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

106,434 Population
38.7 square miles 2,747 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,202 ±$2,552 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,361 ±$5,179 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.9% ±3.9% (18,788  ±4,072) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.8 minutes ±0.8 (1,076,600  ±52,327) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,200 ±2,216 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (105,416  ±2,092) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±2.6% (1,582  ±728) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,449 ±2,519 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$170,400 ±$6,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.2% ±2.5% (9,677  ±2,629.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

79.5% ±4.6% (55,825  ±4,048.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.7% ±3% (13,819  ±2,220) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

30.1% ±2% (30,468  ±2,011.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 10.3% 664,171 (±0.1% / ±7,661.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

15.8% ±2.9% (16,800  ±3,094) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.9% ±1% (3,169  ±793) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,169 Total veterans ±793 2,936 Male ±799 233 Female ±186

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