Wells County, Indiana QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Wells County Indiana
?  Population, 2000 27,6006,080,485
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 6.4%9.7%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.6%7.0%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.3%25.9%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.1%12.4%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 98.3%87.5%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%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) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%1.6%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.6%1.2%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.7%51.0%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.4%3.5%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 97.4%85.8%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 12,9532,639,456
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,981542,941
?  Housing units, 2000 10,9702,532,319
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 80.9%71.4%
?  Households, 2000 10,4022,336,306
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.612.53
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 37.1%35.7%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $42,291$37,909
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 5.8%9.9%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 8.0%14.8%

Business QuickFacts Wells County Indiana
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 638146,197
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 10,5102,540,866
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 31.7%18.2%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,526302,082
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 490,162142,270,702
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 164,00757,241,650
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,132$9,748
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA13,865
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 645125,411
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 19541,469
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 81,66026,828,144
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 921220,747

Geography QuickFacts Wells County Indiana
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 37035,867
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 74.6169.5
?  Metropolitan Area Fort Wayne, IN MSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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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