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People QuickFacts | Merrillville | Indiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 35,631 | 6,537,334
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 35,246 | 6,483,800
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.1% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 35,246 | 6,483,802
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.4% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.5% | 24.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.7% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.0% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 46.4% | 84.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 44.5% | 9.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.2% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.2% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 12.9% | 6.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 40.0% | 81.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.2% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 7.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.7% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.9% | 22.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,016 | 478,030
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.4 | 23.1
Housing units, 2010 | 14,842 | 2,795,541
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.5% | 71.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.8% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $131,900 | $123,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 13,164 | 2,472,870
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.6 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,583 | $24,497
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,768 | $48,393
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.6% | 14.1%
Business QuickFacts | Merrillville | Indiana
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,117 | 482,847
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.3% | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.2% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.5% | 1.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.3% | 26.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 122,044 | 221,877,814
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 195,819 | 67,634,947
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,071,206 | 78,745,589
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $33,424 | $12,408
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 141,159 | 11,669,759
Geography QuickFacts | Merrillville | Indiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 33.22 | 35,826.11
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,061.1 | 181
FIPS Code | 48528 | 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