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People QuickFacts | Lake County | Indiana
Population, 2013 estimate | 491,456 | 6,570,902
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 496,005 | 6,483,797
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.9% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 496,005 | 6,483,802
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.4% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.8% | 24.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 14.2% | 13.9%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.7% | 50.7%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 70.7% | 86.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 25.5% | 9.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.5% | 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.7% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 17.8% | 6.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 54.8% | 80.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 87.7% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 6.6% | 4.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 14.1% | 8.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 86.7% | 87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 19.7% | 23.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 33,985 | 468,648
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 27.9 | 23.2
Housing units, 2013 | 209,357 | 2,809,447
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 70.2% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 22.1% | 18.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $137,400 | $123,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 182,028 | 2,478,846
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.69 | 2.54
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $23,792 | $24,558
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $49,315 | $48,374
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.4% | 14.7%
Business QuickFacts | Lake County | Indiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 9,849 | 143,974
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 164,328 | 2,512,908
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 0.3% | 3.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 27,686 | 387,735
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, 2012 | 819 | 13,781
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-Naperville-Elgin, 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