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Wells County, Indiana

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Population:

  • Total Population: 27,600
  • Males: 13,585
  • Females: 14,015

Ethnicity:

  • White: 26,800
  • Black/African American: 43
  • Hispanic: 420
  • Native American/Eskimo: 59
  • Asian: 51
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
  • Other: 18
  • 2 or more: 209

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (24,875)
  2. Spanish (370)
  3. German (360)
  4. Japanese (40)
  5. Korean (20)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 233

  1. Germany (44)
  2. United Kingdom (27)
  3. Mexico (25)
  4. China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (25)
  5. Brazil (24)
  6. Colombia (11)
  7. Korea (11)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Catholic Church (4,899)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (2,418)
  3. Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. (2,175)
  4. Wesleyan Church, The (970)
  5. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (918)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 6,491
    • Sensory: 654
    • Physical: 1,710
    • Mental: 832
    • Self-care: 401
    • Go outside home: 1,192
    • Employment: 1,487

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 108

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 10,402
    • Utility gas: 5,439
    • Bottled or LP gas: 1,894
    • Electricity: 2,135
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 691
    • Coal or Coke: 2
    • Wood: 185
    • Solar Energy: 6
    • Other fuel: 36
    • No fuel used: 14

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 20,693
    • No vehicle: 821
    • 1 or more vehicle: 19,872

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 45
    • No High School: 473
    • Some High School: 1,736
    • High School: 8,260
    • Some College: 3,424
    • Associate's Degree: 1,293
    • College Degree: 1,740
    • Master's Degree: 588
    • Professional Degree: 198
    • Doctoral Degree: 10

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 10,402
    • Owners with phone: 8,322
    • Owners without phone: 84
    • Renters with phone: 1,879
    • Renters without phone: 117

    10 closest counties:

    1. Adams County, Indiana
    2. Huntington County, Indiana
    3. Blackford County, Indiana
    4. Allen County, Indiana
    5. Jay County, Indiana
    6. Grant County, Indiana
    7. Whitley County, Indiana
    8. Delaware County, Indiana
    9. Wabash County, Indiana
    10. Randolph County, Indiana

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    46714, 46731, 46759, 46766, 46777, 46778, 46781, 46791

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • WNUY (100.1 FM) BLUFFTON, IN
    • WADM (1540 AM) BUFFTON, IN
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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