In Print: ‘Indiana at a Glance’

Publication title

Indiana at a Glance: County Trends, 2025 Edition

Purdue author

Roberto Gallardo

Publisher

Purdue University Press

Publication date

Oct. 15, 2025

About the book (from the publisher)

“Indiana at a Glance: County Trends, 2025 Edition” provides an overview of macro socioeconomic and demographic trends based on county-level data in 10-year periods in Indiana, the upper Midwest region and the nation. Analyzing data primarily from 2013-23, this book presents information that contextualizes the design and implementation of specific policies enacted by elected officials and community leaders and reveals the impact these initiatives have on the public.

Inspired in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural America at a Glance reports, as well as the author’s more than 20 years of work in the field, this study makes use of gap analysis to glean valuable insights into how specific socioeconomic patterns relate to larger regional or national trends. It also offers a fuller picture of community economic development planning, allowing community stakeholders to better discern unique opportunities and challenges from macro socioeconomic and demographic noise.

Accessible to scholars and nonacademics alike, “Indiana at a Glance” is meant to assist community leaders and residents who wish to have a firmer grasp of the socioeconomic and demographic landscape of their communities as they attempt to plan, design, implement and evaluate their policies and initiatives or simply better understand their communities. The content and analysis supplied in this book will be updated every five years to ensure the most current data is available in order to align with the temporal “horizon” under which community economic development practitioners and policymakers frequently operate.

About the Purdue author

Roberto Gallardo is an associate professor of agricultural economics and Purdue’s vice president for engagement. He works with rural communities to conduct local and regional community economic development, including use of technology for development. Gallardo currently serves on the Federal Reserve Board Community Advisory Council and is also director of the Purdue Center for Regional Development.

About the In Print series

To celebrate our faculty’s excellence in scholarship, Purdue Today’s weekly book series highlights faculty expertise across diverse subjects and disciplines. Find out more about the Purdue University Books Initiative and how to suggest a book for the In Print series on the Office of the Provost website.