| People QuickFacts | Merrillville | Indiana |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 35,215 | 6,516,353 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 35,246 | 6,483,800 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.1% | 0.5% |
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Population, 2010 | 35,246 | 6,483,802 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.4% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.5% | 24.8% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 13.7% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.0% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 46.4% | 84.3% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 44.5% | 9.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.2% | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.2% | 2.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 12.9% | 6.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 40.0% | 81.5% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.2% | 84.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 7.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.7% | 86.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.9% | 22.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,016 | 478,030 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.4 | 23.1 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 14,842 | 2,795,541 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.5% | 71.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.8% | 18.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $131,900 | $123,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 13,164 | 2,472,870 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.60 | 2.53 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,583 | $24,497 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,768 | $48,393 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.6% | 14.1% |
| Business QuickFacts | Merrillville | Indiana |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,117 | 482,847 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.3% | 4.6% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.2% | 1.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.5% | 1.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.3% | 26.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 122,044 | 221,877,814 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 195,819 | 67,634,947 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,071,206 | 78,745,589 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $33,424 | $12,408 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 141,159 | 11,669,759 |