,144	38	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	12,331 $88,000	33 39	76.4% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	2,803 $480	46 36	17.4% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	7,968	32	0.7%	1,154,826
Public	7,380	36	0.7%	1,045,702
Private	588	93	0.5%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	503	37	0.8%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	400	36	0.8%	52,698
4-year	297	35	0.8%	38,566
2-year	73	79	0.7%	9,783
Voc/tech.	30	15	0.7%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	25,500	37	0.7%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	84.7%	17		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	12.4%	51		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	$29,136	45	87.7%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$49,051	27	103.4%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	8.8%	76	71.5%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	12.3%	74	71.9%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	113	40	0.3%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	3,589	34	0.6%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	2,722	33	0.6%	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	585	34	0.7%	87,088
Births to Teens	68	32	0.7%	9,604
Deaths	328	44	0.6%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	20,953	36	0.6%	3,230,367
Employed	19,441	36	0.6%	3,039,795
Unemployed	1,512	31	0.8%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	7.2	17	122.0%	5.9
October 2009 Unemployment Rate	12.2	13	129.8%	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	27,581	100.0%	$1,088,079	100.0%	$39,450
Wage and Salary	21,781	79.0%	$819,581	75.3%	$37,628
Farm Proprietors	784	2.8%	$11,522	1.1%	$14,696
Nonfarm Proprietors	5,016	18.2%	$49,540	4.6%	$9,876
Farm	905	3.3%	$13,818	1.3%	$15,269
Nonfarm	26,676	96.7%	$1,074,261	98.7%	$40,271
Private	24,548	89.0%	$979,411	90.0%	$39,898
Accommodation, Food Serv.	1,428	5.2%	$17,390	1.6%	$12,178
Arts, Ent., Recreation	337	1.2%	$3,519	0.3%	$10,442
Construction	1,640	5.9%	$54,330	5.0%	$33,128
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	151	0.5%	$3,655	0.3%	$24,205
Manufacturing	8,430	30.6%	$523,084	48.1%	$62,050
Professional, Tech. Serv.	889	3.2%	$24,481	2.2%	$27,538
Retail Trade	2,416	8.8%	$44,680	4.1%	$18,493
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	1,557	5.6%	$80,946	7.4%	$51,988
Other Private (not above)	4,420*	16.0%*	$97,101*	8.9%*	$21,969*
Government	2,128	7.7%	$94,850	8.7%	$44,572

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	74	100.0%	100.0%	$12,358	$2,470,264
Single Family	74	100.0%	70.8%	$12,358	$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 De Kalb FROM	Number	Percent	Out of De Kalb TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	6,457	22.6%	All Areas	6,165	21.8%
Allen County	2,739	9.6%	Allen County	3,201	11.3%
Steuben County	1,283	4.5%	Noble County	1,413	5.0%
Noble County	1,121	3.9%	Steuben County	676	2.4%
Ohio (State)	464	1.6%	Ohio (State)	177	0.6%
Whitley County	212	0.7%	Whitley County	126	0.4%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue