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Wabash County by Numbers

Employment and Earnings Pct. Dist. Earnings Pct. Dist. Avg. earnings
per job
by Industry, 2012 Employment in county (in millions) in county $31,406
$32,114
Total by place of work 16,945 100.0% $656 100.0% $45,935
$19,638
Wage and Salary 12,435 73.4% $416 63.5% $43,427
$35,740
Farm Proprietors 710 4.2% $37 5.6% $31,099
$12,257
Nonfarm Proprietors 3,800 22.4% $94 14.4% $13,031
$39,360
Farm 879 5.2% $43 6.5%
$26,062
Nonfarm 16,066 94.8% $613 93.5% $43,585
$29,783
Private 14,015 82.7% $515 78.5% $22,105

Accommodation, Food Serv. 1,039 6.1% $18 2.7% $50,350
$23,471*
Arts, Ent., Recreation 360 2.1% $4 0.6% $49,341

Construction 825 4.9% $38 5.8%

Health Care, Social Serv. Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Information 114 0.7% $3,233 0.5%

Manufacturing 2,880 23.1% $163,433 29.7%

Professional, Tech. Serv. 575 3.4% $11,184 2.5%

Retail Trade 1,812 10.7% $39,828 7.1%

Trans., Warehousing Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Wholesale Trade 437 2.6% $25,903 4.2%

Other Private (not above) 2,277* 13.4%* $32,353* 7.7%*

Government 2,051 12.1% $98,099 15%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Education (2013-2014) Wabash City Metropolitan Manchester Largest cities or towns region
Schools Schools Schools
Population Percent
Elementary Enrollment 684 1089 761 Name in 2013 of region

Student-Teacher Ratio 23:1 17:1 15:1 Marion 29,558 10.4%

Secondary Enrollment 788 1081 706 Huntington 17,210 6.0%

Student-Teacher Ratio 18:1 18:1 17:1 Warsaw 14,092 4.8%

Graduation Rate 95% 97% 95% Peru 11,155 3.9%

% of Graduates Attending College 57% 73% 85% Wabash 10,484 3.7%

% of Graduates Entering Labor Mkt. 43% 19% 15% Columbia City 8,808 3.1%

Private Schools (Elementary) 76 North Manchester 6,012 2.1%

Heartland Career Center (Grades 11-12) 391 Gas City 6,093 2.1%

High School Graduation Rate in County Winona Lake 4,938 1.7%

Percentage: 95.6% Upland 3,826 1.3%

State Average: 88.4% * This place crosses county lines, so only population in
this region is shown.
National Average: 86%

Colleges
IVY Tech Community College
Manchester University
Huntington Excel University

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; U.S. Census Bureau

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