2024 population: 175,860 ( 2,636 from 2020)
Land area: 418.1 square miles
Population density: 420.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	139,973	79.59%	1.2%
Black:	8,424	4.79%	16.1%
Indian:	356	0.20%	2.6%
Asian:	2,726	1.55%	8.9%
2+ races:	2,794	1.59%	8.4%
Hispanic:	21,587	12.28%	14.3%

Total non-White:	35,887	20.41%	13.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,927	10.0
Deaths:	7,871	11.4
Net Migration:	2,909	4.2
Net Immigration:	702	1.0

Change in White population:	-1,687	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,323	2.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
173,224
141,660	81.78%
7,258	4.19%
347	0.20%
2,503	1.44%
2,577	1.49%
18,879	10.90%
31,564	18.22%

2010
164,343
141,243	85.94%
4,649	2.83%
349	0.21%
1,991	1.21%
2,008	1.22%
13,933	8.48%
23,100	14.06%

2000
146,798
135,334	92.19%
1,314	0.90%
269	0.18%
1,364	0.93%
1,350	0.92%
7,079	4.82%
11,464	7.81%

1990
128,932
123,521	95.80%
431	0.33%
275	0.21%
1,035	0.80%
n/a
3,670	2.85%
5,411	4.20%

1980
119,816
116,154	96.94%
295	0.25%
219	0.18%
486	0.41%
n/a
2,655	2.22%
3,662	3.06%

1970
87,114
85,740	98.42%
159	0.18%
63	0.07%
103	0.12%
n/a
1,009	1.16%
1,374	1.58%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
15,997	9.7
13,389	8.1
2,831	1.7
811	0.5

417	0.3
8,464	5.2

Number	Rate
2000's
17,261	11.8
10,964	7.5
10,108	6.9
1,288	0.9

5,909	4.0
11,636	7.9

Number	Rate
1990's
17,014	13.2
10,125	7.9
12,123	9.4
504	0.4

11,813	9.2
6,053	4.7

Number	Rate
1980's
17,044	14.2
7,881	6.6
112	0.1
n/a

7,367	6.1
1,749	1.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
21,509	24.7
n/a

30,414	34.9
2,288	2.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Porter County, IN

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.1
37,488	21.3%
138,372	78.7%
29,848	17.0%

67,945
2.50

45,506	67.0%
36,263	79.7%
3,677	8.1%
22,439	33.0%

2010
Number	Percent
38.4
39,921	24.3%
124,422	75.7%
20,363	12.4%

61,998
2.60

43,901	70.8%
34,539	78.7%
3,630	8.3%
18,097	29.2%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
37,630	25.6%
109,168	74.4%
15,951	10.9%

54,721
2.62

39,917	72.9%
33,016	82.7%
3,006	7.5%
14,804	27.1%

1990
Number	Percent
32.5
35,591	27.6%
93,341	72.4%
12,693	9.8%

45,161
2.77

34,794	77.0%
29,953	86.1%
2,095	6.0%
10,367	23.0%

1980
Number	Percent
27.3
38,123	31.8%
81,693	68.2%
8,206	6.8%

39,238
2.96

31,536	80.4%
28,068	89.0%
1,783	5.7%
7,702	19.6%

2022 Housing Data for Porter County, IN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,548	3.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,523	2.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,697	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,631	3.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,735	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,295	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,485	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,046	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,671	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,661	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,743	8.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,663	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	8,343	12.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,936	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,923	10.2%
$200,000 or more	6,045	8.9%

Median Household Income	82,915
Per Capita Income	40,792

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	105
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,851	4.2%
Public Assistance	1,054	1.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,521	6.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	70,240	71.4%
Unemployed	3,254	3.3%
In Armed Forces	43	0.0%

Total Labor Force	73,537	74.7%
Not in Labor Force	24,871	25.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	35,071	25,429	58.0%
Non-Profit	2,368	4,359	35.2%
Self-Employed	4,240	2,766	60.5%

Local Government	2,164	3,737	36.7%
State Government	745	1,486	33.4%
Federal Government	581	551	51.3%

Total Private + Self	39,311	28,195	58.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,858	10,133	36.6%
Total	45,169	38,328	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	11.1%
Pct. Private + Self	80.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	13,107	15.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	15,328	18.3%
Professional, Technical	19,893	23.8%
Service Occupations	12,077	14.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	193	0.2%
All others	23,172	27.7%

White Collar		57.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	14,886	17.8%
Health care and social assistance	11,576	13.9%
Retail trade	8,312	9.9%
Educational services	7,835	9.4%
Construction	6,715	8.0%
Accommodation and food services	5,658	6.8%
Other services	4,724	5.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,693	5.6%
Transportation and warehousing	4,060	4.9%
Finance and insurance	2,977	3.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,914	3.5%
Public administration	2,567	3.1%
Wholesale trade	1,486	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,361	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,325	1.6%
Information	1,000	1.2%
Utilities	802	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	550	0.7%
Management	87	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	49	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	13,907	8.02%
Puerto Rican	3,033	1.75%
Cuban	148	0.09%
Dominican	98	0.06%

Total Central American	315	0.18%
Costa Rican	15	0.01%
Guatemalan	142	0.08%
Honduran	121	0.07%
Nicaraguan	14	0.01%
Panamanian	14	0.01%
Salvadoran	9	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	240	0.14%
Argentinean	19	0.01%
Bolivian	11	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	43	0.02%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	129	0.07%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	38	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	916	0.53%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	800	0.46%
Chinese	787	0.45%
Filipino	378	0.22%
Korean	142	0.08%
Vietnamese	114	0.07%
Thai	45	0.03%
Japanese	33	0.02%
Burmese	2	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	154,125	93.7%
Spanish	6,169	3.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,056	0.6%
Other Indo-European	994	0.6%
Chinese	579	0.4%
Other Asian	315	0.2%
Tagalog	300	0.2%
German, other Germanic	241	0.1%
Arabic	238	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	35,745	20.6%
Irish	25,548	14.7%
English	16,343	9.4%
Polish	14,513	8.4%
Italian	8,478	4.9%
American	6,377	3.7%
Swedish	4,171	2.4%
Dutch	3,596	2.1%
French	3,524	2.0%
Scottish	3,169	1.8%
European	2,813	1.6%
Slovak	2,473	1.4%
Hungarian	1,926	1.1%
Greek	1,780	1.0%
Norwegian	1,584	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	170,583	98.4%
Not a citizen	2,772	1.6%

Native	167,001	96.3%
Foreign-born	6,354	3.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,326	1.9%	4,954	4.1%	41,477	34.5%	35,449	29.5%	22,294	18.6%	13,640	11.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,326	1.9%
9-12 Years	4,954	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	41,477	34.5%
Some College	35,449	29.5%
Bach. Degree	22,294	18.6%
Grad Degree	13,640	11.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	65,802	63,308	2,494	3.8%	5.1%
1991	66,833	64,014	2,819	4.2%	5.7%
1992	68,078	64,518	3,560	5.2%	6.1%
1993	70,126	66,605	3,521	5.0%	5.1%
1994	71,523	68,270	3,253	4.5%	4.7%
1995	73,172	69,872	3,300	4.5%	4.4%
1996	74,329	71,647	2,682	3.6%	4.0%
1997	76,247	74,061	2,186	2.9%	3.4%
1998	76,992	74,948	2,044	2.7%	3.0%
1999	76,763	74,504	2,259	2.9%	2.9%

2000	77,430	75,226	2,204	2.8%	3.0%
2001	78,631	75,608	3,023	3.8%	4.2%
2002	79,378	75,409	3,969	5.0%	5.2%
2003	79,751	75,729	4,022	5.0%	5.3%
2004	79,331	75,421	3,910	4.9%	5.4%
2005	81,029	77,208	3,821	4.7%	5.4%
2006	82,867	79,280	3,587	4.3%	5.0%
2007	82,936	79,723	3,213	3.9%	4.6%
2008	84,701	80,644	4,057	4.8%	5.9%
2009	84,794	76,748	8,046	9.5%	10.5%

2010	81,658	74,116	7,542	9.2%	10.1%
2011	82,497	75,892	6,605	8.0%	8.9%
2012	82,465	76,282	6,183	7.5%	8.2%
2013	83,317	77,418	5,899	7.1%	7.5%
2014	84,077	78,881	5,196	6.2%	5.9%
2015	84,689	80,174	4,515	5.3%	4.8%
2016	86,357	81,990	4,367	5.1%	4.4%
2017	85,807	82,367	3,440	4.0%	3.5%
2018	87,272	83,998	3,274	3.8%	3.4%
2019	86,288	83,116	3,172	3.7%	3.2%

2020	83,987	77,220	6,767	8.1%	7.1%
2021	84,495	80,973	3,522	4.2%	3.9%
2022	86,013	83,203	2,810	3.3%	3.0%
2023	86,290	83,108	3,182	3.7%	3.3%
2024	87,969	84,034	3,935	4.5%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	71,572
Median Value	$242,300

Occupied	67,945	94.9%
Vacant	3,627	5.1%

Owned	52,320	77.0%
Rented	15,625	23.0%
Median Rent	$1,092

Single-Family Units	56,254	78.6%
Detached	53,328	74.5%
Attached	2,926	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,558	10.6%
Mobile Homes	3,460	4.8%

Porter County, IN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Porter County, IN

2022 Housing Data for Porter County, IN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Porter County, IN

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Porter County, IN

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Porter County, IN

Historical Labor Force Data for Porter County, IN