Population Estimates by Age in 2007	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	2,783	35	6.3%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	7,941	33	18.0%	18.1%
College Age (18 to 24)	3,417	36	7.8%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	12,262	33	27.8%	27.4%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	11,961	31	27.1%	25.6%
Older (65 plus)	5,699	37	12.9%	12.5%
Median Age	38.4			Median Age = 36.5

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2007	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	109	38	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	443	26	1.0%	1.4%
Black Alone	448	38	1.0%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	10	41	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	42,638	33	96.8%	88.1%
Two or More Race Groups	415	28	0.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	42,875	31	97.3%	95.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1,188	33	2.7%	5.0%

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)	16,561	32	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	4,326	34	26.1%	23.8%
Married Without Children	5,474	31	33.1%	29.8%
Single Parents	1,421	26	8.6%	9.1%
Living Alone	3,753	31	22.7%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2007 (estimate)	18,834	34	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	17,633	33	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	12,157 $98,600	34 20	68.9% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	4,404 $528	27 16	25.0% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	7,890	33	0.7%	1,154,826
Public	7,822	32	0.7%	1,045,702
Private	68	93	0.1%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	488	35	0.8%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	395	36	0.7%	52,698
4-year	272	36	0.7%	38,566
2-year	74	37	0.8%	9,783
Voc/tech.	49	38	1.1%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	28,351	33	0.7%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	79.8%	60		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	12.7%	48		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	$31,539	26	95.0%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$48,708	28	102.7%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	9.8%	63	79.7%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	13.8%	63	80.7%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	152	32	0.4%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	4,059	28	0.6%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	2,710	34	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	505	41	0.6%	87,088
Births to Teens	70	30	0.7%	9,604
Deaths	422	31	0.8%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	23,945	29	0.7%	3,230,367
Employed	22,545	29	0.7%	3,039,795
Unemployed	1,400	34	0.7%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	5.8	56	98.3%	5.9
May 2009 Unemployment Rate	10.9	44	104.8%	10.4

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	22,560	100.0%	$818,810	100.0%	$36,295
Wage and Salary	18,180	80.6%	$613,213	74.9%	$33,730
Farm Proprietors	656	2.9%	$5,394	0.7%	$8,223
Nonfarm Proprietors	3,724	16.5%	$47,170	5.8%	$12,666
Farm	805	3.6%	$10,298	1.3%	$12,793
Nonfarm	21,755	96.4%	$808,512	98.7%	$37,164
Private	18,866	83.6%	$677,208	82.7%	$35,896
Accommodation, Food Serv.	1,673	7.4%	$22,591	2.8%	$13,503
Arts, Ent., Recreation	363	1.6%	$6,552	0.8%	$18,050
Construction	1,649	7.3%	$58,992	7.2%	$35,774
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	126	0.6%	$4,721	0.6%	$37,468
Manufacturing	5,274	23.4%	$288,797	35.3%	$54,759
Professional, Tech. Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Retail Trade	2,271	10.1%	$51,362	6.3%	$22,616
Trans., Warehousing	1,197	5.3%	$54,785	6.7%	$45,769
Wholesale Trade	791	3.5%	$35,611	4.3%	$45,020
Other Private (not above)	3,611*	16.0%*	$84,420*	10.3%*	$23,379*
Government	2,889	12.8%	$131,304	16.0%	$45,450

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	89	100.0%	100.0%	$11,584	$2,470,264
Single Family	77	86.5%	70.8%	$11,584	$2,136,514
Two Family	0	0.0%	1.9%	$0	$28,170
Three & Four Family	12	13.5%	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 Shelby FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Shelby TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	5,160	19.4%	All Areas	8,758	28.9%
Rush County	1,225	4.6%	Marion County	5,438	18.0%
Marion County	749	2.8%	Johnson County	952	3.1%
Hancock County	648	2.4%	Hancock County	628	2.1%
Johnson County	529	2.0%	Bartholomew County	553	1.8%
Decatur County	513	1.9%	Decatur County	306	1.0%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue