2022 population: 206,890 ( 9,331 from 2010 , 164 from 2020)
Land area: 463.2 square miles
Population density: 446.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	150,518	72.75%	1.3%
Black:	11,300	5.46%	2.8%
Indian:	452	0.22%	4.1%
Asian:	2,566	1.24%	32.3%
2+ races:	4,549	2.20%	31.0%
Hispanic:	37,505	18.13%	34.5%

Total non-White:	56,372	27.25%	25.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,494	15.7
Deaths:	4,682	11.3
Net Migration:	-2,579	-6.2
Net Immigration:	535	1.3

Change in White population:	-2,037	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	11,368	5.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
197,559
152,555	77.22%
10,989	5.56%
434	0.22%
1,939	0.98%
3,473	1.76%
27,886	14.12%
45,004	22.78%

2000
182,791
152,421	83.39%
9,390	5.14%
400	0.22%
1,710	0.94%
2,364	1.29%
16,300	8.92%
30,370	16.61%

1990
156,198
144,622	92.59%
7,091	4.54%
475	0.30%
1,141	0.73%
n/a
2,869	1.84%
11,576	7.41%

1980
137,330
129,005	93.94%
5,603	4.08%
391	0.28%
553	0.40%
n/a
1,736	1.26%
8,325	6.06%

1970
126,529
120,588	95.30%
4,354	3.44%
116	0.09%
175	0.14%
n/a
1,181	0.93%
5,941	4.70%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
30,789	16.8
13,222	7.2
-6,929	-3.8
8,117	4.4

134	0.1
14,634	8.0

Number	Rate
1990's
28,118	18.0
13,056	8.4
4,097	2.6
2,123	1.4

7,799	5.0
18,794	12.0

Number	Rate
1980's
24,803	18.1
11,100	8.1
5,553	4.0
n/a

15,617	11.4
3,251	2.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-3,243	-2.6
n/a

8,417	6.7
2,384	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
35.6
56,588	27.4%
150,302	72.6%
31,363	15.2%

71,751
2.84

48,447	67.5%
36,473	75.3%
5,338	11.0%
23,304	32.5%

2010
Number	Percent
34.9
56,175	28.4%
141,384	71.6%
23,962	12.1%

70,244
2.76

50,542	72.0%
37,890	75.0%
5,528	10.9%
19,702	28.0%

2000
Number	Percent
33.2
52,726	28.8%
130,065	71.2%
19,890	10.9%

66,124
2.72

48,038	72.6%
38,602	80.4%
4,483	9.3%
18,086	27.4%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
44,642	28.6%
111,556	71.4%
17,482	11.2%

56,555
2.71

41,939	74.2%
35,220	84.0%
3,237	7.7%
14,616	25.8%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
42,568	31.0%
94,762	69.0%
13,208	9.6%

48,242
2.81

37,077	76.9%
32,163	86.7%
2,730	7.4%
11,165	23.1%

2022 Housing Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,755	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,547	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,632	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,711	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,383	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,013	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,443	4.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,151	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,293	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,916	8.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,328	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,916	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,290	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,041	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,057	5.7%
$200,000 or more	4,275	6.0%

Median Household Income	63,978
Per Capita Income	30,708

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,492	4.9%
Public Assistance	1,668	2.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	6,095	8.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	77,241	74.5%
Unemployed	3,088	3.0%
In Armed Forces	16	0.0%

Total Labor Force	80,345	77.5%
Not in Labor Force	23,379	22.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	42,819	30,234	58.6%
Non-Profit	2,747	6,399	30.0%
Self-Employed	5,179	3,422	60.2%

Local Government	2,247	3,198	41.3%
State Government	554	868	39.0%
Federal Government	512	519	49.7%

Total Private + Self	47,998	33,656	58.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,060	10,984	35.6%
Total	54,058	44,640	54.8%

Pct. Govt.	8.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,878	12.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	19,266	19.5%
Professional, Technical	16,439	16.6%
Service Occupations	14,588	14.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	479	0.5%
All others	36,691	37.1%

White Collar		48.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	34,829	35.2%
Health care and social assistance	11,967	12.1%
Retail trade	10,139	10.3%
Educational services	6,618	6.7%
Accommodation and food services	5,532	5.6%
Construction	5,001	5.1%
Other services	4,797	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	3,194	3.2%
Wholesale trade	2,841	2.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,813	2.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,534	2.6%
Finance and insurance	2,378	2.4%
Public administration	1,848	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,373	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	950	1.0%
Information	911	0.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	751	0.8%
Utilities	298	0.3%
Management	59	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	29	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	24,473	11.83%
Puerto Rican	3,344	1.62%
Cuban	363	0.18%
Dominican	244	0.12%

Total Central American	3,575	1.73%
Costa Rican	15	0.01%
Guatemalan	855	0.41%
Honduran	1,650	0.80%
Nicaraguan	10	0.00%
Panamanian	97	0.05%
Salvadoran	948	0.46%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,751	0.85%
Argentinean	21	0.01%
Bolivian	87	0.04%
Chilean	32	0.02%
Colombian	231	0.11%
Ecuadorian	170	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	307	0.15%
Uruguayan	14	0.01%
Venezuelan	889	0.43%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,931	0.93%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	428	0.21%
Laotian	414	0.20%
Filipino	404	0.20%
Chinese	348	0.17%
Korean	327	0.16%
Cambodian	56	0.03%
Japanese	35	0.02%
Indonesian	33	0.02%
Bangladeshi	32	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	150,160	78.3%
Spanish	27,126	14.1%
German, other Germanic	11,787	6.1%
Other Asian	622	0.3%
Other	395	0.2%
Other Indo-European	391	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	357	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	293	0.2%
Tagalog	217	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	42,159	20.4%
English	16,938	8.2%
Irish	14,288	6.9%
American	13,973	6.8%
European	6,658	3.2%
Swiss	5,987	2.9%
Italian	4,188	2.0%
Dutch	4,147	2.0%
Polish	4,026	1.9%
French	3,693	1.8%
Pennsylvania German	1,857	0.9%
Swedish	1,563	0.8%
Scottish	1,558	0.8%
Hungarian	1,536	0.7%
African	1,089	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	196,574	95.0%
Not a citizen	10,267	5.0%

Native	189,189	91.5%
Foreign-born	17,652	8.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
11,028	8.4%	12,332	9.4%	47,311	36.1%	34,113	26.0%	17,339	13.2%	8,915	6.8%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	11,028	8.4%
9-12 Years	12,332	9.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	47,311	36.1%
Some College	34,113	26.0%
Bach. Degree	17,339	13.2%
Grad Degree	8,915	6.8%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	170,202	161,206	8,996	5.3%
1991	164,884	153,958	10,926	6.6%
1992	169,116	159,948	9,168	5.4%
1993	176,972	170,588	6,384	3.6%
1994	187,006	181,424	5,582	3.0%
1995	193,380	186,530	6,850	3.5%
1996	190,066	182,876	7,190	3.8%
1997	189,410	183,390	6,020	3.2%
1998	192,130	187,602	4,528	2.4%
1999	196,038	191,894	4,144	2.1%

2000	193,472	188,418	5,054	2.6%
2001	190,866	181,908	8,958	4.7%
2002	189,212	180,208	9,004	4.8%
2003	192,260	183,276	8,984	4.7%
2004	198,738	190,144	8,594	4.3%
2005	203,648	194,332	9,316	4.6%
2006	208,414	198,754	9,660	4.6%
2007	202,288	192,906	9,382	4.6%
2008	196,376	179,556	16,820	8.6%
2009	182,938	149,744	33,194	18.1%

2010	188,884	164,330	24,554	13.0%
2011	191,092	170,980	20,112	10.5%
2012	193,842	176,774	17,068	8.8%
2013	198,270	184,194	14,076	7.1%
2014	204,416	194,080	10,336	5.1%
2015	209,412	201,330	8,082	3.9%
2016	217,168	209,708	7,460	3.4%
2017	224,302	218,686	5,616	2.5%
2018	231,820	225,916	5,904	2.5%
2019	225,216	218,452	6,764	3.0%

2020	220,988	204,310	16,678	7.5%
2021	232,854	226,386	6,468	2.8%
2022	237,422	231,478	5,944	2.5%
2023	221,026	212,200	8,826	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	79,808
Median Value	$181,800

Occupied	71,751	89.9%
Vacant	8,057	10.1%

Owned	51,118	71.2%
Rented	20,633	28.8%
Median Rent	$945

Single-Family Units	58,255	73.0%
Detached	56,025	70.2%
Attached	2,230	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,915	12.4%
Mobile Homes	6,598	8.3%

Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area