Community Profile

Greene County, Indiana

Greene County

Greene County, Indiana is located in southwest Indiana. The county seat, Bloomfield, is located 25 miles west of Bloomington. The largest city, Linton, is located 40 miles southeast of Terre Haute. Other cities and towns include Jasonville, Worthington, Lyons, Switz City, and Newberry.

Population

	1980	1990	2000	2009
County	30,410	33,157	33,199	32,509
Bloomfield	2,592	2,542	2,542	2,542
Jasonville	2,200	2,490	2,494	2,490
Linton	5,814	5,774	5,817	5,774
Lyons	753	748	749	748
Newberry	207	206	207	206
Switz City	290	290	311	311
Worthington	1,473	1,481	1,482	1,481

Labor Force Estimates

2009
Labor Force	16,140
Employed	14,803
Unemployed	1,337
Area Rate	8.3
State Rate	10.1

Major Employers

Company	Product/Service	Employment	Union
BLOOMFIELD
Bloomfield Manufacturing Co., Inc.	Jacks, Door Closers	50	None
Mectra Labs, Inc.	Disposable Medical Devices	23	None
Metal Technologies, Inc.	Production Machining	25	None
SAIC	Eng. Svcs. to U.S.N	1,000	None
CRANE
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division	Weapons System Eng.	4,000	None
LINTON
Lewellyn Technology	Technical Training	45	None
NEWBERRY
Griffin Industries	Agri-Business	65	None
WORTHINGTON
Corn Flour Producers, LLC.	White Corn Milling	42	None
Pioneer H-Bred Int.	Seed Corn Productionl	25-regular 15-100 seasonal	None
White River Coop	Fertilizer, Feed and Fuel	10	None

Top 10 Employers
By number of employees

SAIC	1,000
Walmart	300
Greene County General Hospital	250
Glenburn Home	228
Eastern Greene School Corporation	183
Linton-Stockton School Corporation	166
Bloomfield School District	131
Metropolitan School District of Shakamak	130
White River Valley School Corporpation	124
Good Samaritan Center	73

Transportation

Rail: Indiana Railroad Company, Indiana Southern, Canadian Pacific
Highway: State Roads 54, 67, and 231
Truck: UPS, Transportation Motor Express, Commercial Motor Freight, Baggett Transportation, Boyle Transportation, and Whitten
Air: Commercial service - Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Bloomington, private aircraft through Bloomfield's Shawnee Airport, Sullivan and Vincennes.

Utilities

Electric: Duke Energy - 800-521-2232; UDWI REMC, State Road 54 West, Bloomfield - 812-384-4446
Gas: Midwest Natural Gas, PO Box 66, Bloomfield - 812-384-4150 or 800-491-4150
Water: Eastern Heights Utilities, Inc., PO Box 8, Bloomfield - 812-384-8261 or 800-439-8708
Telephone: AT&T 812-556-3510 or 812-556-3200; Smithville Telephone 812-876-2211 or 800-521-2232

Vocational Colleges/Schools

Indiana Vocational Technical Colleges (IVY TECH) are located in Terre Haute and Bloomington, with classes given at White River Valley High School (WRV) in Switz City, Indiana. Vincennes University offers a broad curriculum of vocational courses also with classes given at WRV. Greene County Developmental Services provides education and employment opportunities for the handicapped.

Colleges/Universities

Indiana Univeristy	Bloomington, Indiana	33 miles
Indiana State University	Terre Haute, Indiana	40 miles
Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech	Terre Haute, Indiana	40 miles
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College	Terre Haute, Indiana	40 miles
Vincennes University	Vincennes, Indiana	40 miles
Greene County Community Learning Center	Switz City, Indiana	5 miles

*Distances are measured from the center of Greene County.

Educational Facilities

2010-2011	Total Students
Bloomfield School District One Elementary, one Jr/Sr High School	1,045
Eastern Greene Schools One Elementary, one Jr/Sr High School	1,415
Linton-Stockton School Corporation One Elementary, one Jr High, one High School	1,376
MSD Shakamak One Elementary, one Jr/Sr High School	859
White River Valley School Corp. Two Elem/Jr. High Schools, one High School	826

Medical Facilities

Hospitals	Greene County General Hospital
Beds	25
Physicians	9 Active 11 Courtesy 56 Consulting 6 Emergency Room 37 Teleradiology
Therapists	3 Physical Therapists 1 Physical Therapist Assistant 5 Resperatory Therapists 1 Speech Therapist 2 Resperatory Certified
Registered Nurses	65 (2 RNs at the infusion center)
Licensed Practical Nurses	6
Home Health Care RNs	7
Aides	7
Dentists	11

Other Medical Facilities
Greene County Health Department

Other Information

Police Departments	2
Fire Stations	3 municipal (11 volunteer)
Financial Institutions	29

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Greene County, Indiana