Gary, Indiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Gary is 45th out of 6,406 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Statewide Claims to Fame

Gary is 1st in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Gary is 3rd in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Female residents

Gary is 3rd in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Size in square miles

Gary is 5th in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Households

Gary is 5th in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Housing units

Gary is 5th in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Income below poverty line

Gary is 8th in Indiana out of 115 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Gary is 9th in Indiana out of 107 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Gary is 9th in Indiana out of 118 other cities in Current population (2012)

Gary is 20th in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Residents younger than 18

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Current population (2012)	79,170	9th	6,537,334	313,914,040
Size in square miles	49.9	3rd	35,826.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,610.2	70th	181	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.8%	25th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.1%	20th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	54th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.7%	90th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.6%	92nd	22.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Race - White	10.7%	127th	86.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	84.8%	1st	9.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	41st	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	122nd	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	127th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	49th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	56th	6.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	126th	81.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Female residents	54.0%	3rd	50.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	96th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Housing units	39,531	5th	2,800,614	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.6%	44th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	32,093	5th	2,472,870	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	54.8%	115th	71.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$69,500	119th	$123,300	$186,200
People per household	2.6	43rd	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Income per capita	$16,300	120th	$24,497	$27,915
Income per household	$27,701	124th	$48,393	$52,762
Income below poverty line	35.9%	5th	14.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Gary	Rank	Indiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,686	8th	482,847	27,092,908
Retail sales	$548,070	32nd	$78,745,589	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,686	111th	$12,408	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$168,354	9th	$11,669,759	$613,795,732

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