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People QuickFactsDecatur CountyIndiana
Population, 2003 estimate 24,747 6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.8% 1.9%
Population, 2000 24,555 6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.8% 9.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.1% 82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.5% 19.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 19.9 22.6 
Housing units, 2002 10,219 2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000 73.2% 71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 12.4% 19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $86,400 $94,300 
Households, 2000 9,389 2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000 2.58 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $40,401 $41,567
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,582 $20,397

Business QuickFactsDecatur CountyIndiana
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 616 145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 12,562 2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -1.9% -1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 1,523 319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 847,946 142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 230,915 57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,099 $9,748
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 222 39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 115,970 34,199,922

Geography QuickFactsDecatur CountyIndiana
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 373 35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000 65.9 169.5
Metropolitan Area None  
FIPS Code 031 18

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