Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	6,815	14	6.1%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	18,633	13	16.8%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	9,267	16	8.4%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	30,496	15	27.5%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	30,227	13	27.3%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	15,450	13	13.9%	12.8%
Median Age	38.7			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	387	11	0.3%	0.3%
Asian Alone	507	23	0.5%	1.4%
Black Alone	11,703	6	10.6%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	37	17	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	96,598	15	87.1%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	1,656	11	1.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	105,949	15	95.5%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4,939	11	4.5%	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)	41,050	14	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	9,262	13	22.6%	23.8%
Married Without Children	12,831	14	31.3%	29.8%
Single Parents	3,808	13	9.3%	9.1%
Living Alone	10,365	14	25.2%	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)	48,448	15	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	45,621	13	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	30,861 $93,500	14 29	67.6% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	10,189 $495	15 26	22.3% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	19,047	14	1.6%	1,154,826
Public	18,544	13	1.8%	1,045,702
Private	503	93	0.5%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	1,045	15	1.6%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	570	18	1.1%	52,698
4-year	402	22	1.0%	38,566
2-year	111	34	1.1%	9,783
Voc/tech.	57	10	1.3%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	73,723	12	1.9%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	80.6%	50		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	14%	36		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	$28,945	50	87.1%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$44,620	56	94.1%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	13.6%	22	110.6%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	21.2%	17	124.0%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	880	7	2.4%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	14,300	8	2.2%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	8,496	8	1.9%	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	1,364	14	1.6%	87,088
Births to Teens	150	12	1.6%	9,604
Deaths	1,082	12	1.9%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	52,597	16	1.6%	3,230,367
Employed	49,321	16	1.6%	3,039,795
Unemployed	3,276	13	1.7%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	6.2	40	105.1%	5.9
September 2009 Unemployment Rate	10.7	28	116.3%	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	59,385	100.0%	$2,155,706	100.0%	$36,301
Wage and Salary	48,768	82.1%	$1,591,661	73.8%	$32,637
Farm Proprietors	759	1.3%	$23,481	1.1%	$30,937
Nonfarm Proprietors	9,858	16.6%	$163,671	7.6%	$16,603
Farm	998	1.7%	$30,729	1.4%	$30,791
Nonfarm	58,387	98.3%	$2,124,977	98.6%	$36,395
Private	50,616	85.2%	$1,777,041	82.4%	$35,108
Accommodation, Food Serv.	3,988	6.7%	$55,027	2.6%	$13,798
Arts, Ent., Recreation	2,080	3.5%	$63,066	2.9%	$30,320
Construction	3,936	6.6%	$177,856	8.3%	$45,187
Health Care, Social Serv.	6,738	11.3%	$266,877	12.4%	$39,608
Information	751	1.3%	$25,860	1.2%	$34,434
Manufacturing	9,501	16.0%	$536,818	24.9%	$56,501
Professional, Tech. Serv.	1,695	2.9%	$56,222	2.6%	$33,169
Retail Trade	7,394	12.5%	$154,091	7.1%	$20,840
Trans., Warehousing	2,222	3.7%	$114,274	5.3%	$51,428
Wholesale Trade	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Other Private (not above)	10,461*	17.6%*	$221,078*	10.3%*	$21,134*
Government	7,771	13.1%	$347,936	16.1%	$44,774

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	180	100.0%	100.0%	$34,155	$2,470,264
Single Family	174	96.7%	70.8%	$33,897	$2,136,514
Two Family	0	0.0%	1.9%	$0	$28,170
Three & Four Family	6	3.3%	1.2%	$258	$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 La Porte FROM	Number	Percent	Out of La Porte TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	7,810	11.7%	All Areas	11,816	16.8%
Porter County	3,360	5.0%	Porter County	4,201	6.0%
Lake County	1,218	1.8%	St Joseph County	2,770	3.9%
St Joseph County	981	1.5%	Lake County	2,047	2.9%
Starke County	720	1.1%	Illinois	859	1.2%
Michigan	585	0.9%	Michigan	595	0.8%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue