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People QuickFacts |
Portage |
Indiana |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
36,300 | 6,313,520 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
8.3% | 3.8% |
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Population, 2000 |
33,496 | 6,080,485 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.2% | 7.0% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
26.0% | 25.9% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
11.8% | 12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.5% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
92.5% | 87.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.4% | 8.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% | 1.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.9% | 1.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
9.9% | 3.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
55.5% | 55.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
3.0% | 3.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
8.4% | 6.4% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
82.1% | 82.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
10.1% | 19.4% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.1 | 22.6 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
13,375 | 2,532,319 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.5% | 71.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$109,000 | $94,300 |
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Households, 2000 |
12,746 | 2,336,306 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.60 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$47,500 | $41,567 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,146 | $20,397 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
7.5% | 9.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Portage |
Indiana |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
455,627 | 79,806,006 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
276,090 | 67,261,298 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,011 | $10,928 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
40,104 | 9,409,270 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
1,785 | 433,907 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 3.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.4% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
20.7% | 27.4% |
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