Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	3,573	27	9.6%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	8,316	31	22.4%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	2,837	48	7.6%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	10,286	37	27.7%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	7,809	54	21.0%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	4,351	51	11.7%	12.8%
Median Age	30.9			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	56	65	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	175	44	0.5%	1.4%
Black Alone	125	67	0.3%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	5	58	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	36,553	40	98.3%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	258	44	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	35,733	42	96.1%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1,439	30	3.9%	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)	11,225	52	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	3,873	37	34.5%	23.8%
Married Without Children	3,777	53	33.6%	29.8%
Single Parents	683	66	6.1%	9.1%
Living Alone	2,025	65	18.0%	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)	14,497	46	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	12,938	50	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	9,151 $99,800	49 18	70.7% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	2,074 $477	60 39	16.0% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	6,364	42	0.6%	1,154,826
Public	6,264	42	0.6%	1,045,702
Private	100	93	0.1%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	325	52	0.5%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	238	56	0.5%	52,698
4-year	181	50	0.5%	38,566
2-year	25	69	0.3%	9,783
Voc/tech.	32	33	0.7%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	19,519	52	0.5%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	60.2%	92		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	8.9%	84		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	$23,341	92	70.3%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$50,487	21	106.5%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	9.0%	75	73.2%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	13.9%	60	81.3%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	24	90	0.1%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	1,377	80	0.2%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	2,759	31	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	756	26	0.9%	87,088
Births to Teens	34	64	0.4%	9,604
Deaths	233	65	0.4%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	17,264	45	0.5%	3,230,367
Employed	15,812	48	0.5%	3,039,795
Unemployed	1,452	32	0.8%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	8.4	3	142.4%	5.9
September 2009 Unemployment Rate	14.0	3	152.2%	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	18,386	100.0%	$650,821	100.0%	$35,398
Wage and Salary	13,734	74.7%	$443,767	68.2%	$32,312
Farm Proprietors	1,430	7.8%	$12,041	1.9%	$8,420
Nonfarm Proprietors	3,222	17.5%	$73,217	11.2%	$22,724
Farm	1,802	9.8%	$25,940	4.0%	$14,395
Nonfarm	16,584	90.2%	$624,881	96.0%	$37,680
Private	15,093	82.1%	$559,842	86.0%	$37,093
Accommodation, Food Serv.	1,005	5.5%	$12,693	2.0%	$12,630
Arts, Ent., Recreation	112	0.6%	$557	0.1%	$4,973
Construction	959	5.2%	$27,538	4.2%	$28,715
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	69	0.4%	$1,926	0.3%	$27,913
Manufacturing	6,382	34.7%	$369,147	56.7%	$57,842
Professional, Tech. Serv.	336	1.8%	$7,954	1.2%	$23,673
Retail Trade	1,758	9.6%	$32,873	5.1%	$18,699
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	691	3.8%	$19,338	3.0%	$27,986
Other Private (not above)	1,731*	9.4%*	$34,029*	5.2%*	$19,659*
Government	1,491	8.1%	$65,039	10.0%	$43,621

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	104	100.0%	100.0%	$15,845	$2,470,264
Single Family	104	100.0%	70.8%	$15,845	$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 Lagrange FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Lagrange TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	4,200	20.0%	All Areas	6,679	28.4%
Noble County	1,419	6.7%	Elkhart County	3,883	16.5%
Elkhart County	922	4.4%	Noble County	937	4.0%
Michigan	890	4.2%	Michigan	564	2.4%
Steuben County	365	1.7%	Allen County	411	1.7%
Allen County	127	0.6%	Steuben County	327	1.4%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue