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People QuickFacts | Benton County | Indiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 8,804 | 6,537,334
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 8,854 | 6,483,800
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.6% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 8,854 | 6,483,802
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.1% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.9% | 13.6%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.5% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 98.0% | 86.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 9.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 0.9% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 5.0% | 6.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 93.3% | 81.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.5% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.6% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.4% | 7.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.2% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.1% | 22.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 710 | 478,030
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.8 | 23.1
Housing units, 2011 | 3,942 | 2,800,614
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.6% | 71.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.4% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $85,000 | $123,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,581 | 2,472,870
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.42 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,461 | $24,497
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,240 | $48,393
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.0% | 14.1%
Business QuickFacts | Benton County | Indiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 204 | 143,479
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 1,458 | 2,440,507
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -5.5% | 1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 589 | 386,889
Total number of firms, 2007 | S | 482,847
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 26.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 221,877,814
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 67,634,947
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 50,891 | 78,745,589
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,852 | $12,408
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,561 | 11,669,759
Building permits, 2012 | 1 | 13,781
Geography QuickFacts | Benton County | Indiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 406.42 | 35,826.11
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 21.8 | 181
FIPS Code | 7 | 18
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Lafayette, IN Metro Area
(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