Wabash County Facts

Census Statistics

	Wabash County	Illinois
Population, 2003 estimate	12,680	12,653,544
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.0%	1.9%
Population, 2000	12,937	12,419,293
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-1.3%	8.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.7%	7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.2%	26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	17.0%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.9%	73.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	15.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	5.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.7%	12.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.4%	67.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.9%	56.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.7%	12.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.0%	19.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.2%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.5%	26.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,295	1,999,717
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.4	28.0?
Housing units, 2002	5,804	4,981,258
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.3%	67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	10.5%	34.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$56,200	$130,800?
Households, 2000	5,192	4,591,779
Persons per household, 2000	2.46	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$34,473	$46,590
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,747	$23,104
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.1%	10.7%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	301	307,356
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,777	5,447,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.4%	-1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	843	668,171
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	55,801	200,019,991
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	75,649	108,002,177
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,965	$8,992
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	12.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.9%	27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	13	60,971
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	69,478	70,275,202
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	223	55,584
Persons per square mile, 2000	57.9	223.4
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	185	17

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