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SHELBY COUNTY
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Estimated
Population,
4/1/95

121,574
Total Population,
4/1/90

99,358
Total Population, 4/1/80
66,298
Population Rank, 1995/1980
6/15
Average Annual Growth Rate (Percent), 1990-95/1980-904.0/4.0
Land Area, Square Miles/Rank
794.9/20
Persons Per Square Mile/Rank, 1995
152.9/8
Percent Nonwhite,
1995

8.0
Percent Under 20/65+, 1995
29.4/7.8
Birth Per 100 Deaths, 1994
236.3
Infant Mortality Rate, 1994 (1)
5.2
Infant Mortality Rates, Whites/Nonwhites, 1994 (1)
5.1/6.0
Per Capita Personal Income/Rank, 1993 (2)
$20,999/2
% Employed in White-Collar Occupations, 1990 (3)
69.4
% High School/College Graduates, 1990 (4)
78.2/29.0
% Persons Below Poverty Level/Rank, 1989 (5)
9.2/67
% Working Outside County, 1990 (6)
56.0
Average Travel Time to Work (Minutes),
1990
(6)
24.1
% Females in Labor Force With Own Children<6, 1985 (7)
59.9
% Annual Average Unemployment Rate, 1994 (6)
3.1
% 1990 Residents Living Outside County in 1985 (8)
37.0
Average Number of Violent/Property Crimes Pre 100,000 Population, 1992-94 (9)
213.2/875.3
% Veterans, Males/Females, 1990 (10)
26.3/0.7
Average Acreage Per Farm, 1992/1987 (11)
168/155
Median Value Owner-Occupied Housing Units, 1990 (12)
$87,400
% Married Couple Households With Own Children<18, 1990 (13)
34.8
% Unmarried Partner Households, 1990 (14)
1.3
Divorce/Marriage Ratio, 1994 (15)
1:1.4

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