Community Profiles:  Non-Metro Counties

To develop solid information on nonprofits in the five non-metropolitan counties we included a special sample of nonprofits from the region in our 2002 survey of Indiana nonprofits along with similar samples from the seven other communities profiled in the project and drawn from our comprehensive listing of Indiana nonprofits (see below). Most of our full survey reports include regional data in appendix tables. We have also presented some data for the five non-metropolitan counties in our separate series of reports on Indiana nonprofit employment.

Comprehensive Profile of Nonprofits in the Five Non-metrolitan Counties

Read our special survey reports profiling nonprofits in Bartholomew, Cass, Dubois, Miami, and Scott counties. These reports are based on our survey of Indiana nonprofits completed in 2002 and compares the profile of nonprofits in each county to those in the rest of the state and to nonprofits in the four other non-metropolitan counties.

Comprehensive Listing of Nonprofits in the Five Non-metropolitan Counties

The Non-Metro Counties includes Bartholomew, Cass, Dubois, Miami, and Scott Counties. For our most recent listing of nonprofits in these counties , please see information and links available at our Searchable Database.

Supplementary demographic and economic data on the Non-Metro Counties is available from the Indiana Business Research Center.  Click on the following communities for more demographic information.

There is a growing list of websites with complementary county-level information. These include the following:

  • Indiana Business Research Center: county overviews of demographic and economic information for the state of Indiana (select the county of interest).
  • Pennsylvania State University: maps with county level economic indicators available from Amy Glasmeier (select the state of Indiana and then county of interest).
  • Census Scope: maps and charts with county demograpic data (select a particular type of data, click on the state of Indiana and then "change location" at the lower left corner to select the county of interest).
  • Data Place: maps and charts with a variety of county level housing-related data (click on "build maps" and then type in the county in the search field at the top).
  • Mumford Center at the U. of Albany: maps showing the distribution of census-related data by county (select a variable of interest in the upper left corner and then click on Indiana to see distribution across counties).

The data presented in these tables are from project sources including the IRS list of tax exempt entities, Indiana Secretary of State list of nonprofit incorporations, phone listings of congregations, supplementary listings and personal affiliation survey data.

Based on these sources, the Non-Metro Counties have a total of 2,451 nonprofit organizations, or about 116.1 per 10,000 residents (some may be defunct or otherwise inappropriately included). We report the density of nonprofit organizations (per 10,000 residents) for each area to allow comparisons of nonprofits across region.

 

BY LOCATION:
Population
Total Count of Organizations
Density*
City
 Columbus City
67,430
709
105.1
 Logansport City
19,684
353
179.3
 Jasper City
12,100
246
203.3
 Peru City
12,994
250
192.4
 Scottsburg City
6,040
216
357.6
County
 Bartholomew County
71,435
793
111.0
 Cass County
40,930
479
117.0
 Dubois County
39,674
487
122.8
 Miami County
36,082
388
107.5
 Scott County
22,960
304
132.4
Sources: Indiana Nonprofit Project Database Date: 02/015/02
*Number of Organizations per 10,000 Residents to allow for easier comparisons across communities. 

Classifying nonprofits into major categories further enhances our understanding of the local nonprofit sector. Using the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) classification system, the project staff has tentatively classified local nonprofits to show the composition of the region’s nonprofit sector by major nonprofit field and by geographic area. The classification was based primarily on the names of the organizations and is known to be inaccurate, so the profile information below should be interpreted with caution.
Nonprofit Field: NTEE "Major Category" Codes
I: Arts, Culture, Humanities
VI:
 International
II: Education
VII:
 Public Societal Benefit
III: Environment/Animals
VIII:
 Religion
IV: Health
IX:
 Mutual Benefit/Membership
V: Human Services
X:
 Unknown

 

Non-Metro Counties Community
By Nonprofit Field
Total Count
Density*
I. Arts, Culture, Humanities
103
24.1
II. Education
163
38.2
III. Environment/Animals
51
13.2
IV. Health
126
31.0
V. Human Services
603
148.2
VI. International
8
1.7
VII. Public Societal Benefit
453
105.4
VIII. Religion
592
148.1
IX. Mutual Benefit/Membership
299
66.6
X. Unknown
53
14.0
Total
2,451
116.1
Sources: Indiana Nonprofit Project Database
Date: 2/15/02
Number of Organizations per 10,000 Residents to allow for easier comparisons across communities.
Nonprofit Densities* by Field (NTEE Category) and Location
Locale
I.
II.
III.
IV.
X.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
TOTAL
Columbus City
5.5
7.3
1.8
6.8
22.4
0.4
21.1
19.6
17.9
2.4
105.1
Bartholomew County
5.5
6.7
1.8
6.4
24.2
0.4
21.3
23.9
18.2
2.5
111.0
Logansport City
8.1
12.7
3.0
9.1
51.8
1.0
28.4
42.7
21.3
1.0
179.3
Cass County
3.9
7.6
2.0
5.1
33.2
0.5
18.3
32.7
12.7
1.0
117.0
Jasper City
9.9
20.7
3.3
11.6
52.1
0.8
57.0
24.0
16.5
7.4
203.3
Dubois County
4.3
10.8
3.0
6.8
30.8
0.5
31.8
20.2
11.3
3.3
122.8
Peru City
11.5
18.5
4.6
4.6
50.8
0.8
30.0
50.8
18.5
2.3
192.4
Miami County
5.3
8.3
2.5
2.2
26.1
0.3
16.6
33.0
12.2
1.1
107.5
Scottsburg City
13.2
14.9
11.6
39.7
92.7
0.0
46.4
84.4
33.1
21.5
357.6
Scott County
5.2
4.8
3.9
10.5
34.0
0.0
17.4
38.3
12.2
6.1
132.4
Sources: Indiana Nonprofit Project Database
Date: 2/15/02
*Number of Organizations per 10,000 Residents to allow for easier comparisons across communities

Updated: November 30, 2006

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