Population statistics for Indiana counties in 2010 don’t reveal many surprises. For those interested, we’ll list the top 10 below.
I came across some recent numbers, however, that included businesses, sales and employees by county. Among the items that jumped out: Elkhart, while sixth in population, number of businesses and employees, generated the third highest sales total.
Here’s the numbers; draw your own conclusions.
Top 10 in population:
1. Marion: 892,403
2. Lake: 501,248
3. Allen: 356,857
4. Hamilton: 280,425
5. St. Joseph: 271,159
6. Elkhart: 202,892
7. Vanderburgh: 176,122
8. Tippecanoe: 168,650
9. Porter: 165,244
10. Hendricks: 143,458
Top 10 in businesses (ranked by number of employees)
COUNTY BUSINESSES EMPLOYEES SALES
1. Marion 33,788 633,691 $157,929,646
2. Allen 12,540 197,661 $48,525,593
3. Lake 15,207 176,748 $37,617,188
4. St. Joseph 9,146 135,683 $24,793,763
5. Vanderburgh 7,432 131,769 $24,693,842
6. Elkhart 7,137 122,835 $38,245,084
7. Hamilton 9,350 115,316 $24,953,277
8. Tippecanoe 4,871 88,321 $22,935,115
9. Monroe 4,608 62,571 $11,051,280
10. Porter 5,362 58,493 $15,312,321