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People QuickFactsTippecanoe CountyIndiana
Population, 2003 estimate 154,848 6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 4.0% 1.9%
Population, 2000 148,955 6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 14.1% 9.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.8% 82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 33.2% 19.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.3 22.6 
Housing units, 2002 61,778 2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000 55.9% 71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 34.5% 19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $112,200 $94,300 
Households, 2000 55,226 2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000 2.42 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $38,652 $41,567
Per capita money income, 1999 $19,375 $20,397

Business QuickFactsTippecanoe CountyIndiana
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 3,167 145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 62,470 2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -4.5% -1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 6,525 319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 7,519,035 142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,479,813 57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $10,682 $9,748
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 1,286 39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 617,829 34,199,922

Geography QuickFactsTippecanoe CountyIndiana
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 500 35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000 298.0 169.5
Metropolitan Area Lafayette, IN MSA  
FIPS Code 157 18

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