Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	16,973	6	8.5%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	39,392	6	19.8%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	15,453	11	7.8%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	57,084	6	28.7%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	47,744	6	24.0%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	22,491	6	11.3%	12.8%
Median Age	34.5			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	743	5	0.4%	0.3%
Asian Alone	2,374	8	1.2%	1.4%
Black Alone	11,121	7	5.6%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	165	5	0.1%	0.0%
White Alone	181,773	6	91.3%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	2,961	6	1.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	170,457	7	85.6%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28,680	3	14.4%	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)	66,154	6	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	17,592	6	26.6%	23.8%
Married Without Children	19,981	5	30.2%	29.8%
Single Parents	6,475	5	9.8%	9.1%
Living Alone	14,938	8	22.6%	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)	77,808	7	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	69,791	6	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	47,769 $98,100	6 21	68.4% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	18,385 $541	8 13	26.3% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	38,169	6	3.3%	1,154,826
Public	36,143	6	3.5%	1,045,702
Private	2,026	86	1.9%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	2,054	9	3.2%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	1,658	10	3.1%	52,698
4-year	1,284	10	3.3%	38,566
2-year	279	14	2.9%	9,783
Voc/tech.	95	9	2.2%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	112,908	6	2.9%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	75.7%	79		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	15.5%	22		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	$33,369	19	100.5%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$49,395	26	104.2%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	11.1%	45	90.2%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	16.2%	46	94.7%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	1,316	5	3.6%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	21,032	5	3.3%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	17,929	5	4.1%	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	3,478	6	4.0%	87,088
Births to Teens	446	5	4.6%	9,604
Deaths	1,399	7	2.5%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	98,787	6	3.1%	3,230,367
Employed	90,259	6	3.0%	3,039,795
Unemployed	8,528	5	4.5%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	8.6	2	145.8%	5.9
September 2009 Unemployment Rate	15.0	1	163.0%	9.2

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	155,098	100.0%	$6,789,955	100.0%	$43,778
Wage and Salary	132,412	85.4%	$4,826,961	71.1%	$36,454
Farm Proprietors	1,388	0.9%	$31,621	0.5%	$22,782
Nonfarm Proprietors	21,298	13.7%	$610,983	9.0%	$28,687
Farm	1,666	1.1%	$37,766	0.6%	$22,669
Nonfarm	153,432	98.9%	$6,752,189	99.4%	$44,008
Private	144,321	93.1%	$6,329,787	93.2%	$43,859
Accommodation, Food Serv.	7,227	4.7%	$101,982	1.5%	$14,111
Arts, Ent., Recreation	1,246	0.8%	$13,947	0.2%	$11,193
Construction	6,763	4.4%	$280,444	4.1%	$41,467
Health Care, Social Serv.	11,136	7.2%	$475,015	7.0%	$42,656
Information	1,020	0.7%	$39,821	0.6%	$39,040
Manufacturing	64,093	41.3%	$3,644,855	53.7%	$56,868
Professional, Tech. Serv.	3,714	2.4%	$173,893	2.6%	$46,821
Retail Trade	12,818	8.3%	$298,655	4.4%	$23,300
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	7,269	4.7%	$439,967	6.5%	$60,526
Other Private (not above)	24,520*	15.8%*	$667,905*	9.8%*	$27,239*
Government	9,111	5.9%	$422,402	6.2%	$46,362

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	489	100.0%	100.0%	$71,650	$2,470,264
Single Family	339	69.3%	70.8%	$64,629	$2,136,514
Two Family	6	1.2%	1.9%	$420	$28,170
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	1.2%	$0	$18,059
Five families and More	144	29.4%	26.0%	$6,601	$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 Elkhart FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Elkhart TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	35,230	23.1%	All Areas	8,374	6.7%
St Joseph County	12,293	8.1%	St Joseph County	4,482	3.6%
Michigan	7,859	5.2%	Lagrange County	922	0.7%
Kosciusko County	4,710	3.1%	Kosciusko County	837	0.7%
Lagrange County	3,883	2.5%	Michigan	522	0.4%
Marshall County	2,413	1.6%	Out of state	363	0.3%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue