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Fountain County, IN

16,617 Population
395.7 square miles 42 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,433 ±$2,228 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,542 ±$5,103 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±2.7% (2,034  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±1.3 (182,075  ±11,868) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,941 ±228 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (16,489  ±4) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±2.9% (267  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,875 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,400 ±$14,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±2.5% (2,019  ±416.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±4.4% (10,661  ±513.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±1.9% (1,719  ±224.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% (209  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±1.2% (914  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
914 Total veterans ±155 864 Male ±150 50 Female ±28

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