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People QuickFacts | Lake County | Illinois
Population, 2012 estimate | 702,120 | 12,875,255
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 703,360 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.2% | 0.3%
Population, 2010 | 703,462 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.5% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 26.8% | 24.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 10.8% | 12.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.1% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 83.2% | 78.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 7.4% | 14.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.8% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.6% | 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.9% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 20.3% | 16.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 64.8% | 63.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.0% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.1% | 13.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 27.1% | 22.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.6% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 41.5% | 30.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 36,977 | 770,388
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 30.3 | 28.1
Housing units, 2011 | 261,147 | 5,297,318
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 77.6% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.4% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $280,900 | $198,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 239,947 | 4,773,002
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.84 | 2.62
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $38,512 | $29,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $79,666 | $56,576
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.2% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Lake County | Illinois
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 19,347 | 312,437
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 307,559 | 5,038,462
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.0% | 1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 51,588 | 903,025
Total number of firms, 2007 | 68,418 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.8% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.3% | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.6% | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 16,381,499 | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 26,053,269 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,336,251 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $28,949 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,299,296 | 25,469,026
Building permits, 2012 | 527 | 13,797
Geography QuickFacts | Lake County | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 443.67 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,585.6 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 97 | 17
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