Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety43#1,772/3,096
Economy41#1,869/3,143
Housing46#1,681/3,140
Health34#2,078/3,144
Healthcare58#1,322/3,143
Environment28#2,252/3,108
Education55#1,410/3,144
Infrastructure82#566/3,144
Community31#2,181/3,144
Leisure & amenities51#1,543/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where LaPorte County, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low3.2
97/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Drought exposure · low0%
96/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Distance to an emergency room · low3.8 mi
91/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Distance to an airport · low26 mi
86/100Indiana 38 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an Amtrak station · low13 mi
85/100Indiana 29 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Flu vaccinations · high48.0%
84/100Indiana 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high4 days
5/100Indiana 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Days with unhealthy air · high3.3%
6/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Preventable hospital stays · high4,039 /100k
13/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Voter turnout · low55.8%
17/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Child care cost burden · high34.4%
19/100Indiana 30.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Some college · low51.3%
21/100Indiana 63.1%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
1.2 /1k (2021) → 2.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+125%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.6% (2020 & 2021) → 34.4% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
18.5% (Dec 2021) → 30.0% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Property crime rateImproving
2,199 /100k (2020) → 966 /100k (2025)
−56%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
42.7 /100k (2021) → 18.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
312 /100k (2020) → 140 /100k (2025)
−55%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, LaPorte County, Indiana improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 17 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−5.1 points9.2% → 4.1%
Violent crime−55%312 /100k → 140 /100k
Property crime−56%2,199 /100k → 966 /100k
Bachelor's++4.7 points18.0% → 22.7%
Overdose deaths−55%41.9 /100k → 18.8 /100k

Declined2

Transit use−0.6 points1.1% → 0.5%
Price / income+0.3×2.5× → 2.8×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of LaPorte County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+20%	Within the margin of error	73%
Average commute time	23.6 min2015-2019	25.0 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Average weekly wage	$8502020	$1,0392025	+22%	Improved	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	79.3%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	57%
Child poverty rate	23.2%2019	20.4%2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Distance to an airport	26 mi2020	26 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	41.9 /100k2020	18.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−55%	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	60%
Firearm deaths	18.7 /100k2020	26.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+39%	Within the margin of error	11%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−5.4%	Within the margin of error	35%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	+41%	Within the margin of error	83%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	63%
Homicide rate	6.6 /100k2020	9.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Within the margin of error	7%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,5312019	$60,8522024	+31%	Improved	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4352020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$56,4272019	$68,1162024	+21%	Improved	28%
New business applications	8.1 /1k2020	9.7 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	22%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	37%
Poverty rate	13.4%2019	13.6%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Property crime rate	2,199 /100k2020	966 /100k2025	−56%	Improved	83%
Public libraries	1.1 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	49%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	28%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	47.4%2015-2019	47.0%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Restaurants and bars	9.6 /10k2020	9.5 /10k2025	−1%	Within the margin of error	46%
Students per teacher	15.9×2019	15.2×2024	−0.7×	Little change	49%
Suicide rate	19.6 /100k2020	30.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+55%	Within the margin of error	5%
Traffic deaths	15.4 /100k2015-2019	17.9 /100k2020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	36%
Unemployment rate	9.2%2020	4.1%2025	−5.1 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.3%2019	8.0%2024	−2.3 points	Improved	74%
Violent crime rate	312 /100k2020	140 /100k2025	−55%	Improved	90%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like LaPorte County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of LaPorte County, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, LaPorte County, Indiana itself moved +2.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

111,917 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

111,917 residents

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

White76%85,032
Black10%11,546
Hispanic or Latino7.6%8,498

Education

79,325 residents (±61)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma9.2%7,295
High school or GED40%31,366
Some college20%15,763

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

43,633 households (±564)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k15%6,661
$25k–50k20%8,862
$50k–75k17%7,620
$75k–100k15%6,606
$100k–150k16%6,831
$150k–200k10%4,393
$200k or more6.1%2,660

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.4 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

43,633 households (±564)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own75%32,614
Rent25%11,019

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.4 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

9,966 households (±726)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75019%1,904
$750–1,00035%3,458
$1,000–1,50036%3,549

Home values

32,614 homes (±855)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k33%10,691
$150k–250k34%11,152
$250k–400k20%6,432

Age of homes

50,038 homes (±54)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later4.4%2,188
2000–200910%5,133
1980–199920%10,086

Size of homes

50,038 homes (±54)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.9%†460
1 bedroom8.4%4,183
2 bedrooms25%12,615

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

47,606 workers (±1,000)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone83%39,716
Carpool7.0%3,342
Public transit0.5%†251
Walk1.1%†546
Bike0.1%†27
Work from home7.2%3,431
Other0.6%†293

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

44,175 workers (±1,089)

LaPorte County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min32%14,344
15–29 min36%15,777
30–44 min18%7,749

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

LaPorte County has 2,297 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Indiana's), with 34,909 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,859. The Census Bureau also counts 6,608 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,297; 6,608 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 34,909
Average annual pay: $50,859; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of LaPorte County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	190	17.1	0.93×About typical	3,845	$19,765	23
Ambulatory health care services	184	16.6	0.79×Fewer than typical	2,349	$69,724	236
Specialty trade contractors	137	12.3	0.80×Fewer than typical	857	$67,124	429
Full-service restaurants	90	8.1	1.05×About typical	1,885	$20,364	9
Limited-service restaurants	79	7.1	0.89×About typical	1,774	$19,045	8
Offices of physicians	74	6.7	1.03×About typical	1,347	$83,774	36
Lessors of real estate	73	6.6	0.53×Fewer than typical	189	$39,741	752
Services to buildings and dwellings	73	6.6	0.97×About typical	457	$39,742	567
Clothing and accessories stores	66	5.9	1.64×More than typical	864	$18,753	58
Religious organizations	63	5.7	1.02×About typical	314	$20,611	—
Construction of buildings	62	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	741	$96,439	242
Automotive repair and maintenance	61	5.5	1.09×About typical	338	$47,053	85

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 111,144 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.1M on contracts performed in LaPorte County, Indiana: $28.23 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.1M; −52% vs FY2025
Per resident: $28.23; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

5.2MFY2017
2.2MFY2018
8.1MFY2019
2.1MFY2020
8.9MFY2021
7.1MFY2022
8.6MFY2023
13.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Grain and oilseed milling · 3112$1.6M51%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$813.9K26%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$208.5K6.6%
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351$146.2K4.7%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$121.5K3.9%
Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing · 3371

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010769/4100032229/GRITS CORN WHITE BAG-12/2 LB,GRITS CORN YELLOW BAG-12/2 LB$1.6M
MILLSTONE MILLS, INC.· LaPorte County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2025 – Nov 14, 2025· 123J1425C1222
FINAL PR UPGRADE STATION BUILDING CG STATION MICHIGAN CITY, MICHIGAN CITY, IN P/N 09-C03048 ROLLED FROM 10-PCV319$913.7K
ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC.· LaPorte County, IN· Construction & real property· Oct 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· HSCG8311JPCV040
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011054/4100033351/CORNMEAL WHOLE GRAIN BLUE BAG-12/2 LB,GRITS CORN WHITE BAG-12/2 LB,CORNMEAL DEGERMED YELLOW BAG-8/5 LB,GRITS CORN YELLOW BAG-12/2 LB$818.2K
MILLSTONE MILLS, INC.· LaPorte County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· 123J1426C0274

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $767.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for LaPorte County, Indiana: $6,899 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $767.9M; −5.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,899; US $12,955
Loan face value: $35.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$474.8M62%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$67.4M8.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$48.6M6.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$48M6.3%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$47.6M6.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$17.7M2.3%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$12.3M1.6%
20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$10.2M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$70.1M9.1%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA$4.2M0.5%
MICHIGAN CITY, IN
FIFTH AVENUE APARTMENTS, AN INDIANA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$2.7M0.3%
MICHIGAN CITY, IN
PALADIN INC$2.6M0.3%
MICHIGAN CITY, IN
GARDEN ESTATES WEST

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$608.6M79%
Federal Highway Administration$70.3M9.2%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$54.7M7.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$12.3M1.6%
Farm Service Agency$5.9M0.8%

Assistance by fiscal year

621.7MFY2021
604.8MFY2022
651.8MFY2023
688.3MFY2024
815MFY2025
767.9MFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How LaPorte County, Indiana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

LaPorte County, Indiana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$47.00	$1,436
FY2018	$19.68	$1,552
FY2019	$73.67	$1,654
FY2020	$18.41	$1,880
FY2021	$79.33	$1,810
FY2022	$63.62	$1,917
FY2023	$77.03	$2,079
FY2024	$118	$2,047
FY2025	$58.47	$2,165
FY2026	$28.23 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$22.34	$93.28
FY2018	$0.39	$105
FY2019	$24.62	$128
FY2020	$1.45	$145
FY2021	$33.29	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$156	$5,748
FY2022	$177	$5,221
FY2023	$208	$5,364
FY2024	$275	$5,501
FY2025	$856	$5,732
FY2026	$710

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$21.23	$298
FY2022	$72.15	$357
FY2023	$64.20	$301
FY2024	$95.96	$319
FY2025	$729	$360
FY2026	$633

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$105	$239
FY2022	$86.82	$185
FY2023	$125	$229
FY2024	$102	$229
FY2025	$116	$249
FY2026	$91.39

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$22.73	$2,304
FY2022	$20.89	$2,197
FY2023	$20.21	$2,274
FY2024	$25.69	$2,267
FY2025	$23.13	$2,397
FY2026	$23.27

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$784	$1,186
FY2022	$287	$465
FY2023	$84.29	$76.52
FY2024	$239	$120
FY2025	$53.05	$148
FY2026	$143

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

LaPorte County, Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, LaPorte County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	0.1%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/18091

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

LaPorte County, Indiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area LaPorte County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Michigan City-La Porte, IN30Central county

Cities and towns in LaPorte County

Places whose residents live mostly in LaPorte County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	−2.6%	−4.2%
2015	−1.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.7%	+6.8%
2019	+8.6%	+10.5%
2020	+16.0%	+19.4%
2021	+23.9%	+26.1%
2022	+27.6%	+30.6%
2023	+34.4%	+35.0%
2024	+39.0%	+41.0%
2025	+41.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.0%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+4.1%
2018	+7.1%	+8.9%
2019	+9.2%	+13.5%
2020	+18.5%	+20.8%
2021	+28.5%	+32.1%
2022	+32.3%	+35.4%
2023	+39.8%	+42.9%
2024	+45.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	1.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	−12.4%	−6.9%
2015	−10.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−2.3%	+4.7%
2018	−1.3%	+7.5%
2019	+6.9%	+14.0%
2020	+21.3%	+16.9%
2021	+18.7%	+21.0%
2022	+25.7%	+29.7%
2023	+21.7%	+34.9%
2024	+29.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	17.9%	15.5%
2015	15.7%	14.7%
2016	15.7%	14.0%
2017	14.5%	13.4%
2018	15.7%	13.1%
2019	13.4%	12.3%
2020	12.1%	11.9%
2021	12.2%	12.8%
2022	15.3%	12.6%
2023	14.3%	12.5%
2024	13.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	7.6%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	5.5%	4.9%
2017	4.2%	4.4%
2018	4.1%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	9.2%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	3.5%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	4.5%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+49.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+84.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+91.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	13.5%	13.5%
2015	10.9%	10.9%
2016	9.5%	10.0%
2017	8.8%	10.2%
2018	9.1%	10.4%
2019	10.3%	10.8%
2020	8.3%	10.4%
2021	7.5%	10.2%
2022	7.9%	9.5%
2023	8.1%	9.5%
2024	8.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	LaPorte County, Indiana	United States
2014	5.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.7/1k	16.6/1k

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