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Statistics, Demographics and Other Facts and Figures for Spencer County Indiana

People QuickFacts Spencer County Indiana
Population, 2004 estimate 20,310 6,237,569
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004 -0.4% 2.6%
Population, 2000 20,391 6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 4.6% 9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.3% 7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.5% 25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.0% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000 49.9% 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 97.7% 87.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7% 1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.5% 1.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 97.1% 85.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.5% 3.5%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 65.9% 55.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.9% 3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.1% 6.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.2% 82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.0% 19.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 3,390 1,054,757
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 28 22.6
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Housing units, 2002 8,673 2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000 83.2% 71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 6.5% 19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $85,100 $94,300
Households, 2000 7,569 2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000 2.65 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $42,451 $41,567
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,000 $20,397
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 6.9% 9.5%
Business QuickFacts Spencer County Indiana
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 408 145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 5,796 2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -18.7% -1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 1,126 319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 133,973 142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 94,583 57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,556 $9,748
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 28.0% 25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 113 39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 101,655 34,199,922
Geography QuickFacts Spencer County Indiana
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 399 35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000 51.1 169.5
FIPS Code 147 18
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None  
(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
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