Wells County Facts

Census Statistics

	Wells County	Indiana
Population, 2003 estimate	27,912	6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.1%	1.9%
Population, 2000	27,600	6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	6.4%	9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.3%	25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.1%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.7%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.3%	87.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.6%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.4%	3.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.4%	85.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.1%	55.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.8%	3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.4%	6.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.3%	19.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,014	1,054,757
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.8	22.6?
Housing units, 2002	11,227	2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.9%	71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.6%	19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$87,900	$94,300?
Households, 2000	10,402	2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000	2.61	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$43,934	$41,567
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,158	$20,397
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.9%	9.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	624	145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	10,760	2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-5.8%	-1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,584	319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	490,162	142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	164,007	57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,132	$9,748
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.7%	5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.7%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	155	39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	116,611	34,199,922
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	370	35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000	74.6	169.5
Metropolitan Area	Fort Wayne, IN MSA	?
FIPS Code	179	18

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