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Contact: Nancy Heck
E-Mail: nheck@carmel.in.gov
Phone: (317) 571-2494
Nancy Heck
The
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City of Carmel
One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032
News Release
Date:
February 4, 2008
Contact:
Nancy Heck
(317) 571-2494
Release:
Immediate
Census Numbers Indicate
$2.5 Million Gain for Carmel
Carmel, IN – The results of the
Special Census conducted this summer by the City of Carmel
show a 35 percent increase over the 2000 Census. The new
numbers for Carmel as of July 26, 2007 are:
Population: 68,677
Housing Units: 26,154
This count includes those residing within
Carmel’s current city limits. It does not include southwest
Clay Township or Home Place.
“We really appreciate Carmel citizens participating in this
Special Census. Because tax dollars are tied to population,
this new count will help the City get the maximum possible
amount of state tax dollars returned to the community to
help keep our city tax rate one of the lowest in Indiana,”
said
Mayor Jim Brainard.
The City estimates that the updated population count for
Carmel will result in an additional $3.5 million in state
funding for Carmel. The cost to conduct the census was
$900,000 so that amounts to more than $2.5 million in
additional revenue that the City would never have received
had the Special Census not been conducted. This additional
revenue goes into the Local Road and Streets Fund to be used
for road projects in the City.
These new Census numbers reflect a greater increase than the
City’s population estimate, which was 65,000. Carmel’s
estimate was based on the increase in housing units since
2000 and the average household size, taking into account
that a certain percentage of homes are empty at any given
time in Carmel.
In 2004, the Census Bureau updated Carmel’s population count
to 50,948. Even though the updated count used 2000 Census
data, it was done to include the northwest portion of Clay
Township that had been annexed into the City after the 2000
Census. This allowed Carmel to receive more money to help
with the roads improvements in the area that had been newly
annexed at the time. The Special Census that was conducted
this summer was an actual recount of all residents in
Carmel’s City limits. Enumerators went door to door
collecting population data, but with a questionnaire that is
abbreviated from the Census data collected each decade.
“Because we don’t have seashores or mountains, we have to
attract residents by working hard to be one of the most
livable cities anywhere. Our safe neighborhoods, high
quality schools, public trail and park system, outstanding
public library, and the beautiful built environment help us
attract companies and their employees to Carmel,” added
Mayor Brainard.
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