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Lake County, IN

500,598 Population
498.9 square miles 1,003.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,442 ±$1,341 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$69,166 ±$2,861 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.8% ±1.7% (68,330  ±8,139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.8 minutes ±0.8 (6,218,330  ±236,974) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.3 72,674,390 (±0.2 / ±875,671)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

197,595 ±2,805 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (495,562  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,683,725
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.9% ±1.4% (6,602  ±1,530) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

218,648 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$236,800 ±$5,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.4% ±1.3% (46,375  ±6,453) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.3% ±2.8% (306,926  ±9,479.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.6% ±1.5% (87,833  ±4,994.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7% (35,266  ±3,412) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 432,652
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.6% (21,299  ±2,470) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
21,299 Total veterans ±2,470 19,788 Male ±2,311 1,511 Female ±790

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