Parke County, Indiana (IN)

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County population in 2005: 17,362 (18% urban, 82% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 5,151
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,264

% of renters here:	20%
State:	29%

Land area: 445 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.3 sq. mi.

Population density: 39 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	11.5%
Whole state:	9.5%

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

This county:	4.4%
Whole state:	4.2%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (23.6%), Educational,health and social services (15.6%), Retail trade (12.6%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 75%
Government: 14%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 11%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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

Races in Parke County, Indiana:

White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
Black (2.1%)
American Indian (0.7%)
Two or more races (0.7%)
Hispanic (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	38.9 years
Indiana median age:	35.2 years

Males: 8,222	(47.7%)
Females: 9,019	(52.3%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $21,771
County population in 2003: 17,366
Jobs in 2003: 3,799

Parke County,IN real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 8,004
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.1%

Average household size:

Parke County:	2.5 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $37,809 ($35,724 in 2000)

This county	$37,809
Indiana:	$43,993

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $80,266

Parke County	$80,266
Indiana:	$114,400

Median montly rent in 2000: $381
Institutionalized population: 1,114
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Parke County in 2000: $671

Parke County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Parke County Indiana:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 65.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 33.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $516 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Parke County is $421 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $634 a month.

Cities in this county include: Rockville, Montezuma, Rosedale, Marshall, Mecca, Bloomingdale.

Neighboring counties: Clay County , Fountain County , Montgomery County , Putnam County , Vermillion County , Vigo County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Parke County: Raccoon Ramp (A), Walker Ramp (B), Mansfield Ramp (C), Parke County Golf Course (D), Sand Creek Station (E), Russellville (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Parke County include: Waterman Church (A), Liberty Church (B), Parkville Church (C), Lusk Chapel (D), Linebarger Chapel (E), Mount Hermon Church (F), Fairview Church (G), Otterbein Church (H), Portland Mills Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Adams Cemetery (1), Webster Cemetery (2), Philadelphia Cemetery (3), Arabia Cemetery (4), Watts Cemetery (5), Armiesburg Cemetery (6), Overman Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Thomas Lake (A), Zellors Pond (B), Alma Lake (C), Lakeview Estates Lake (D), Rocky Fork Lake (E), Case Lake (F), Terre Haute Boys Club Lake (G), Cecil M Harden Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Leatherwood Creek (A), Leatherwood Branch (B), Lakeys Branch (C), Mill Creek (D), Keller Branch (E), Molasses Creek (F), Montgomery Branch (G), Jim Branch (H), Jeffries Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Parke County include: Camp Gulick (1), Shades State Park (2), Camp Weeapahko (3), Jungle Park (4), Turkey Run State Park (5), Raccoon Lake State Recreation Area (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.4%
Indiana:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 488
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 88 (68% naturalized citizens)

Parke County:	0.5%
Whole state:	3.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 2
1990 to 1994: 2
1985 to 1989: 12
1980 to 1984: 3
1975 to 1979: 1
1970 to 1974: 20
1970 to 1974: 15
1965 to 1969: 33

Mean travel time to work: 27.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.8%

Parke County marital status for males

Parke County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,724
One, attached: 32
Two: 76
3 or 4: 107
5 to 9: 76
10 to 19: 48
20 or more: 93
Mobile homes: 1,364
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19

Housing units in Parke County with a mortgage: 1,848 (110 second mortgage, 208 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,322

Agriculture in Parke County
Average size of farms: 351 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $70468
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $232.04
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 19.67%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $66380
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 69.60%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.53%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $77449
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.60%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.02
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 16.29%
Corn for grain: 49097 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2772 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 56820 harvested acres
Vegetables: 234 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 23 acres

Parke County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Indiana state average. It is 1.4 times below overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Plastics and rubber products (6%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Educational services (11%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Public administration (8%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Social assistance (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Cashiers (4%)

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

Germany (31%)
United Kingdom (13%)
Austria (7%)
Spain (7%)
Other Northern Africa (7%)
Ireland (6%)
Italy (6%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Parke County:

United States or American (30%)
German (19%)
English (12%)
Irish (9%)
Italian (3%)
Dutch (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Parke County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,786 (79%)
Carpooled: 904 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
Bicycle: 11 (0%)
Walked: 192 (3%)
Other means: 80 (1%)
Worked at home: 334 (5%)

People in group quarters in Parke County, Indiana

722 people in state prisons
320 people in nursing homes
72 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
29 people in other nonhousehold living situations
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,357.

6.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,086 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.20%
Indiana average:	6.54%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.70% relocated from other counties in Indiana ($22,012 average AGI)
1.50% relocated from other states ($10,074 average AGI)
Parke County: 1.50%
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 Vigo County, IN	1.10% ($26,200 average AGI)
from Vermillion County, IN	0.97% ($31,321)
from Clay County, IN	0.39% ($24,952)
from Putnam County, IN	0.33% ($27,833)
from Montgomery County, IN	0.31% ($34,059)
from Marion County, IN	0.29% ($39,750)
from Fountain County, IN	0.28% ($28,733)

7.64% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,466 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.64%
Indiana average:	6.56%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.03% relocated to other counties in Indiana ($22,608 average AGI)
1.61% relocated to other states ($5,861 average AGI)
Parke County: 1.61%
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 Vigo County, IN	1.52% ($30,595 average AGI)
to Vermillion County, IN	1.14% ($29,286)
to Montgomery County, IN	0.45% ($29,840)
to Clay County, IN	0.42% ($28,565)
to Marion County, IN	0.42% ($18,522)
to Hendricks County, IN	0.36% ($37,900)
to Putnam County, IN	0.34% ($34,842)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.7

Births per 1000 population in Parke County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.5

Deaths per 1000 population in Parke County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Parke County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,836 (2,376 aged, 460 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,070

In family households: 14,098 (3,870 male householders, 801 female householders)
3,841 spouses, 4,795 children (4,174 natural, 211 adopted, 410 stepchildren), 198 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 86 parents, 129 other relatives, 334 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,972 (822 male householders (688 living alone)), 929 female householders (862 living alone)), 221 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,171 (1,120 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,258 2-persons, 1,012 3-persons, 813 4-persons, 374 5-persons, 138 6-persons, 76 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,550 1-person, 189 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 8 4-persons.

3,034 married couples with children.
769 single-parent households (233 men, 536 women).

96.7% of residents of Parke County speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $90,223,000 ($5229 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,919,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $43,138,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $17,623,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,946,000
Federal grants: $16,648,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,107,000 ($273,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,762,000 ($1,457,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $272,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,857,000
Federal Government insurance: $18,775,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 992

Here:	57 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 854

Here:	49 per 1000 residents
State:	47 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: -3

Here:	-0 per 1000 residents
State:	+9 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +13

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Parke County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.90 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.9
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 155
1995 to 1998: 481
1990 to 1994: 454
1980 to 1989: 894
1970 to 1979: 1,345
1960 to 1969: 981
1950 to 1959: 591
1940 to 1949: 429
1939 or earlier: 2,209

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 18
3 rooms: 83
4 rooms: 728
5 rooms: 1,407
6 rooms: 1,280
7 rooms: 801
8 rooms: 449
9 or more rooms: 385

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

1 room: 12
2 rooms: 43
3 rooms: 263
4 rooms: 210
5 rooms: 294
6 rooms: 218
7 rooms: 108
8 rooms: 62
9 or more rooms: 54

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

no bedroom: 5
1 bedroom: 178
2 bedrooms: 1,777
3 bedrooms: 2,530
4 bedrooms: 532
5 or more bedrooms: 129

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Parke County:

no bedroom: 12
1 bedroom: 325
2 bedrooms: 463
3 bedrooms: 349
4 bedrooms: 82
5 or more bedrooms: 33

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

no vehicle: 185
1 vehicle: 1,204
2 vehicles: 2,163
3 vehicles: 1,159
4 vehicles: 323
5 or more vehicles: 117

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

no vehicle: 172
1 vehicle: 550
2 vehicles: 404
3 vehicles: 104
4 vehicles: 25
5 or more vehicles: 9

62% of Parke County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Indiana.

Parke County:	61.7%
State average:	55.7%

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

This state: 13804
Northeast: 474
Midwest: 1579
South: 1018
West: 217

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (38%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
Electricity (18%)
Wood (6%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (38%)
Electricity (31%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
Wood (4%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 113

Here:	5.8%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68

Here:	6.3%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 59

Here:	13.0%
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)

Parke County government finances in 2002:

Charges - Air Transportation: $0
Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
Charges - All Other: $568,000
Parks & Recreation: $134,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,686,000
General - Other: $1,409,000

Central Staff Services: $1,404,000

Police Protection: $1,241,000

Health Services - Other: $612,000

Welfare - Other: $567,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $561,000

Financial Administration: $526,000

Corrections - Other: $344,000

Parks & Recreation: $149,000

Natural Resources - Other: $131,000

Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $38,000

Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $6,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $527,000
Health & Hospitals: $32,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $352,000
Libraries: $76,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $53,000
All Other: $0
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $1,814,000
Interest Earnings: $268,000

Rents: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $266,000
Health - Other: $71,000

Regular Highways: $56,000

Parks & Recreation: $36,000

General - Other: $30,000

Corrections - Other: $19,000

Judicial: $17,000

Financial Administration: $2,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,930,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,002,000
General Support: $454,000

All Other: $230,000

Health & Hospitals: $20,000

Public Welfare: $8,000
Tax - Property: $2,362,000
Individual Income: $1,693,000

Other Selective Sales: $108,000

NEC: $108,000

Motor Vehicle License: $0
Total Salaries & Wages: $3,137,000

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