Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	1,162	72	5.8%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	3,414	73	17.0%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	1,605	70	8.0%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	5,015	75	24.9%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	5,881	69	29.2%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	3,034	71	15.1%	12.8%
Median Age	41.2			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	48	71	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	51	77	0.3%	1.4%
Black Alone	153	61	0.8%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	2	75	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	19,741	71	98.2%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	116	79	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	19,663	71	97.8%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	448	58	2.2%	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)	7,569	74	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	2,217	67	29.3%	23.8%
Married Without Children	2,706	72	35.8%	29.8%
Single Parents	460	80	6.1%	9.1%
Living Alone	1,577	77	20.8%	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)	9,118	73	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	8,333	74	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	6,299 $85,100	71 49	75.6% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	1,270 $423	79 70	15.2% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	3,732	68	0.3%	1,154,826
Public	3,732	68	0.4%	1,045,702
Private	N/R			109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	271	58	0.4%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	225	58	0.4%	52,698
4-year	152	52	0.4%	38,566
2-year	44	62	0.4%	9,783
Voc/tech.	29	48	0.7%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	13,491	72	0.3%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	81.2%	40		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	13%	43		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	$30,113	36	90.7%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2008	$53,781	13	112.0%	$48,010
Poverty Rate in 2008	9.3%	74	72.1%	12.9%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	13.1%	74	73.2%	17.9%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	72	63	0.2%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	1,472	78	0.2%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	1,043	76	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	233	71	0.3%	87,088
Births to Teens	29	70	0.3%	9,604
Deaths	170	78	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	10,421	71	0.3%	3,230,367
Employed	9,888	69	0.3%	3,039,795
Unemployed	533	77	0.3%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	5.1	72	86.4%	5.9
December 2009 Unemployment Rate	8.7	71	88.8%	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	10,443	100.0%	$357,186	100.0%	$34,203
Wage and Salary	7,861	75.3%	$246,875	69.1%	$31,405
Farm Proprietors	668	6.4%	$9,827	2.8%	$14,711
Nonfarm Proprietors	1,914	18.3%	$39,363	11.0%	$20,566
Farm	789	7.6%	$12,851	3.6%	$16,288
Nonfarm	9,654	92.4%	$344,335	96.4%	$35,668
Private	8,502	81.4%	$300,371	84.1%	$35,329
Accommodation, Food Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Arts, Ent., Recreation	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Construction	534	5.1%	$14,807	4.1%	$27,728
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	122	1.2%	$6,240	1.7%	$51,148
Manufacturing	1,401	13.4%	$90,697	25.4%	$64,737
Professional, Tech. Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Retail Trade	763	7.3%	$13,850	3.9%	$18,152
Trans., Warehousing	483	4.6%	$20,803	5.8%	$43,070
Wholesale Trade	564	5.4%	$25,331	7.1%	$44,913
Other Private (not above)	2,279*	21.8%*	$82,208*	23.0%*	$36,072*
Government	1,152	11.0%	$43,964	12.3%	$38,163

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	49	100.0%	100.0%	$5,821	$2,470,264
Single Family	49	100.0%	70.8%	$5,821	$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 Spencer FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Spencer TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	2,428	20.5%	All Areas	5,324	36.1%
Perry County	674	5.7%	Dubois County	1,592	10.8%
Dubois County	517	4.4%	Vanderburgh County	1,084	7.3%
Warrick County	504	4.3%	Warrick County	783	5.3%
Kentucky	349	2.9%	Kentucky	673	4.6%
Vanderburgh County	111	0.9%	Perry County	619	4.2%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue