Porter County is located in northwest Indiana. The County Seat is Valparaiso and the largest city is Portage. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.porterco.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 167,076 and the 2010 census population was 164,347. The land area is 418.15 square miles and there are 393 persons per square mile.
93.1% of the population is White, 3.6% is Black or African American, 9.2% is Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.5% is two or more races. 91.4% have a high school degree or higher, and 25.4% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $165,700, there are 61,502 households, an average of 2.63 persons per household. The per capita income is $28,669, the median household income is $62,794, and 10.4% of the persons in Porter County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 12,407. Retail sales (in $1000) were $1,956,275, and sales per capita were $12,188. The percentage of black-owned firms is 1.4%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 29.2%.
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| Porter County Government Porter County, Indiana home page, government information, contacts, departments, services, events, and more. |
| Codes Searchable index of the Porter County code of ordinances. |
| Court Records | Doxpop Porter County Circuit Court and Superior Courts 1-6 case records beginning October 2011. |
| Court Records | Indiana Courts Porter County civil, criminal, citation, appellate, commercial, family, and probate court record search for Circuit Court, Superior Courts 1 through 6, and County Court. |
| Felony Warrants The Sheriff's office of Porter County provides this weekly warrant listing, with information including name, DOB, charges, physical description and case number. |
| Foreclosures Deed, tax, and certificate foreclosure sales for Porter County. |
| Obituaries Browse this Porter County Public Library Genealogy Department index by name for Porter County Obituaries published in The Vidette-Messenger and The Vidette-Times. |
| Property Search the Porter County Assessor's property records. |
| Property Search for Porter County property by name, address or parcel ID. Provided by: Schneider Corporation. |
| Property - Tax Search the Porter County property tax database by owners name, property address, or parcel number to view tax and value data. |
| Recorded Documents Pay Site Pay for a basic search or register with Tapestry to search Porter County recorded documents. |
| Registered Offenders Search the Porter County Sheriff Office offender registry by name, zip code, city, home address, work or school address, secondary address, email, internet names, phone number, or view a list of non-compliant offenders. |
| Sheriff Sales Browse these lists of properties available for Sheriff Sale in Porter County. |
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