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| Demographics |
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| People QuickFacts |
LaPorte County |
Indiana |
| Population,
2003 estimate |
109,878 |
6,195,643 |
| Population,
percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
0.00 |
0.02 |
| Population,
2000 |
110,106 |
6,080,485 |
| Population,
percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
0.03 |
0.10 |
| Persons
under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
| Persons
under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
0.25 |
0.26 |
| Persons
65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
0.14 |
0.12 |
| Female persons,
percent, 2000 |
0.49 |
0.51 |
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| White persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.86 |
0.88 |
| Black or
African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.10 |
0.08 |
| American
Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Asian persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Native Hawaiian
and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
Z |
| Persons
reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.01 |
0.02 |
| Persons
reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
0.03 |
0.04 |
| White persons,
not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
0.85 |
0.86 |
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| Living in
same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
0.58 |
0.55 |
| Foreign
born persons, percent, 2000 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
| Language
other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
| High school
graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
0.81 |
0.82 |
| Bachelor's
degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
0.14 |
0.19 |
| Persons
with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
18,794 |
1,054,757 |
| Mean travel
time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
22.00 |
22.60 |
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| Housing
units, 2002 |
46,420 |
2,615,750 |
| Homeownership
rate, 2000 |
0.75 |
0.71 |
| Housing
units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
| Median value
of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
93,500 |
94,300 |
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| Households,
2000 |
41,050 |
2,336,306 |
| Persons
per household, 2000 |
2.52 |
2.53 |
| Median household
income, 1999 |
41,430 |
41,567 |
| Per capita
money income, 1999 |
18,913 |
20,397 |
| Persons
below poverty, percent, 1999 |
0.09 |
0.10 |
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| Business QuickFacts |
LaPorte County |
Indiana |
| Private
nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 |
2,625 |
145,580 |
| Private
nonfarm employment, 2001 |
39,545 |
2,601,738 |
| Private
nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 |
-0.02 |
-0.02 |
| Nonemployer
establishments, 2000 |
4,772 |
319,415 |
| Manufacturers
shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
2,007,896 |
142,270,702 |
| Retail
sales, 1997 ($1000) |
1,041,715 |
57,241,650 |
| Retail
sales per capita, 1997 |
9,501 |
9,748 |
| Minority-owned
firms, percent of total, 1997 |
0.08 |
0.06 |
| Women-owned
firms, percent of total, 1997 |
0.24 |
0.26 |
| Housing
units authorized by building permits, 2002 |
413 |
39,596 |
| Federal
funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) |
488,647 |
34,199,922 |
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| Geography
QuickFacts |
LaPorte County |
Indiana |
| Land
area, 2000 (square miles) |
598 |
35,867 |
| Persons
per square mile, 2000 |
184 |
170 |
| Metropolitan
Area |
None |
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| FIPS Code |
91 |
18 |
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