Wells County, IN [18179] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Fort Wayne, IN metropolitan area [23060] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	27,680	27,726	27,696	27,705	27,798	27,835	27,840	27,984	304
Births	...	330	370	336	340	327	340	335	340
Deaths	...	259	267	283	276	315	266	245	273
Natural Increase	...	71	103	53	64	12	74	90	67
Net Migration	...	-24	-134	-43	33	26	-68	56	-22
International	...	12	15	15	18	18	18	20	17
Domestic	...	-36	-149	-58	15	8	-86	36	-39

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	27,680	27,726	27,696	27,705	27,798	27,835	27,840	27,984	304
Male	13,643	13,666	13,641	13,710	13,707	13,770	13,762	13,852	209
Female	14,037	14,060	14,055	13,995	14,091	14,065	14,078	14,132	95
Group Quarters	...	472	472	472	472	472	472	472	0

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	27,680	27,726	27,696	27,705	27,798	27,835	27,840	27,984	304
White alone	27,162	27,169	27,099	27,090	27,140	27,115	27,076	27,200	38
Black alone	103	120	140	137	143	163	185	185	82
AIAN alone	80	86	83	85	88	91	93	85	5
Asian alone	115	117	130	140	157	179	179	184	69
NHOPI alone	3	3	7	7	9	11	13	14	11
Two+ Races	217	231	237	246	261	276	294	316	99
Hispanic (any race)	569	606	668	671	721	727	818	908	339

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	27,984	27,200	185	85	184	14	316	908
Age 0-4	1,752	1,655	22	1	19	0	55	113
Age 5-9	1,976	1,861	24	4	36	1	50	97
Age 10-14	1,966	1,889	16	10	17	1	33	106
Age 15-19	1,771	1,709	9	3	10	1	39	106
Age 20-24	1,567	1,509	17	5	12	0	24	69
Age 25-29	1,596	1,546	12	2	20	0	16	55
Age 30-34	1,591	1,554	9	3	3	2	20	65
Age 35-39	1,676	1,634	18	3	9	0	12	75
Age 40-44	1,506	1,466	9	2	13	4	12	56
Age 45-49	1,678	1,640	11	5	11	1	10	36
Age 50-54	1,836	1,798	13	6	10	1	8	38
Age 55-59	2,145	2,108	9	13	5	0	10	27
Age 60-64	1,919	1,897	7	6	3	1	5	13
Age 65-69	1,575	1,550	3	8	7	2	5	15
Age 70-74	1,204	1,183	3	8	3	0	7	19
Age 75-79	852	844	1	2	2	0	3	8
Age 80-84	622	613	2	1	2	0	4	3
Age 85 up	752	744	0	3	2	0	3	7

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	342	328	366	333	338	324	339	333	-9
Age 0101	374	352	329	370	336	349	323	345	-29
Age 0202	355	394	356	333	376	359	348	324	-31
Age 0303	364	362	395	354	344	389	375	370	6
Age 0404	382	372	386	397	357	359	396	380	-2
Age 0505	368	378	361	390	391	378	371	410	42
Age 0606	403	373	384	360	393	404	376	379	-24
Age 0707	364	408	372	380	357	382	409	383	19
Age 0808	356	357	389	380	398	364	392	417	61
Age 0909	362	363	364	395	398	404	359	387	25
Age 1010	337	371	362	357	397	394	404	352	15
Age 1111	361	350	360	385	371	399	396	415	54
Age 1212	409	357	358	361	387	375	405	401	-8
Age 1313	416	412	363	354	366	394	373	411	-5
Age 1414	405	404	393	369	358	377	390	387	-18
Age 1515	414	396	392	397	361	361	391	398	-16
Age 1616	435	410	401	413	413	368	369	396	-39
Age 1717	445	428	417	398	405	412	371	378	-67
Age 1818	388	390	367	363	350	337	358	326	-62
Age 1919	303	317	312	299	279	273	265	273	-30
Age 2020	314	320	317	328	312	284	294	278	-36
Age 2121	282	322	324	327	331	323	305	285	3
Age 2222	296	313	345	328	351	357	339	326	30
Age 2323	297	281	312	337	326	351	339	351	54
Age 2424	315	292	305	292	340	318	363	327	12
Age 2525	287	331	288	291	295	341	310	344	57
Age 2626	303	292	310	298	293	311	325	324	21
Age 2727	337	304	283	323	292	301	295	327	-10
Age 2828	323	346	311	295	335	291	300	302	-21
Age 2929	336	316	346	305	298	328	266	299	-37
Age 3030	343	335	328	348	298	298	315	272	-71
Age 3131	313	355	335	325	353	306	319	322	9
Age 3232	298	313	361	319	315	351	299	322	24
Age 3333	292	302	307	357	337	320	361	314	22
Age 3434	300	286	302	306	362	331	312	361	61
Age 3535	288	312	281	304	296	361	323	315	27
Age 3636	285	285	312	298	308	314	378	333	48
Age 3737	302	275	278	313	310	316	315	384	82
Age 3838	308	286	284	286	318	312	323	320	12
Age 3939	369	300	281	277	286	325	313	324	-45
Age 4040	346	363	302	279	279	284	324	299	-47
Age 4141	334	344	353	306	291	285	301	319	-15
Age 4242	328	336	352	353	310	289	287	300	-28
Age 4343	336	332	333	341	355	319	287	297	-39
Age 4444	340	328	326	326	359	337	322	291	-49
Age 4545	391	348	322	320	339	357	342	324	-67
Age 4646	438	397	347	323	323	340	376	354	-84
Age 4747	416	434	398	335	320	309	323	367	-49
Age 4848	426	411	434	398	332	319	306	328	-98
Age 4949	436	417	410	429	392	340	329	305	-131
Age 5050	438	445	415	416	419	385	341	329	-109
Age 5151	485	445	449	416	414	417	382	339	-146
Age 5252	459	476	442	434	402	407	405	367	-92
Age 5353	447	464	471	444	430	404	401	403	-44
Age 5454	417	449	467	469	447	432	404	398	-19
Age 5555	420	417	438	473	466	432	434	407	-13
Age 5656	389	417	413	425	467	452	418	425	36
Age 5757	385	394	415	420	422	457	444	421	36
Age 5858	356	385	396	418	411	405	451	444	88
Age 5959	364	354	384	400	406	407	402	448	84
Age 6060	367	349	343	380	395	393	403	397	30
Age 6161	330	360	348	340	378	393	399	391	61
Age 6262	315	326	348	338	339	371	384	394	79
Age 6363	334	309	328	347	328	341	365	375	41
Age 6464	253	333	306	317	342	321	342	362	109
Age 6565	247	243	330	298	315	345	318	345	98
Age 6666	257	253	249	328	295	317	338	312	55
Age 6767	272	254	245	252	319	292	312	334	62
Age 6868	240	269	249	241	244	311	282	309	69
Age 6969	240	237	257	244	239	238	306	275	35
Age 7070	191	235	225	248	236	225	232	300	109
Age 7171	202	196	233	242	253	239	233	234	32
Age 7272	215	186	188	218	227	241	225	220	5
Age 7373	193	201	180	188	217	219	236	216	23
Age 7474	164	188	196	176	185	210	214	234	70
Age 7575	169	156	185	192	174	178	197	205	36
Age 7676	145	172	150	179	185	167	168	195	50
Age 7777	147	130	160	140	173	162	147	157	10
Age 7878	147	156	134	160	136	173	154	149	2
Age 7979	164	143	147	128	155	130	165	146	-18
Age 8080	149	162	134	140	118	148	125	156	7
Age 8181	138	135	144	124	133	107	136	114	-24
Age 8282	142	131	129	137	118	124	100	127	-15
Age 8383	138	144	130	126	137	116	125	107	-31
Age 8484	116	123	129	119	119	120	107	118	2
Age 8585	683	691	725	733	723	736	744	752	69
Age 0517	5,075	5,007	4,916	4,939	4,995	5,012	5,006	5,114	39