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

   	Business QuickFacts	Portage	Indiana
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	455,627	79,806,006
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	276,090	67,261,298
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$8,011	$10,928
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	40,104	9,409,270
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	1,785	433,907
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	3.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.5%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.4%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	20.7%	27.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Portage	Indiana
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	25	35,866
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,315.6	169.5
  	FIPS Code    	61092	18
 	Counties    	Porter County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts