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Lake County (Northwest)--Hammond & East Chicago Cities PUMA, IN

104,980 Population
38.7 square miles 2,709.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,926 ±$2,647 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$50,868 ±$3,667 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

24.7% ±4.5% (25,793  ±4,705) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.6 minutes ±0.5 (1,063,680  ±44,129) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

40,058 ±2,104 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (104,113  ±908) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,683,725
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.5% ±2.3% (1,155  ±604) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

45,688 ±2,345 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$159,400 ±$6,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.8% ±2.2% (10,237  ±2,265) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent 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

77.8% ±5.1% (53,019  ±3,970.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
14% ±2.5% (9,540  ±1,755.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

29.9% ±1.6% (30,410  ±1,619.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 9.8% 629,837 (±0.1% / ±7,623.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

13.7% ±2.4% (14,380  ±2,525) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 432,652
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.9% ±1.1% (3,097  ±855) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,097 Total veterans ±855 3,046 Male ±850 51 Female ±88

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