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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 |
-0.2% |
1.9% |
| Population, 2000 |
110,106 |
6,080,485 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
2.8% |
9.7% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.5% |
7.0% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
24.5% |
25.9% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
13.5% |
12.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 |
48.7% |
51.0% |
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| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
86.3% |
87.5% |
| Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
10.1% |
8.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% |
1.0% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
Z |
| Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.3% |
1.6% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.5% |
1.2% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
3.1% |
3.5% |
| White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
84.8% |
85.8% |
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| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
58.3% |
55.0% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.5% |
3.1% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
5.9% |
6.4% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
80.6% |
82.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
14.0% |
19.4% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
18,794 |
1,054,757 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
22.0 |
22.6 |
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| Housing units, 2002 |
46,420 |
2,615,750 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
75.2% |
71.4% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
17.3% |
19.2% |
| 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 |
8.7% |
9.5% |
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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 |
-1.8% |
-1.8% |
| 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 |
7.9% |
5.5% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
23.8% |
25.9% |
| 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 |
184.1 |
169.5 |
| Metropolitan Area |
None |
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| FIPS Code |
091 |
18 |
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