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Lake County, IL

708,760 Population
443.6 square miles 1,597.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,242 ±$2,106 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$108,364 ±$3,470 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.1% ±1.2% (55,645  ±8,403) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.7 minutes ±0.7 (8,451,525  ±293,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 150,482,720 (±0.2 / ±1,340,109)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

260,243 ±2,231 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (689,479  ±311) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.5% ±0.9% (7,284  ±1,491) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

271,341 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$340,400 ±$7,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.6% ±1.1% (67,343  ±7,574.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.1% ±2.2% (432,887  ±10,193.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
47.8% ±1.4% (227,067  ±6,582.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

32.4% ±1.2% (218,116  ±7,756.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 24.3% 2,883,843 (±0.2% / ±26,391.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

20.1% (142,753  ±6,868) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.6% ±0.4% (24,415  ±2,263) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
24,415 Total veterans ±2,263 21,039 Male ±1,896 3,376 Female ±1,162

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