Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	1,828	56	5.6%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	5,215	55	15.9%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	3,178	41	9.7%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	7,746	55	23.7%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	9,015	46	27.6%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	5,724	37	17.5%	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	241	21	0.7%	0.3%
Asian Alone	164	46	0.5%	1.4%
Black Alone	193	55	0.6%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	12	39	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	31,854	51	97.4%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	242	48	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	32,240	50	98.6%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	466	55	1.4%	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)	13,215	43	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	3,184	49	24.1%	23.8%
Married Without Children	4,619	41	35.0%	29.8%
Single Parents	960	48	7.3%	9.1%
Living Alone	3,297	44	24.9%	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)	14,449	48	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	14,034	45	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	10,035 $78,400	44 62	71.5% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	3,180 $425	42 69	22.7% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	5,723	47	0.5%	1,154,826
Public	5,618	46	0.5%	1,045,702
Private	105	93	0.1%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	395	52	0.6%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	295	56	0.6%	52,698
4-year	193	51	0.5%	38,566
2-year	63	62	0.6%	9,783
Voc/tech.	39	31	0.9%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	22,744	42	0.6%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	81.7%	34		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	13.7%	38		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	$30,376	33	91.5%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$45,522	45	96.0%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	9.8%	63	79.7%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	13.9%	60	81.3%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	104	46	0.3%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	2,517	55	0.4%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	2,203	49	0.5%	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	383	54	0.4%	87,088
Births to Teens	54	43	0.6%	9,604
Deaths	398	35	0.7%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	17,160	46	0.5%	3,230,367
Employed	15,904	46	0.5%	3,039,795
Unemployed	1,256	37	0.7%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	7.3	15	123.7%	5.9
October 2009 Unemployment Rate	11.9	15	126.6%	9.4

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	19,035	100.0%	$604,699	100.0%	$31,768
Wage and Salary	14,306	75.2%	$430,532	71.2%	$30,095
Farm Proprietors	723	3.8%	$5,645	0.9%	$7,808
Nonfarm Proprietors	4,006	21.0%	$60,010	9.9%	$14,980
Farm	978	5.1%	$13,329	2.2%	$13,629
Nonfarm	18,057	94.9%	$591,370	97.8%	$32,750
Private	15,965	83.9%	$501,942	83.0%	$31,440
Accommodation, Food Serv.	987	5.2%	$12,052	2.0%	$12,211
Arts, Ent., Recreation	298	1.6%	$3,384	0.6%	$11,356
Construction	984	5.2%	$29,582	4.9%	$30,063
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	153	0.8%	$3,621	0.6%	$23,667
Manufacturing	4,174	21.9%	$221,942	36.7%	$53,172
Professional, Tech. Serv.	696	3.7%	$18,586	3.1%	$26,704
Retail Trade	1,964	10.3%	$35,505	5.9%	$18,078
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	581	3.1%	$27,724	4.6%	$47,718
Other Private (not above)	2,415*	12.7%*	$44,366*	7.3%*	$18,371*
Government	2,092	11.0%	$89,428	14.8%	$42,748

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	18	100.0%	100.0%	$2,344	$2,470,264
Single Family	18	100.0%	70.8%	$2,344	$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 Wabash FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Wabash TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	2,654	12.2%	All Areas	3,854	16.8%
Miami County	729	3.3%	Kosciusko County	1,073	4.7%
Grant County	453	2.1%	Grant County	596	2.6%
Huntington County	333	1.5%	Huntington County	480	2.1%
Kosciusko County	283	1.3%	Allen County	457	2.0%
Allen County	164	0.8%	Miami County	348	1.5%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue