People QuickFacts
East Chicago
Indiana
Population, 2003 estimate
31,366
6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
-3.2%
1.9%
Population, 2000
32,414
6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
-4.3%
9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
9.1%
7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
30.5%
25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000
13.3%
12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000
52.2%
51.0%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)
36.5%
87.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)
36.1%
8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)
0.5%
0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)
0.2%
1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)
0.1%
Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)
24.0%
1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000
2.6%
1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000
51.6%
3.5%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old &
over
59.7%
55.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
14.7%
3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+,
2000
46.0%
6.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
60.6%
82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
7.1%
19.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
22.1
22.6
Housing units, 2000
13,261
2,532,319
Homeownership rate, 2000
44.6%
71.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
$69,900
$94,300
Households, 2000
11,707
2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000
2.75
2.53
Median household income, 1999
$26,538
$41,567
Per capita money income, 1999
$13,517
$20,397
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999
24.4%
9.5%
Business QuickFacts
East Chicago
Indiana
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000)
953,754
66,350,132
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)
83,592
57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997
$2,669
$9,748
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000)
15,963
6,646,318
Total number of firms, 1997
928
413,400
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
37.9%
5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
25.3%
25.9%
Geography QuickFacts
East Chicago
Indiana
Land area, 2000 (square miles)
12
35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000
2,706.3
169.5
FIPS Code
19486
18
Counties
Lake County
NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections visit the U.S. Cencus website.
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms