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People QuickFacts | West Lafayette | Indiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 30,419 | 6,537,782
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 29,596 | 6,483,797
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.8% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 29,596 | 6,483,802
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 3.5% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 11.8% | 24.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 8.7% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 45.8% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 76.8% | 84.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.7% | 9.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 17.3% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.1% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.6% | 6.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 74.3% | 81.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 57.9% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.9% | 4.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 23.1% | 8.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 97.4% | 87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 71.4% | 23.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,075 | 468,648
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 15.1 | 23.2
Housing units, 2010 | 12,591 | 2,795,541
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 33.6% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 57.3% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $174,300 | $123,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 11,977 | 2,478,846
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.24 | 2.54
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,651 | $24,558
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $30,579 | $48,374
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 38.2% | 14.7%
Business QuickFacts | West Lafayette | Indiana
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,534 | 482,847
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 26.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 221,877,814
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 22,867 | 67,634,947
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 268,654 | 78,745,589
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,843 | $12,408
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 97,076 | 11,669,759
Geography QuickFacts | West Lafayette | Indiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 7.62 | 35,826.11
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 3,886.5 | 181
FIPS Code | 82862 | 18
Counties | Tippecanoe 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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts