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Lake County, IN

502,955 Population
498.9 square miles 1,008.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,310 ±$1,185 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,250 ±$2,871 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.8% ±1.5% (63,277  ±7,265) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.5 minutes ±0.9 (6,065,810  ±247,049) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.6 74,463,616 (±0.2 / ±752,879)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

198,738 ±2,035 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (497,573  ±55) 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% ±1% (5,842  ±1,203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

219,629 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$257,000 ±$6,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.5% ±1.1% (42,536  ±5,674.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.2% ±2.4% (312,652  ±8,357.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.4% ±1.4% (98,548  ±4,940.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.7% (38,648  ±4,003) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±0.5% (21,045  ±2,019) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,045 Total veterans ±2,019 19,693 Male ±1,905 1,352 Female ±563

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