Merrillville Community School, IN (1809690) DP1 General Demographic Characteristics

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Merrillville Community School, IN (1809690)
-- DP1 General Demographic Characteristics

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This section provides a summary of general demographic characteristics for Merrillville Community School, IN based on the 2009 American Community Survey. See related sections Social Characteristics, Economic Characteristics and Housing Characteristics.

-- Table/Item --	Value	Percent
GENDER AND AGE
Total population	42,006	100.0
Male	20,013	47.6
Female	21,993	52.4

Under 5 years	2,538	6.0
5 to 9 years	2,879	6.9
10 to 14 years	2,958	7.0
15 to 19 years	2,929	7.0
20 to 24 years	2,199	5.2
25 to 34 years	5,521	13.1
35 to 44 years	5,518	13.1
45 to 54 years	6,246	14.9
55 to 59 years	2,928	7.0
60 to 64 years	1,967	4.7
65 to 74 years	3,098	7.4
75 to 84 years	2,256	5.4
85 years and over	969	2.3

Median age (years)	37.7

18 years and over	31,700	75.5
21 years and over	30,194	71.9
62 years and over	7,420	17.7
65 years and over	6,323	15.1

18 years and over	31,700	75.5
Male	14,742	35.1
Female	16,958	40.4

65 years and over	6,323	15.1
Male	2,550	6.1
Female	3,773	9.0

RACE
Total population	42,006	100.0
One race	41,246	98.2
Two or more races	760	1.8

One race	41,246	98.2
White	25,740	61.3
Black or African American	13,076	31.1
American Indian and Alaska Native	235	0.6
Cherokee tribal grouping	20	0.0
Chippewa tribal grouping	0	0.0
Navajo tribal grouping	0	0.0
Sioux tribal grouping	0	0.0
Asian	172	0.4
Asian Indian	0	0.0
Chinese	18	0.0
Filipino	46	0.1
Japanese	0	0.0
Korean	33	0.1
Vietnamese	28	0.1
Other Asian	47	0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	21	0.0
Native Hawaiian	21	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0
Samoan	0	0.0
Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0
Some other race	2,002	4.8
Two or more races	760	1.8
White and Black or African American	314	0.7
White and American Indian and Alaska Native	89	0.2
White and Asian	102	0.2
Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native	10	0.0

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
Total population	42,006	100.0
White	26,432	62.9
Black or African American	13,423	32.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	369	0.9
Asian	274	0.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	32	0.1
Some other race	2,236	5.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	42,006	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	4,464	10.6
Mexican	3,444	8.2
Puerto Rican	768	1.8
Cuban	44	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	208	0.5
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,542	89.4
White alone	23,643	56.3
Black or African American alone	12,879	30.7
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	192	0.5
Asian alone	172	0.4
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	21	0.0
Some other race alone	103	0.2
Two or more races	532	1.3
Two races including Some other race	35	0.1
Two races excl Some other race & three or more races	497	1.2

Total housing units	17,711	100.0

Developed by ProximityOne; Census Bureau ACS 2009 Estimates

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