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Indicators Indiana Marion County St. Joseph County  Populations Total population 6,345,289[1] 876,804[2] 266,088[3] Families 765,595[4] 102,253[5] 28,635[6] Children 1,841,369[7] 259,320[8] 76,106[9]  Households Average family size 3.04[10] 3.14[11] 3.18[12]  Family Composition One parent (female) 23.79%[13] 34.38%[14] 28.87%[15] One parent (male) 8.00%[16] 9.39%[17] 6.07%[18] Two-parent 68.22%[19] 56.24%[20] 65.06%[21]  Income Median family income $57,734[22] $55,386[23] $57,076[24] Mean family income $70,503[25] $72,298[26] $70,334[27] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $674[28] $726[29] $683[30] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $26,942[31] $29,040[32] $27,320[33]  Employment Unemployed 6.59%[34] 7.36%[35] 6.01%[36]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 14.37%[37] 17.86%[38] 16.30%[39] Children under 5 21.07%[40] 25.91%[41] 19.54%[42] Children 5-17 15.05%[43] 20.71%[44] 20.34%[45]  Education No high school diploma 14.24%[46] 15.78%[47] 14.39%[48] High school and above 85.76%[49] 84.22%[50] 85.61%[51] Bachelor’s degree and above 22.07%[52] 27.08%[53] 26.50%[54] High school dropout rate 2.50%[55] n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 11.03%[56] 12.42%[57] 11.73%[58] Birth rate ranking 35[59] 434[60] 390[61]