Benton County Facts

Census Statistics

	Benton County	Indiana
Population, 2003 estimate	9,189	6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.5%	1.9%
Population, 2000	9,421	6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-0.2%	9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.9%	25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.7%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	96.9%	87.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.4%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.6%	3.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	96.0%	85.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.9%	55.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.8%	3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.0%	6.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	86.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.0%	19.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,688	1,054,757
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.5	22.6?
Housing units, 2002	3,842	2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.8%	71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	7.5%	19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$75,000	$94,300?
Households, 2000	3,558	2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000	2.59	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$39,813	$41,567
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,220	$20,397
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.5%	9.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	250	145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,027	2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-3.8%	-1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	669	319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	58,825	142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	70,044	57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,243	$9,748
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.0%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	20	39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	67,844	34,199,922
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	406	35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000	23.2	169.5
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	007	18

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