Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	694	84	5.0%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	2,346	82	16.8%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	1,038	83	7.4%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	3,798	81	27.3%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	4,053	82	29.1%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	2,004	85	14.4%	12.8%
Median Age	40.5			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	52	66	0.4%	0.3%
Asian Alone	56	73	0.4%	1.4%
Black Alone	84	80	0.6%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	25	25	0.2%	0.0%
White Alone	13,607	82	97.7%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	109	81	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	13,405	83	96.2%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	528	52	3.8%	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)	5,340	83	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	1,465	81	27.4%	23.8%
Married Without Children	1,903	83	35.6%	29.8%
Single Parents	362	83	6.8%	9.1%
Living Alone	1,115	86	20.9%	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)	6,104	84	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	5,726	84	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	4,266 $87,500	83 41	74.5% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	1,074 $472	82 42	18.8% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	2,548	80	0.2%	1,154,826
Public	2,548	80	0.2%	1,045,702
Private	N/R			109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	141	80	0.2%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	104	77	0.2%	52,698
4-year	59	76	0.2%	38,566
2-year	35	69	0.4%	9,783
Voc/tech.	10	88	0.2%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	9,576	82	0.2%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	78.7%	71		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	9.6%	80		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	$28,576	58	86.0%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$45,107	49	95.1%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	9.3%	69	75.6%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	12.7%	71	74.3%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	49	77	0.1%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	1,230	82	0.2%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	919	81	0.2%	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	133	85	0.2%	87,088
Births to Teens	13	85	0.1%	9,604
Deaths	150	82	0.3%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	7,024	82	0.2%	3,230,367
Employed	6,586	82	0.2%	3,039,795
Unemployed	438	82	0.2%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	6.2	40	105.1%	5.9
September 2009 Unemployment Rate	8.9	56	96.7%	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	5,657	100.0%	$196,486	100.0%	$34,733
Wage and Salary	4,485	79.3%	$127,789	65.0%	$28,493
Farm Proprietors	387	6.8%	$20,926	10.7%	$54,072
Nonfarm Proprietors	785	13.9%	$15,328	7.8%	$19,526
Farm	577	10.2%	$26,010	13.2%	$45,078
Nonfarm	5,080	89.8%	$170,476	86.8%	$33,558
Private	4,191	74.1%	$136,704	69.6%	$32,618
Accommodation, Food Serv.	255	4.5%	$2,436	1.2%	$9,553
Arts, Ent., Recreation	41	0.7%	$340	0.2%	$8,293
Construction	373	6.6%	$10,666	5.4%	$28,595
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Manufacturing	1,168	20.6%	$46,664	23.7%	$39,952
Professional, Tech. Serv.	108	1.9%	$3,764	1.9%	$34,852
Retail Trade	468	8.3%	$8,264	4.2%	$17,658
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	342	6.0%	$19,888	10.1%	$58,152
Other Private (not above)	465*	8.2%*	$11,673*	5.9%*	$25,103*
Government	889	15.7%	$33,772	17.2%	$37,989

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	32	100.0%	100.0%	$4,673	$2,470,264
Single Family	32	100.0%	70.8%	$4,673	$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 Newton FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Newton TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	1,414	19.2%	All Areas	3,766	38.8%
Illinois	437	5.9%	Lake County	1,648	17.0%
Jasper County	375	5.1%	Jasper County	734	7.6%
Benton County	223	3.0%	Illinois	714	7.4%
Lake County	127	1.7%	Out of state	151	1.6%
Out of state	65	0.9%	Tippecanoe County	141	1.5%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue