Benton County, Indiana (IN)

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• • 7,83690.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5396.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1932.2%Two or more races
  • 1031.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 180.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 160.2%Some other race alone
  • 50.06%Asian alone

Crime in 2006 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 18
• Thefts: 44
• Auto thefts: 9

Crime in 1999 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 8
• Thefts: 31
• Auto thefts: 2

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $972 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $806 (0.6%)

Area name: Lafayette, IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Benton County is $550 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $676 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $880 a month.

Cities in this county include: Fowler, Oxford, Boswell, Earl Park, Ambia.

Neighboring counties: Holmes County, Ohio , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania , Mason County, Illinois , Van Wert County, Ohio , Scotland County, Missouri .

Current college students: 247
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 167 (16.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 462010 or later
• 682000 to 2009
• 261990 to 1999
• 61980 to 1989
• 91970 to 1979
• 45Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 3,346
• One, attached: 8
• Two: 90
• 3 or 4: 101
• 5 to 9: 117
• 10 to 19: 32
• 20 or more: 11
• Mobile homes: 132

Housing units in Benton County with a mortgage: 1,651 (294 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 294 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44

Religion statistics for Benton County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Benton County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Indiana Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 31, 2020, FEMA Id: 4515, Natural disaster type: Other
• Indiana Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 2018 - March 4, 2018, FEMA Id: 4363, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Indiana Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 19, 2011 to June 06, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1997: June 23, 2011, FEMA Id: 1997, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Indiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 30, 2008 to June 27, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1766: June 08, 2008, FEMA Id: 1766, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Indiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 07, 2008 to March 14, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1740: January 30, 2008, FEMA Id: 1740, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Indiana Snow, Incident Period: February 12, 2007 to February 14, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3274: March 12, 2007, FEMA Id: 3274, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Indiana Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3238: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3238, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Indiana Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 01, 2005 to February 11, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1573: January 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 1573, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Indiana Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 25, 2004 to June 25, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1520: June 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 1520, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Indiana Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: July 04, 2003 to August 06, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1476: July 11, 2003, FEMA Id: 1476, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.19% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($42,984 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.32% relocated from other counties in Indiana ($37,536 average AGI)
0.86% relocated from other states ($5,444 average AGI)

Benton County:	0.86%
Indiana average:	2.58%

from Tippecanoe County, IN	3.42% ($41,504 average AGI)
from Newton County, IN	0.66% ($47,391)

7.53% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($52,361 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.21% relocated to other counties in Indiana ($43,753 average AGI)
1.32% relocated to other states ($8,605 average AGI)

Benton County:	1.32%
Indiana average:	2.46%

to Tippecanoe County, IN

2.41% ($65,417 average AGI)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Benton County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 1,881 (621 living alone), Female householders: 1,632 (455 living alone)

• 1,597 spouses (1,572 opposite-sex spouses), 302 unmarried partners, (293 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,645 children (2,440 natural, 69 adopted, 135 stepchildren), 190 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 94 parents, 0 foster children, 95 other relatives, 176 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 112

Size of family households: 1,067 2-persons, 480 3-persons, 293 4-persons, 274 5-persons, 111 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,075 1-person, 163 2-persons, 20 3-persons.

1,274 married couples with children.
619 single-parent households (150 men, 469 women).

94.1% of residents of Benton speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $56,912,000 ($6,227 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $740,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $23,834,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $11,189,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,516,000
Federal grants: $8,654,000
Federal procurement contracts: $517,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,202,000 ($187,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $685,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,190,000
Federal Government insurance: $55,213,000

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

Here:	-55 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.48 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Benton County, Indiana
• 02020 or later
• 1912010 to 2019
• 1322000 to 2009
• 1721990 to 1999
• 2281980 to 1989
• 4511970 to 1979
• 3331960 to 1969
• 4161950 to 1959
• 2591940 to 1949
• 1,6011939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Benton County, Indiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Benton County, Indiana
• 01 room
• 132 rooms
• 223 rooms
• 2044 rooms
• 3085 rooms
• 6116 rooms
• 5927 rooms
• 4738 rooms
• 5569+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Benton County, Indiana
• 51 room
• 212 rooms
• 773 rooms
• 1834 rooms
• 895 rooms
• 1846 rooms
• 867 rooms
• 518 rooms
• 449+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Benton County, Indiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Benton County, Indiana
• 15no bedroom
• 511 bedroom
• 4862 bedrooms
• 1,3563 bedrooms
• 7704 bedrooms
• 1025+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Benton County, Indiana
• 5no bedroom
• 1131 bedroom
• 2512 bedrooms
• 2343 bedrooms
• 1224 bedrooms
• 175+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Benton County, Indiana in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Benton County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 44no vehicle
• 8881 vehicle
• 8452 vehicles
• 6363 vehicles
• 2704 vehicles
• 945+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Benton County in renter-occupied apartments
• 82no vehicle
• 3121 vehicle
• 2442 vehicles
• 653 vehicles
• 54 vehicles
• 335+ vehicles

90.3% of Benton County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Indiana.

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

• This state: 6,713
• Other state: 1,796
• Northeast: 91
• Midwest: 989
• South: 495
• West: 222

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 112
• Number of aged recipients: 6
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 106
• Number of recipients under 18: 20
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 84
• Number of recipients older than 64: 8
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 45
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 45