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People QuickFactsHoward CountyIndiana
Population, 2003 estimate 84,880 6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -0.1% 1.9%
Population, 2000 84,964 6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.1% 9.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.3% 82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 18.1% 19.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.4 22.6 
Housing units, 2002 38,350 2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.7% 71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 18.5% 19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $89,000 $94,300 
Households, 2000 34,800 2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000 2.41 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $43,487 $41,567
Per capita money income, 1999 $22,049 $20,397

Business QuickFactsHoward CountyIndiana
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 1,966 145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 41,872 2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -6.6% -1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 3,965 319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 4,732,158 142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 959,556 57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $11,455 $9,748
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 448 39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 411,920 34,199,922

Geography QuickFactsHoward CountyIndiana
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 293 35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000 289.9 169.5
Metropolitan Area Kokomo, IN MSA  
FIPS Code 067 18

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