Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	9,882	9	6.1%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	28,257	8	17.4%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	16,343	10	10.1%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	43,020	9	26.5%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	45,474	7	28.0%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	19,205	9	11.8%	12.8%
Median Age	37.3			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	413	10	0.3%	0.3%
Asian Alone	1,738	13	1.1%	1.4%
Black Alone	5,064	16	3.1%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	44	13	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	153,134	8	94.4%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	1,788	10	1.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	150,952	9	93.1%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11,229	7	6.9%	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)	54,649	9	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	15,098	7	27.6%	23.8%
Married Without Children	17,569	8	32.1%	29.8%
Single Parents	4,029	10	7.4%	9.1%
Living Alone	12,144	13	22.2%	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)	66,281	9	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	57,616	9	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	41,894 $127,000	8 5	72.7% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	12,755 $625	12 3	22.1% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	28,421	8	2.5%	1,154,826
Public	27,159	7	2.6%	1,045,702
Private	1,262	92	1.2%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	1,781	8	2.8%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	1,507	9	2.9%	52,698
4-year	1,291	8	3.3%	38,566
2-year	89	21	0.9%	9,783
Voc/tech.	127	10	2.9%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	94,462	8	2.4%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	88.3%	4		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	22.6%	10		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	$39,497	5	118.9%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2008	$62,676	5	130.5%	$48,010
Poverty Rate in 2008	8.7%	80	67.4%	12.9%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	11.2%	83	62.6%	17.9%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	366	17	1.0%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	9,464	14	1.5%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	7,666	11	1.8%	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	1,793	9	2.1%	87,088
Births to Teens	135	16	1.4%	9,604
Deaths	1,160	8	2.1%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	83,710	8	2.6%	3,230,367
Employed	79,697	8	2.6%	3,039,795
Unemployed	4,013	9	2.1%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	4.8	79	81.4%	5.9
December 2009 Unemployment Rate	8.9	68	90.8%	9.8

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	76,538	100.0%	$3,177,197	100.0%	$41,511
Wage and Salary	63,017	82.3%	$2,349,734	74.0%	$37,287
Farm Proprietors	479	0.6%	$10,920	0.3%	$22,797
Nonfarm Proprietors	13,042	17.0%	$264,270	8.3%	$20,263
Farm	545	0.7%	$12,938	0.4%	$23,739
Nonfarm	75,993	99.3%	$3,164,259	99.6%	$41,639
Private	67,800	88.6%	$2,798,186	88.1%	$41,271
Accommodation, Food Serv.	5,885	7.7%	$79,348	2.5%	$13,483
Arts, Ent., Recreation	1,230	1.6%	$14,059	0.4%	$11,430
Construction	6,558	8.6%	$341,583	10.8%	$52,086
Health Care, Social Serv.	7,317	9.6%	$335,308	10.6%	$45,826
Information	648	0.8%	$29,750	0.9%	$45,910
Manufacturing	9,378	12.3%	$887,302	27.9%	$94,615
Professional, Tech. Serv.	3,489	4.6%	$154,136	4.9%	$44,178
Retail Trade	9,029	11.8%	$207,993	6.5%	$23,036
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	3,310	4.3%	$182,420	5.7%	$55,112
Other Private (not above)	17,929*	23.4%*	$417,263*	13.1%*	$23,273*
Government	8,193	10.7%	$366,073	11.5%	$44,681

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	395	100.0%	100.0%	$82,106	$2,470,264
Single Family	364	92.2%	70.8%	$78,623	$2,136,514
Two Family	10	2.5%	1.9%	$775	$28,170
Three & Four Family	8	2.0%	1.2%	$945	$18,059
Five families and More	13	3.3%	26.0%	$1,763	$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 Porter FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Porter TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	14,985	17.3%	All Areas	35,964	33.4%
Lake County	6,883	8.0%	Lake County	22,315	20.7%
LaPorte County	4,201	4.9%	Illinois	7,200	6.7%
Jasper County	1,034	1.2%	LaPorte County	3,360	3.1%
Illinois	841	1.0%	Out of state	1,283	1.2%
Starke County	751	0.9%	Jasper County	456	0.4%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue