INNOVATE INDIANA

% CHANGE IN POPULATION
20
15
10
5
CURRENT STATE OF THE REGION
& QUALITY OF PLACE
The region’s aging population will also impact the sustainability of the local workforce as older
workers retire and a limited number of younger workers are available to succeed them. The
median age in Northern Indiana is expected to increase from 36.6 in 2010 to 38.9 in 2030, with
limited and/or declining growth in population cohorts within prime working age (figure 5, 7, 8 & 9).
FIGURE 6
REGIONAL, STATE, &
NATIONAL POPULATION
GROWTH RATES, 1950 – 2040
0 1950-
2010-
1960 1960-
1970 1970-
1980 1980-
1990 1990-
2000 2000-
2010 2020 2020-
2030 2030-
2040
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Indiana Business
Research Center
FIGURE 8
REGIONAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL MEDIAN AGE, 2000 —2040
LOCATION 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040
ELKHART COUNTY 33.0 35.0 35.9 36.5 36.4
MARSHALL COUNTY 35.5 38.5 40.8 41.9 42.1
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY 34.5 36.3 37.5 38.4 38.2
RCNI REGION 34.3 36.6 38.1 38.9 38.9
INDIANA 35.3 37.0 38.1 38.8 39.1
UNITED STATES 35.3 37.2 38.3 39.6 40.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Indiana Business Research Center
FIGURE 7
REGIONAL, STATE, &
NATIONAL MEDIAN AGE,
2000 – 2040
MEDIAN AGE
40.5
39.2
37.9
36.6
35.3
34.0
2000 2010 2020 2030
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Indiana
Business Research Center
REGION
INDIANA
UNITED STATES
FIGURE 9
NORTHERN INDIANA REGION POPULATION AGE DISTRIBUTION, 2013 & 2040
NORTHERN INDIANA, 2013 NORTHERN INDIANA, 2040
AGE FEMALE MALE
REGION
INDIANA
UNITED STATES
85+ yrs
80-84 yrs
Significant decrease in the region’s
75-79 yrs
prime labor force in the coming decades
70-74 yrs
65-69 yrs
60-64 yrs
55-59 yrs
50-54 yrs
45-49 yrs
40-44 yrs
35-39 yrs
30-34 yrs
25-29 yrs
20-24 yrs
15-19 yrs
10-14 yrs
5- 9 yrs
4- 0 yrs 20,000 10,000 0 10,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 0 10,000 20,000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Indiana Business Research Center
FEMALE
SECTION 4
MALE
REGIONALCITIESOFNORTHERNINDIANA.ORG |
2040
AGE
85+ yrs
80-84 yrs
75-79 yrs
70-74 yrs
65-69 yrs
60-64 yrs
55-59 yrs
50-54 yrs
45-49 yrs
40-44 yrs
35-39 yrs
30-34 yrs
25-29 yrs
20-24 yrs
15-19 yrs
10-14 yrs
5- 9 yrs
4- 0 yrs
28
STATE OF THE REGION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE REGION ENGAGED CURRENT TRENDS VISION & STRATEGY PROJECTS
& QUALITY OF PLACE
STAKEHOLDERS, EXECUTION
& STRUCTURAL CHANGES
BENCHMARKING
& MEASUREMENT
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT