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People QuickFacts | East Chicago | Indiana
Population, 2013 estimate | 29,212 | 6,570,902
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 29,698 | 6,483,797
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.6% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 29,698 | 6,483,802
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 9.6% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 31.4% | 24.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.3% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.2% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 35.5% | 84.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 42.9% | 9.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.8% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 50.9% | 6.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 7.2% | 81.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 82.8% | 84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 15.1% | 4.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 37.8% | 8.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 71.7% | 87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 7.0% | 23.2%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,198 | 455,105
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 21.7 | 23.2
Housing units, 2010 | 12,958 | 2,795,541
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 42.5% | 70.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 53.2% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $82,900 | $122,800
Households, 2009-2013 | 9,825 | 2,481,793
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 3 | 2.55
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $13,497 | $24,635
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $27,583 | $48,248
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 35.7% | 15.4%
Business QuickFacts | East Chicago | Indiana
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,237 | 482,847
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 38.5% | 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 | 18.8% | 1.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 43.8% | 26.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 6,191,535 | 221,877,814
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 380,774 | 67,634,947
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 130,173 | 78,745,589
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $4,319 | $12,408
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 11,669,759
Geography QuickFacts | East Chicago | Indiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 14.09 | 35,826.11
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,108.0 | 181
FIPS Code | 19486 | 18
Counties | Lake 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