Jennings County, Indiana (IN)

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County population in 2005: 28,427 (41% urban, 59% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 8,013
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,121

% of renters here:	21%
State:	29%

Land area: 377 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 75 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	9.2%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	3.9%
Whole state:	4.2%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (35.3%), Educational,health and social services (18.5%), Retail trade (13.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 82%
Government: 13%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Jennings County, Indiana business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Jennings County, Indiana:

White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
Two or more races (1.1%)
Black (0.7%)
Hispanic (0.7%)
American Indian (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	34.6 years
Indiana median age:	35.2 years

Males: 13,694	(49.7%)
Females: 13,860	(50.3%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $27,135
County population in 2003: 28,165
Jobs in 2003: 8,994

Total labor force in 2004: 14,026
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.8%

Average household size:

Jennings County:	2.7 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $41,702 ($39,402 in 2000)

This county	$41,702
Indiana:	$43,993

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $101,290

Jennings County	$101,290
Indiana:	$114,400

Median montly rent in 2000: $490
Institutionalized population: 178
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Jennings County in 2000: $755

Jennings County races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 208 buildings, average cost: $78,400
2001: 192 buildings, average cost: $98,900
2002: 132 buildings, average cost: $88,100
2003: 129 buildings, average cost: $85,400
2004: 130 buildings, average cost: $87,800
2005: 115 buildings, average cost: $73,600
2006: 107 buildings, average cost: $111,500

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

2004 Presidential Election results in Jennings County Indiana:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 65.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 33.6%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $636 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jennings County is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $561 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $679 a month.

Cities in this county include: North Vernon, Vernon.

Neighboring counties: Bartholomew County , Decatur County , Jackson County , Jefferson County , Ripley County , Scott County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable location: Coffee Creek Conservation Club (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Jennings County include: Coffee Creek Church (A), Rock Creek Church (B), Bear Creek Church (C), Graham Church (D), Marion Church (E), Tea Creek Church (F), Browns Corner Church (G), Brush Creek Church (H), Cana Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: German Cemetery (1), Green Cemetery (2), Otter Creek Cemetery (3), Old Zenas Cemetery (4), Baldwin Cemetery (5), Barkman Cemetery (6), Vernon Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Broomsage Lake (A), Country Squire Lake (B), Brush Creek Reservoir (C), Gaylord Stark Lake (D), Whippoorwill Lake (E), Kimberly Lake (F), Hickory Lake (G), Crosley Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Leatherwood Creek (A), Wolf Creek (B), Millstone Creek (C), Indian Creek (D), Ice Creek (E), Huckleberry Branch (F), Nettle Creek (G), Woods Branch (H), Sugar Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Jennings County include: Muscatatuck State Park (1), Brush Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (2), Crosley State Fish and Wildlife Area (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.5%
Indiana:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 734
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 201 (62% naturalized citizens)

Jennings County:	0.7%
Whole state:	3.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 57
1990 to 1994: 21
1985 to 1989: 16
1980 to 1984: 12
1975 to 1979: 6
1970 to 1974: 57
1970 to 1974: 0
1965 to 1969: 32

Mean travel time to work: 25.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 55.7%

Jennings County marital status for males

Jennings County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,121
One, attached: 97
Two: 232
3 or 4: 173
5 to 9: 280
10 to 19: 51
20 or more: 89
Mobile homes: 3,089
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 337

Housing units in Jennings County with a mortgage: 3,402 (403 second mortgage, 508 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,226

Agriculture in Jennings County
Average size of farms: 213 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $61019
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $214.65
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.72%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 49.66%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $61467
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 67.14%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $90554
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.47%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.19
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.56%
Corn for grain: 33463 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 1484 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 53557 harvested acres
Vegetables: 109 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 42 acres

Jennings County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Indiana state average. It is 4.9 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 fatalities and 47 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 4 people and injured 17 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (15%)
Construction (12%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Machinery (8%)
Plastics and rubber products (4%)
Health care (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Transportation equipment (9%)
Educational services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Plastics and rubber products (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Cashiers (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (25%)
Germany (25%)
Philippines (18%)
El Salvador (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Pakistan (5%)
Russia (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Jennings County:

United States or American (32%)
German (25%)
English (11%)
Irish (10%)
French (except Basque) (2%)
Dutch (2%)
Italian (2%)

Jennings County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 10,294 (79%)
Carpooled: 2,084 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 37 (0%)
Motorcycle: 36 (0%)
Walked: 177 (1%)
Other means: 47 (0%)
Worked at home: 287 (2%)

People in group quarters in Jennings County, Indiana

307 people in other nonhousehold living situations
129 people in nursing homes
49 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
20 people in other group homes
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,459.

6.23% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,026 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.23%
Indiana average:	6.54%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.86% relocated from other counties in Indiana ($22,259 average AGI)
1.36% relocated from other states ($6,766 average AGI)
Jennings County: 1.36%
Indiana average: 2.47%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Bartholomew County, IN	1.51% ($27,827 average AGI)
from Jackson County, IN	1.03% ($34,132)
from Jefferson County, IN	0.42% ($32,907)
from Decatur County, IN	0.32% ($26,636)
from Marion County, IN	0.25% ($25,192)
from Ripley County, IN	0.21% ($25,182)
from Johnson County, IN	0.17% ($29,833)

7.28% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,106 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.28%
Indiana average:	6.56%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.62% relocated to other counties in Indiana ($20,929 average AGI)
1.65% relocated to other states ($7,177 average AGI)
Jennings County: 1.65%
Indiana average: 2.55%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Bartholomew County, IN	1.64% ($27,727 average AGI)
to Jackson County, IN	1.20% ($28,960)
to Jefferson County, IN	0.50% ($22,808)
to Decatur County, IN	0.45% ($26,043)
to Marion County, IN	0.41% ($29,860)
to Johnson County, IN	0.21% ($33,227)
to Scott County, IN	0.17% ($32,500)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.8

Births per 1000 population in Jennings County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Jennings County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Jennings County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,866 (2,891 aged, 975 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship

Households: 27,016

In family households: 23,879 (6,310 male householders, 1,344 female householders)
6,412 spouses, 8,400 children (7,271 natural, 284 adopted, 845 stepchildren), 403 grandchildren, 122 brothers or sisters, 111 parents, 188 other relatives, 589 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,137 (1,225 male householders (912 living alone)), 1,317 female householders (1,176 living alone)), 595 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 538 (194 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,070 2-persons, 1,833 3-persons, 1,663 4-persons, 762 5-persons, 230 6-persons, 96 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,088 1-person, 355 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

5,340 married couples with children.
1,499 single-parent households (488 men, 1,011 women).

97.5% of residents of Jennings County speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $117,085,000 ($4123 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,320,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $59,950,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,906,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,487,000
Federal grants: $22,846,000
Federal procurement contracts: $990,000 ($261,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,907,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $815,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,707,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,893,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,982

Here:	70 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,316

Here:	46 per 1000 residents
State:	47 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +32

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+9 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +210

Here:	+7 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Jennings County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.46 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 329
1995 to 1998: 1,556
1990 to 1994: 969
1980 to 1989: 1,764
1970 to 1979: 2,391
1960 to 1969: 1,516
1950 to 1959: 874
1940 to 1949: 416
1939 or earlier: 1,654

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jennings County, Indiana:

1 room: 6
2 rooms: 26
3 rooms: 164
4 rooms: 1,213
5 rooms: 2,574
6 rooms: 1,807
7 rooms: 1,160
8 rooms: 589
9 or more rooms: 474

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jennings County, Indiana:

1 room: 16
2 rooms: 133
3 rooms: 270
4 rooms: 636
5 rooms: 549
6 rooms: 267
7 rooms: 173
8 rooms: 61
9 or more rooms: 16

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Jennings County:

no bedroom: 6
1 bedroom: 202
2 bedrooms: 2,067
3 bedrooms: 4,670
4 bedrooms: 938
5 or more bedrooms: 130

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jennings County:

no bedroom: 22
1 bedroom: 404
2 bedrooms: 944
3 bedrooms: 638
4 bedrooms: 98
5 or more bedrooms: 15

Cars and other vehicles available in Jennings County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 241
1 vehicle: 1,590
2 vehicles: 3,586
3 vehicles: 1,796
4 vehicles: 628
5 or more vehicles: 172

Cars and other vehicles available in Jennings County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 224
1 vehicle: 919
2 vehicles: 717
3 vehicles: 181
4 vehicles: 74
5 or more vehicles: 6

56% of Jennings County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Indiana.

Jennings County:	56.0%
State average:	55.7%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 21425
Northeast: 433
Midwest: 1694
South: 3192
West: 525

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (47%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
Utility gas (14%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
Wood (6%)
Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (50%)
Utility gas (20%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
Wood (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 416

Here:	11.8%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 99

Here:	6.9%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 141

Here:	20.8%
Indiana:	23.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Jennings County government finances in 2004:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $559,000
Charges - All Other: $675,000
Parks & Recreation: $34,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $3,748,000
Regular Highways: $2,564,000

Central Staff Services: $1,723,000

Financial Administration: $1,195,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $986,000

Health Services - Other: $860,000

Corrections - Other: $849,000

Police Protection: $698,000

Solid Waste Management: $467,000

General Public Buildings: $375,000

Welfare - Other: $274,000

Natural Resources - Other: $179,000

Parks & Recreation: $124,000
General - Interest on Debt: $385,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $876,000
Libraries: $167,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $197,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $10,981,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,194,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $10,995,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,180,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $1,984,000
Interest Earnings: $57,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $164,000
General - Other: $113,000

Health - Other: $20,000

Corrections - Other: $14,000

Judicial: $11,000

Financial Administration: $6,000

Police Protection: $5,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,826,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $352,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,142,000
General Support: $1,295,000

All Other: $632,000

Public Welfare: $455,000

Health & Hospitals: $57,000
Tax - Individual Income: $3,033,000
Property: $2,991,000

NEC: $204,000

Other Selective Sales: $26,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $5,883,000

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