People QuickFacts Lake County Illinois Population, 2012 estimate 702,120 12,875,255 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 703,360 12,830,632 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.2% 0.3% Population, 2010 703,462 12,830,632 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.5% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.8% 24.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.8% 12.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.1% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 83.2% 78.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.4% 14.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.6% 4.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 20.3% 16.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 64.8% 63.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.0% 86.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 18.1% 13.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 27.1% 22.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.6% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 41.5% 30.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 36,977 770,388 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 30.3 28.1  Housing units, 2011 261,147 5,297,318 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.6% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.4% 32.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $280,900 $198,500 Households, 2007-2011 239,947 4,773,002 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.84 2.62 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $38,512 $29,376 Median household income, 2007-2011 $79,666 $56,576 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 8.2% 13.1%     Business QuickFacts Lake County Illinois Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 19,347 312,437 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 307,559 5,038,462 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.0% 1.2% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 51,588 903,025  Total number of firms, 2007 68,418 1,123,817 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.8% 9.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.8% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.3% 5.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.6% 30.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 16,381,499 257,760,713 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 26,053,269 231,082,768 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 20,336,251 165,450,520 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $28,949 $12,947 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,299,296 25,469,026 Building permits, 2012 527 13,797     Geography QuickFacts Lake County Illinois Land area in square miles, 2010 443.67 55,518.93 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,585.6 231.1 FIPS Code 097 17 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts