Seventy-two percent of the Vigo County population is classified as urban. The county has a partial shortage area designation. The county unemployment rate above is a 1998 12-month average. The July 1999 unemployment rate was 3.2 for the county, with a State rate of 2.5. The above categories are not mutually exclusive.
People frequently rotate on and off different types of insurance as life factors change.
1,153 Injuries were the leading cause of death for Indiana residents 1-4 years of age, regardless of race. In Vigo County, there were 34 unintentional injury deaths in 1997. There were 5 homicides in the county and another 17 intentional injury deaths by suicide. Twenty-six people died of Alzheimer's. Nearly one-third of Indiana residents were considered obese.