Destination Profile/Map

Population

• St. Joseph County: fourth largest in Indiana
• South Bend: fourth largest city in state
• Michiana area (11 counties) population: 959,700
• Household population: 357,000
  

Location

• North Central Indiana: South Bend
• 10 miles south of Michigan state line
• Area: 467 square miles in county
• Located along St. Joseph River: flows north and empties into Lake Michigan
• Lake Michigan: 26 miles
• Time zone: Eastern

Climate

• Four full seasons
• Coldest month: January (Average temperature: 24.4)
• Warmest month: July (Average temperature: 73.3)
• Annual total precipitation: 36.52 inches
• Annual total snowfall: 70.9 inches

Largest Employers (January 2008)

• University of Notre Dame: 4,707
• Memorial Health System: 3,545
• South Bend Community School Corporation: 3,212
• AM General: 2,400
• Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Inc.: 2,123
• City of South Bend: 1,361
• 1st Source Bank: 1,257
• Martin's Supermarkets: 1,092
• Wal-Mart: 1,031
• Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation: 998

Links 

• City of South Bend
• City of Mishawaka 
• Downtown South Bend, Inc.
• The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County
• Mishawaka Business Association