Elkhart County, IN Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Indiana



Elkhart County, Indiana

People QuickFactsElkhart CountyIndiana
Population, 2005 estimate 195,3626,271,973
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 6.9%3.1%
Population, 2000 182,7916,080,485
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 8.2%6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 28.8%25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 11.0%12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.0%50.8%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)91.6%88.6%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)5.5%8.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.0%1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.5%1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)12.6%4.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 79.7%84.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 51.3%55.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 7.1%3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 14.4%6.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 75.7%82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 15.5%19.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 30,9981,054,757
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 18.422.6
Housing units, 2005 75,8072,724,429
Homeownership rate, 2000 72.2%71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 19.3%19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $98,100$94,300
Households, 2000 66,1542,336,306
Persons per household, 2000 2.722.53
Median household income, 2003 $45,253$43,323
Per capita money income, 1999 $20,250$20,397
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 9.5%10.0%
Business QuickFactsElkhart CountyIndiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 5,149149,3811
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 118,9212,586,7991
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 0.5%-2.4%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 11,434350,962
Total number of firms, 2002 14,751433,907
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.3%3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.9%1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.3%1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 30.0%27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 11,048,863160,924,188
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,902,52379,806,006
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,932,22767,261,298
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,394$10,922
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 224,8979,409,270
Building permits, 2005 1,02438,476
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 619,90337,918,4521
Geography QuickFactsElkhart CountyIndiana
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 46335,866
Persons per square mile, 2000 393.9169.5
FIPS Code 03918
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:25 EST
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