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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Starke County is 13th in Indiana out of 92 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Starke County is 15th in Indiana out of 92 other counties in Income below poverty line

Starke County, Indiana Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Current population (2012)	23,213	66th	6,537,334	313,914,040
Size in square miles	309.1	77th	35,826.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	75.6	53rd	181	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	55th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.6%	46th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.1%	32nd	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.3%	86th	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.3%	75th	22.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Race - White	97.8%	25th	86.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	74th	9.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	13th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	71st	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	77th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	51st	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	31st	6.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.7%	42nd	81.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Female residents	50.5%	42nd	50.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	52nd	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Housing units	10,985	64th	2,800,614	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.9%	88th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	9,064	66th	2,472,870	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.6%	23rd	71.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$99,400	59th	$123,300	$186,200
People per household	2.5	41st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	45	46th	13,781	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Income per capita	$18,507	90th	$24,497	$27,915
Income per household	$38,961	88th	$48,393	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.5%	15th	14.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Starke County	Rank	Indiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	319	78th	143,479	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,912	80th	2,440,507	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,470	70th	482,847	27,092,908
Retail sales	$156,674	70th	$78,745,589	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,730	76th	$12,408	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	88th	$11,669,759	$613,795,732

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