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People QuickFacts | Lake County | Indiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 493,618 | 6,537,334
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 496,005 | 6,483,800
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.5% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 496,005 | 6,483,802
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.6% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 25.3% | 24.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.4% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.7% | 50.8%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 70.5% | 86.8%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 25.9% | 9.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.4% | 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 17.0% | 6.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 55.3% | 81.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.5% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.7% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 14.2% | 7.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 86.5% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.5% | 22.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 35,392 | 478,030
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.7 | 23.1
Housing units, 2011 | 208,673 | 2,800,614
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.7% | 71.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.0% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $136,400 | $123,300
Households, 2007-2011 | 183,198 | 2,472,870
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.67 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,726 | $24,497
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $49,443 | $48,393
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.6% | 14.1%
Business QuickFacts | Lake County | Indiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 9,995 | 145,019
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 164,664 | 2,400,382
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -8.1 | -9.4
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 27,645 | 380,097
Total number of firms, 2007 | 34,165 | 482,847
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 18.6% | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.7% | 1.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.1% | 26.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 21,914,467 | 221,877,814
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,348,813 | 67,634,947
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,102,425 | 78,745,589
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,455 | $12,408
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,069,166 | 11,669,759
Building permits, 2011 | 626 | 12,618
Geography QuickFacts | Lake County | Indiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 498.96 | 35,826.11
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 994.1 | 181
FIPS Code | 89 | 18
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts