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

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Parke County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Statewide Claims to Fame

Parke County is 1st in Indiana out of 92 other counties in Female residents

Parke County is 8th in Indiana out of 92 other counties in Home ownership rate

Parke County is 20th in Indiana out of 92 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Parke County, Indiana Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Current population (2012)	17,069	78th	6,537,334	313,914,040
Size in square miles	444.7	23rd	35,826.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	39	85th	181	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	66th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	81st	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.5%	26th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.8%	83rd	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.9%	60th	22.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Race - White	96.3%	58th	86.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	27th	9.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	20th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	86th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	88th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	92nd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	76th	6.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.2%	36th	81.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Female residents	53.1%	1st	50.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	64th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Housing units	8,106	77th	2,800,614	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.0%	89th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	6,190	80th	2,472,870	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.1%	8th	71.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$91,000	73rd	$123,300	$186,200
People per household	2.6	35th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	83rd	13,781	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Income per capita	$20,000	80th	$24,497	$27,915
Income per household	$42,441	73rd	$48,393	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.8%	31st	14.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Parke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	254	83rd	143,479	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,058	85th	2,440,507	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	89th	482,847	27,092,908
Retail sales	$84,463	83rd	$78,745,589	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,932	84th	$12,408	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	78th	$11,669,759	$613,795,732

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