Posey County, Indiana
Work/Residence (commuting) Patterns
-- Based on IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 1997

Number of persons who live in Posey County and work (labor force)                23,927
Number of persons who live in Posey County and work in Posey County              16,786
Number of persons who live out of and work in Posey County                        2,526
Total number of persons who work in Posey County (work force)                    19,312

Top five counties sending workers INTO Posey County:
Vanderburgh County    1,256
Illinois                281
Warrick County          243
Vigo County             199
Gibson County           144
Total of above        2,123 workers = 11.0% of Posey County work force

Top five counties receiving workers FROM Posey County:
Vanderburgh County    5,136
Illinois              1,020
Gibson County           184
Out of state            160
Warrick County          132
Total of above        6,632 workers = 27.7% of Posey County labor force

Detailed data by county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)

County name         Commute INTO Posey County         Commute FROM Posey County To:
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Blackford County                0                                   12
Delaware County                 0                                   17
Dubois County                   0                                   11
Gibson County                 144                                  184
Illinois                      281                                1,020
Jasper County                  15                                    0
Kentucky                       30                                   75
Knox County                     4                                   13
Laporte County                 11                                    6
Lake County                    35                                   45
Marion County                   2                                   12
Michigan                        3                                   12
Monroe County                   1                                   18
Noble County                   17                                    3
Out of state                   35                                  160
Pike County                     8                                   13
Porter County                 127                                   23
Pulaski County                 21                                   20
Spencer County                 20                                   13
Steuben County                 11                                    0
Tippecanoe County               3                                   12
Vanderburgh County          1,256                                5,136
Vigo County                   199                                  107
Wabash County                   2                                   10
Warrick County                243                                  132

Note: commuters to/from IL, MI, KY, OH, WI, and PA are reported separately and 
      are not included in the 'Out of state' category.
Data source: Indiana Dept. of Revenue
Report generated by STATS Indiana June 1999
Ibrc@indiana.edu