Blackford County Facts

Census Statistics

	Blackford County	Indiana
Population, 2003 estimate	13,876	6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.2%	1.9%
Population, 2000	14,048	6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-0.1%	9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.5%	7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.7%	25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.4%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.4%	87.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.6%	3.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	98.0%	85.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.4%	55.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.1%	3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.2%	6.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	81.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	10.3%	19.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,624	1,054,757
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.4	22.6?
Housing units, 2002	6,288	2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.7%	71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	10.3%	19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$58,900	$94,300?
Households, 2000	5,690	2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000	2.44	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$34,760	$41,567
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,543	$20,397
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.7%	9.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	287	145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,666	2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-13.7%	-1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	669	319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	299,191	142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	82,936	57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,924	$9,748
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	18.7%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	31	39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	68,311	34,199,922
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	165	35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000	85.1	169.5
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	009	18

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