DeKalb County, Indiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

DeKalb County is 14th in Indiana out of 92 other counties in Residents younger than 18

DeKalb County is 19th in Indiana out of 92 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Main Cities Within DeKalb County, Indiana

DeKalb County, Indiana Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Current population (2012)	42,321	35th	6,537,334	313,914,040
Size in square miles	362.8	68th	35,826.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	116.4	31st	181	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	19th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	14th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.0%	72nd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.0%	23rd	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.4%	42nd	22.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Race - White	97.8%	29th	86.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	76th	9.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	68th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	45th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	55th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	62nd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	46th	6.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.6%	33rd	81.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Female residents	50.4%	48th	50.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	55th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Housing units	17,553	36th	2,800,614	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.8%	36th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	16,140	35th	2,472,870	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.7%	21st	71.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$110,500	46th	$123,300	$186,200
People per household	2.6	29th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	64	38th	13,781	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Income per capita	$22,732	43rd	$24,497	$27,915
Income per household	$47,099	46th	$48,393	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.6%	70th	14.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Indiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	978	31st	143,479	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	17,014	26th	2,440,507	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,751	40th	482,847	27,092,908
Retail sales	$408,899	38th	$78,745,589	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,774	48th	$12,408	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$47,475	32nd	$11,669,759	$613,795,732

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