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Population (2000): 18,801
Land Area (2000): 330.150 square kilometers
Water Area (2000): 11.881 square kilometers

Current Forecast from the National Weather Service

: 9,258
Plainfield Population - Urban/Rural

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	11,669	61.94%
Rural, Farm	73	0.39%
Rural, Non-farm	7,096	37.67%

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Plainfield Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
1990	14,213	13,691	522	3.68%	37
1991	13,955	13,284	672	4.81%	48
1992	14,177	13,459	717	5.06%	51
1993	14,718	14,164	554	3.76%	38
1994	15,337	14,885	452	2.94%	30
1995	15,741	15,361	380	2.41%	24
1996	16,007	15,618	389	2.43%	24
1997	16,592	16,262	330	1.99%	20
1998	16,851	16,555	296	1.76%	18
1999	17,344	17,030	315	1.81%	18
2000	17,518	17,166	352	2.01%	20
2001	17,583	17,053	530	3.01%	30
2002	17,084	16,403	682	3.99%	40
2003	16,963	16,147	817	4.81%	48
2004	17,257	16,500	757	4.39%	44
2005	17,581	16,913	668	3.80%	38
2006	17,778	17,122	657	3.69%	37
2007	17,773	17,099	674	3.79%	38
2008	17,631	16,865	766	4.35%	44

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	14,134	13,576	558	3.95%	39
Feb 1990	14,078	13,495	583	4.14%	41
Mar 1990	14,060	13,516	544	3.87%	39
Apr 1990	14,043	13,523	520	3.70%	37
May 1990	14,273	13,761	512	3.59%	36
Jun 1990	14,448	13,924	524	3.63%	36
Jul 1990	14,447	13,878	569	3.94%	39
Aug 1990	14,409	13,866	543	3.77%	38
Sep 1990	14,258	13,756	502	3.52%	35
Oct 1990	14,196	13,744	452	3.18%	32
Nov 1990	14,133	13,693	440	3.11%	31
Dec 1990	14,078	13,557	521	3.70%	37

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	13,776	13,157	619	4.49%	45
Feb 1991	13,799	13,122	677	4.91%	49
Mar 1991	13,776	13,115	661	4.80%	48
Apr 1991	13,847	13,218	629	4.54%	45
May 1991	13,951	13,290	661	4.74%	47
Jun 1991	14,133	13,403	730	5.17%	52
Jul 1991	14,081	13,347	734	5.21%	52
Aug 1991	14,090	13,391	699	4.96%	50
Sep 1991	14,100	13,363	737	5.23%	52
Oct 1991	13,969	13,336	633	4.53%	45
Nov 1991	14,003	13,394	609	4.35%	43
Dec 1991	13,939	13,270	669	4.80%	48

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	13,747	12,969	778	5.66%	57
Feb 1992	13,824	13,007	817	5.91%	59
Mar 1992	13,864	13,107	757	5.46%	55
Apr 1992	13,936	13,203	733	5.26%	53
May 1992	14,126	13,408	718	5.08%	51
Jun 1992	14,411	13,619	792	5.50%	55
Jul 1992	14,540	13,708	832	5.72%	57
Aug 1992	14,417	13,708	709	4.92%	49
Sep 1992	14,354	13,654	700	4.88%	49
Oct 1992	14,287	13,698	589	4.12%	41
Nov 1992	14,341	13,747	594	4.14%	41
Dec 1992	14,272	13,684	588	4.12%	41

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	14,077	13,438	639	4.54%	45
Feb 1993	14,181	13,585	596	4.20%	42
Mar 1993	14,236	13,669	567	3.98%	40
Apr 1993	14,347	13,797	550	3.83%	38
May 1993	14,700	14,152	548	3.73%	37
Jun 1993	15,031	14,377	654	4.35%	44
Jul 1993	15,058	14,357	701	4.66%	47
Aug 1993	14,992	14,479	513	3.42%	34
Sep 1993	14,868	14,361	507	3.41%	34
Oct 1993	14,996	14,539	457	3.05%	30
Nov 1993	15,082	14,620	462	3.06%	31
Dec 1993	15,053	14,599	454	3.02%	30

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	14,878	14,327	551	3.70%	37
Feb 1994	14,973	14,411	562	3.75%	38
Mar 1994	14,927	14,414	513	3.44%	34
Apr 1994	15,001	14,555	446	2.97%	30
May 1994	15,279	14,862	417	2.73%	27
Jun 1994	15,536	15,028	508	3.27%	33
Jul 1994	15,587	15,021	566	3.63%	36
Aug 1994	15,582	15,141	441	2.83%	28
Sep 1994	15,495	15,100	395	2.55%	25
Oct 1994	15,578	15,220	358	2.30%	23
Nov 1994	15,662	15,325	337	2.15%	22
Dec 1994	15,541	15,217	324	2.08%	21

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	15,487	15,077	410	2.65%	26
Feb 1995	15,544	15,158	386	2.48%	25
Mar 1995	15,541	15,155	386	2.48%	25
Apr 1995	15,582	15,211	371	2.38%	24
May 1995	15,798	15,417	381	2.41%	24
Jun 1995	16,004	15,533	471	2.94%	29
Jul 1995	15,948	15,483	465	2.92%	29
Aug 1995	15,910	15,525	385	2.42%	24
Sep 1995	15,745	15,393	352	2.24%	22
Oct 1995	15,791	15,476	315	1.99%	20
Nov 1995	15,829	15,522	307	1.94%	19
Dec 1995	15,713	15,386	327	2.08%	21

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	15,528	15,107	421	2.71%	27
Feb 1996	15,614	15,201	413	2.65%	26
Mar 1996	15,681	15,291	390	2.49%	25
Apr 1996	15,664	15,308	356	2.27%	23
May 1996	15,931	15,525	406	2.55%	25
Jun 1996	16,144	15,683	461	2.86%	29
Jul 1996	16,284	15,751	533	3.27%	33
Aug 1996	16,224	15,845	379	2.34%	23
Sep 1996	16,151	15,791	360	2.23%	22
Oct 1996	16,303	15,985	318	1.95%	20
Nov 1996	16,280	15,971	309	1.90%	19
Dec 1996	16,275	15,956	319	1.96%	20

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	16,082	15,704	378	2.35%	24
Feb 1997	16,163	15,808	355	2.20%	22
Mar 1997	16,309	15,971	338	2.07%	21
Apr 1997	16,285	16,009	276	1.69%	17
May 1997	16,591	16,286	305	1.84%	18
Jun 1997	16,759	16,381	378	2.26%	23
Jul 1997	16,905	16,478	427	2.53%	25
Aug 1997	16,804	16,481	323	1.92%	19
Sep 1997	16,702	16,381	321	1.92%	19
Oct 1997	16,775	16,497	278	1.66%	17
Nov 1997	16,875	16,587	288	1.71%	17
Dec 1997	16,852	16,564	288	1.71%	17

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	16,608	16,251	357	2.15%	21
Feb 1998	16,702	16,380	322	1.93%	19
Mar 1998	16,690	16,373	317	1.90%	19
Apr 1998	16,621	16,394	227	1.37%	14
May 1998	16,852	16,592	260	1.54%	15
Jun 1998	17,056	16,718	338	1.98%	20
Jul 1998	16,923	16,554	369	2.18%	22
Aug 1998	16,963	16,669	294	1.73%	17
Sep 1998	16,843	16,551	292	1.73%	17
Oct 1998	16,899	16,643	256	1.51%	15
Nov 1998	17,003	16,752	251	1.48%	15
Dec 1998	17,057	16,788	269	1.58%	16

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	16,874	16,531	343	2.03%	20
Feb 1999	16,941	16,592	349	2.06%	21
Mar 1999	16,973	16,651	322	1.90%	19
Apr 1999	16,995	16,716	279	1.64%	16
May 1999	17,275	16,977	298	1.73%	17
Jun 1999	17,540	17,157	383	2.18%	22
Jul 1999	17,490	17,058	432	2.47%	25
Aug 1999	17,501	17,221	280	1.60%	16
Sep 1999	17,439	17,163	276	1.58%	16
Oct 1999	17,578	17,309	269	1.53%	15
Nov 1999	17,743	17,464	279	1.57%	16
Dec 1999	17,781	17,516	265	1.49%	15

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	17,328	16,978	350	2.02%	20
Feb 2000	17,409	17,084	325	1.87%	19
Mar 2000	17,445	17,093	352	2.02%	20
Apr 2000	17,233	16,958	275	1.60%	16
May 2000	17,419	17,077	342	1.96%	20
Jun 2000	17,674	17,266	408	2.31%	23
Jul 2000	17,624	17,130	494	2.80%	28
Aug 2000	17,510	17,136	374	2.14%	21
Sep 2000	17,477	17,132	345	1.97%	20
Oct 2000	17,610	17,312	298	1.69%	17
Nov 2000	17,706	17,382	324	1.83%	18
Dec 2000	17,782	17,445	337	1.90%	19

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	17,681	17,219	462	2.61%	26
Feb 2001	17,633	17,167	466	2.64%	26
Mar 2001	17,632	17,123	509	2.89%	29
Apr 2001	17,615	17,196	419	2.38%	24
May 2001	17,804	17,314	490	2.75%	28
Jun 2001	17,884	17,316	568	3.18%	32
Jul 2001	17,733	17,104	629	3.55%	35
Aug 2001	17,533	16,999	534	3.05%	30
Sep 2001	17,424	16,890	534	3.06%	31
Oct 2001	17,422	16,885	537	3.08%	31
Nov 2001	17,368	16,775	593	3.41%	34
Dec 2001	17,267	16,648	619	3.58%	36

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	17,063	16,334	729	4.27%	43
Feb 2002	17,124	16,429	695	4.06%	41
Mar 2002	17,095	16,348	747	4.37%	44
Apr 2002	16,937	16,286	651	3.84%	38
May 2002	17,151	16,452	699	4.08%	41
Jun 2002	17,248	16,494	754	4.37%	44
Jul 2002	17,220	16,417	803	4.66%	47
Aug 2002	17,065	16,421	644	3.77%	38
Sep 2002	17,006	16,388	618	3.63%	36
Oct 2002	17,028	16,462	566	3.32%	33
Nov 2002	17,054	16,434	620	3.64%	36
Dec 2002	17,022	16,365	657	3.86%	39

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	16,634	15,850	784	4.71%	47
Feb 2003	16,711	15,915	796	4.76%	48
Mar 2003	16,669	15,849	820	4.92%	49
Apr 2003	16,712	15,832	880	5.27%	53
May 2003	16,996	16,153	843	4.96%	50
Jun 2003	17,169	16,239	930	5.42%	54
Jul 2003	17,121	16,156	965	5.64%	56
Aug 2003	17,025	16,227	798	4.69%	47
Sep 2003	16,936	16,143	793	4.68%	47
Oct 2003	17,057	16,357	700	4.10%	41
Nov 2003	17,256	16,509	747	4.33%	43
Dec 2003	17,274	16,531	743	4.30%	43

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	17,095	16,260	835	4.88%	49
Feb 2004	17,080	16,262	818	4.79%	48
Mar 2004	17,072	16,200	872	5.11%	51
Apr 2004	17,036	16,344	692	4.06%	41
May 2004	17,324	16,558	766	4.42%	44
Jun 2004	17,446	16,630	816	4.68%	47
Jul 2004	17,433	16,545	888	5.09%	51
Aug 2004	17,285	16,586	699	4.04%	40
Sep 2004	17,158	16,477	681	3.97%	40
Oct 2004	17,294	16,666	628	3.63%	36
Nov 2004	17,465	16,781	684	3.92%	39
Dec 2004	17,397	16,692	705	4.05%	41

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	17,208	16,474	734	4.27%	43
Feb 2005	17,304	16,542	762	4.40%	44
Mar 2005	17,318	16,598	720	4.16%	42
Apr 2005	17,332	16,692	640	3.69%	37
May 2005	17,633	16,960	673	3.82%	38
Jun 2005	17,700	16,998	702	3.97%	40
Jul 2005	17,830	17,075	755	4.23%	42
Aug 2005	17,783	17,160	623	3.50%	35
Sep 2005	17,586	16,967	619	3.52%	35
Oct 2005	17,705	17,150	555	3.13%	31
Nov 2005	17,818	17,204	614	3.45%	34
Dec 2005	17,756	17,141	615	3.46%	35

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	17,524	16,880	644	3.67%	37
Feb 2006	17,610	16,912	698	3.96%	40
Mar 2006	17,619	16,936	683	3.88%	39
Apr 2006	17,621	17,007	614	3.48%	35
May 2006	17,880	17,272	608	3.40%	34
Jun 2006	17,978	17,293	685	3.81%	38
Jul 2006	17,987	17,202	785	4.36%	44
Aug 2006	17,879	17,214	665	3.72%	37
Sep 2006	17,711	17,060	651	3.68%	37
Oct 2006	17,736	17,157	579	3.26%	33
Nov 2006	17,895	17,271	624	3.49%	35
Dec 2006	17,899	17,254	645	3.60%	36

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	17,716	17,005	711	4.01%	40
Feb 2007	17,686	17,002	684	3.87%	39
Mar 2007	17,676	16,997	679	3.84%	38
Apr 2007	17,569	16,952	617	3.51%	35
May 2007	17,889	17,243	646	3.61%	36
Jun 2007	17,976	17,251	725	4.03%	40
Jul 2007	17,847	17,068	779	4.36%	44
Aug 2007	17,773	17,109	664	3.74%	37
Sep 2007	17,726	17,062	664	3.75%	37
Oct 2007	17,696	17,085	611	3.45%	35
Nov 2007	17,892	17,258	634	3.54%	35
Dec 2007	17,827	17,157	670	3.76%	38

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Month	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	17,650	16,950	700	3.97%	40
Feb 2008	17,628	16,905	723	4.10%	41
Mar 2008	17,700	16,998	702	3.97%	40
Apr 2008	17,618	17,024	594	3.37%	34
May 2008	17,859	17,080	779	4.36%	44
Jun 2008	17,830	17,006	824	4.62%	46
Jul 2008	17,660	16,743	917	5.19%	52
Aug 2008	17,460	16,630	830	4.75%	48
Sep 2008	17,277	16,448	829	4.80%	48
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

Plainfield Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Construction	556	11.64%
2.	Machinery Manufacturing	329	6.89%
3.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	317	6.63%
4.	Finance and Insurance	243	5.09%
5.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	241	5.04%
6.	Furniture and Related Manufacturing	233	4.88%
7.	Educational Services	186	3.89%
8.	Metal Manufactuing	158	3.31%
9.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	146	3.06%
10.	Accommodation and Food Services	137	2.87%
11.	Building Materials / Hardware / Lawn and Garden Supplies	132	2.76%
12.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	130	2.72%
13.	Machinery / Equipment / Supplies, Wholesale	112	2.34%
14.	Repair and Maintenance	102	2.13%
15.	Health Care	96	2.01%
16.	Food and Beverage Stores	93	1.95%
17.	Department and Other General Stores	89	1.86%
18.	Public Administration	87	1.82%
19.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	83	1.74%
20.	Broadcasting and Telecommunications	81	1.70%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Health Care	665	16.57%
2.	Educational Services	482	12.01%
3.	Finance and Insurance	314	7.82%
4.	Accommodation and Food Services	264	6.58%
5.	Social Assistance	174	4.34%
6.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	163	4.06%
7.	Department and Other General Stores	162	4.04%
8.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	153	3.81%
9.	Furniture and Related Manufacturing	117	2.92%
10.	Public Administration	100	2.49%
11.	Food and Beverage Stores	98	2.44%
12.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	72	1.79%
13.	Printing and Related Manufacturing	63	1.57%
14.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	60	1.50%
15.	Personal and Laundry Services	60	1.50%
16.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	59	1.47%
17.	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods, Wholesale	55	1.37%
18.	Construction	54	1.35%
19.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	54	1.35%
20.	Used Merchandise / Gift / Misc. Stores	52	1.30%

Plainfield Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	378	7.91%
2.	Other Production Occupations	310	6.49%
3.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	303	6.34%
4.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	183	3.83%
5.	Other Installation / Maintenance	182	3.81%
6.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	179	3.75%
7.	Top Executives	169	3.54%
8.	Other Management Occupations	167	3.50%
9.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	155	3.24%
10.	Computer Specialists	151	3.16%
11.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	134	2.80%
12.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	119	2.49%
13.	Business Operations Specialists	115	2.41%
14.	Engineers	114	2.39%
15.	Carpenters	109	2.28%
16.	Vehicle Mechanics	102	2.13%
17.	Electricians	97	2.03%
18.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	96	2.01%
19.	Supervisors / Construction and Extract	82	1.72%
20.	Operations Managers Non Finance	81	1.70%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Other Office and Admin Support	297	7.40%
2.	Secretaries and Admins	265	6.60%
3.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	216	5.38%
4.	Assemblers and Fabricators	141	3.51%
5.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	135	3.36%
6.	Registered Nurses	131	3.26%
7.	Other Management Occupations	130	3.24%
8.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	128	3.19%
9.	Customer Service Representatives	127	3.16%
10.	Child Care Workers	121	3.02%
11.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	114	2.84%
12.	Financial Clerks, Non-bookkeeping	109	2.72%
13.	Cashiers	101	2.52%
14.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	96	2.39%
15.	Waiters and Waitresses	91	2.27%
16.	Other Production Occupations	86	2.14%
17.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	83	2.07%
18.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	83	2.07%
19.	Bookkeeping / Accounting / Auditing	78	1.94%
20.	Other Teachers / Instructors / Librarians	77	1.92%

Plainfield Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	7,309	52.56%
15-35 hours	2,127	15.30%
1-14 hours	467	3.36%
No regular hours	4,003	28.79%

Plainfield Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	309	3.69%
5 AM-5:29 AM	237	2.83%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	419	5.01%
6 AM-6:29 AM	742	8.87%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	845	10.10%
7 AM-7:29 AM	1,120	13.39%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	1,507	18.01%
8 AM-8:29 AM	893	10.67%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	469	5.61%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	430	5.14%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	98	1.17%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	93	1.11%
Noon-3:59 PM	639	7.64%
4 PM-11:59 PM	566	6.76%

Plainfield Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	242	2.89%
5-9	876	10.47%
10-14	1,123	13.42%
15-19	1,231	14.71%
20-24	1,627	19.45%
25-29	907	10.84%
30-34	1,162	13.89%
35-39	181	2.16%
40-44	249	2.98%
45-59	465	5.56%
60-89	157	1.88%
At least 90	147	1.76%

Plainfield Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	7	0.08%	5,999	71.70%
30-44	0	0.00%	1,592	19.03%
45-59	0	0.00%	465	5.56%
At least 60	2	0.02%	302	3.61%

Plainfield Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	0	0.00%
Car / truck / van, carpool	663	7.64%
Car / truck / van, solo	7,545	86.91%
Motorcycle	0	0.00%
Other	28	0.32%
Public transportation	9	0.10%
Walked	122	1.41%
Worked at home	314	3.62%

Plainfield Employment Lawyers handle cases involving employment contracts, severance agreements, OSHA, workers compensation, ADA, race, sex, pregnancy, national-orgin, sexual orientation and age discrimination, sexual harassment, hours & wages and overtime issues. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

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: 6,926 (18,816 people)
: 5,367 (16,680 people)
: 2,358
: 10,412
Plainfield Household Income in 1999

Income	Population	Percent
Under $10,000	381	5.50%
$10,000-$14,999	277	4.00%
$15,000-$19,999	311	4.49%
$20,000-$24,999	401	5.79%
$25,000-$29,999	416	6.01%
$30,000-$34,999	355	5.13%
$35,000-$39,999	269	3.88%
$40,000-$44,999	450	6.50%
$45,000-$49,999	310	4.48%
$50,000-$59,999	621	8.97%
$60,000-$74,999	915	13.21%
$75,000-$99,999	1,060	15.30%
$100,000-$124,999	620	8.95%
$125,000-$149,999	197	2.84%
$150,000-$199,999	128	1.85%
$200,000 or more	215	3.10%

Plainfield Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	1,299	18.99%
Family, 2 people	2,215	32.38%
Nonfamily, 2 people	196	2.87%
Family, 3 people	1,074	15.70%
Nonfamily, 3 people	29	0.42%
Family, 4 people	1,178	17.22%
Nonfamily, 4 people	9	0.13%
Family, 5 people	564	8.25%
Nonfamily, 5 people	4	0.06%
Family, 6 people	196	2.87%
Nonfamily, 6 people	1	0.01%
Family, 7 or more people	74	1.08%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	1	0.01%

Plainfield Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	5,498	27.99%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	3,000	15.27%
Public Assistance	217	1.10%
Retirement	1,482	7.54%
Self Employment	846	4.31%
Social Security	1,874	9.54%
Supplemental Security	175	0.89%
Wage / Salary	5,332	27.14%
Other	1,220	6.21%

Plainfield Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	2,398	51.51%
With children under 18	2,257	48.49%

Plainfield Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	624	8.80%
Married	4,777	67.36%
Never Married	1,470	20.73%
Widowed	221	3.12%

Plainfield Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	676	9.40%
Married	4,695	65.29%
Never Married	1,170	16.27%
Widowed	650	9.04%

Plainfield Family Lawyers help clients with family law issues, such as marriage, divorce, domestic partnerships, adoptions, paternity, annulment, child support, custody, division of property, alimony, palimony, restraining orders, spousal support, uncontested divorce and visitation rights. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

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Plainfield Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	480	3.60%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	1,553	11.66%
High school diploma or equivalent	3,928	29.50%
Some college, no degree	3,512	26.37%
Associate degree	799	6.00%
Bachelors degree	2,106	15.82%
Graduate or professional degree	938	7.04%

Plainfield Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	228	1.21%	166	0.88%	394	2.10%
Kindergarten	212	1.13%	39	0.21%	251	1.34%
Grades 1-4	955	5.08%	209	1.11%	1,164	6.19%
Grades 5-8	1,152	6.13%	160	0.85%	1,312	6.98%
Grades 9-12	1,230	6.54%	102	0.54%	1,332	7.08%
Undergrad college	525	2.79%	93	0.49%	618	3.29%
Graduate or professional school	136	0.72%	20	0.11%	156	0.83%
Total	4,438	23.61%	789	4.20%	5,227	27.80%

Plainfield Education Lawyers represent colleges, school districts, other educational institutions, and students in the practice of education law. They handle issues related to No Child Left Behind, special education, and disability rights. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

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Plainfield Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	17,825	94.78%
Below Poverty Level	981	5.22%

Plainfield Public Benefits Lawyers assess the range of local, state and federal government benefits to which their clients may be entitled and help them apply for such programs, as well as appeal decisions denying such benefits to their clients. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

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Plainfield Population By Age

Age	Population	Percent
0-9 Years	2,950	15.69%
10-19 Years	3,056	16.25%
20-29 Years	1,432	7.62%
30-39 Years	2,794	14.86%
40-49 Years	3,228	17.17%
50-59 Years	2,203	11.72%
60-69 Years	1,597	8.49%
70-79 Years	1,083	5.76%
80-89 Years	411	2.19%
90+ Years	47	0.25%

Plainfield Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	9,409	50.05%
Female	9,392	49.95%

Plainfield Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	18,171	96.65%
Hispanic/Latino	211	1.12%
Multiracial	164	0.87%
Asian	112	0.60%
African-American	80	0.43%
Amerindian	56	0.30%
Other Race	6	0.03%
Pacific Islander	1	0.01%

Plainfield Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	German	4,338	20.40%
2.	Irish	3,118	14.66%
3.	Dutch	2,858	13.44%
4.	English	2,627	12.36%
5.	Polish	2,051	9.65%
6.	French Non-Basque	1,106	5.20%
7.	United States Or American	1,079	5.07%
8.	Italian	580	2.73%
9.	Scottish	476	2.24%
10.	French Canadian	449	2.11%

Plainfield Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	16,936	97.20%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	318	1.83%
3.	German	45	0.26%
4.	Other Indo European	19	0.11%
5.	Italian	16	0.09%
6.	Hindi	16	0.09%
7.	Chinese	16	0.09%
8.	Hungarian	12	0.07%
9.	Korean	10	0.06%
10.	Other West Germanic	9	0.05%

Plainfield Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	18,521	98.32%
Naturalized immigrant	203	1.08%
Not a citizen	114	0.61%

Plainfield Immigration Lawyers help clients navigate through the federal immigration process. They help workers secure temporary visas (H1-B, fiances obtain K-1 visas, and permanent immigrants apply for Green Cards or citizenship. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.

Plainfield Civil Rights Lawyers represent clients who have been illegally discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and national origin. If you have suffered employment discrimination, sexual harassment, or have been treated differently by a hotel, restaurant, or other public accommodation, a civil rights lawyer can help you determine whether your rights were violated and what types of redress are available. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.