People QuickFacts Lake County Indiana Population, 2012 estimate 493,618 6,537,334 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 496,005 6,483,800 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.5% 0.8% Population, 2010 496,005 6,483,802 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.6% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.3% 24.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.4% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.7% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 70.5% 86.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 25.9% 9.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 17.0% 6.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 55.3% 81.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.5% 84.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 14.2% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.5% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 19.5% 22.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 35,392 478,030 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.7 23.1  Housing units, 2011 208,673 2,800,614 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.7% 71.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.0% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $136,400 $123,300 Households, 2007-2011 183,198 2,472,870 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.67 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,726 $24,497 Median household income, 2007-2011 $49,443 $48,393 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.6% 14.1%     Business QuickFacts Lake County Indiana Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 9,995 145,019 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 164,664 2,400,382 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -8.1 -9.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 27,645 380,097  Total number of firms, 2007 34,165 482,847 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 18.6% 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.5% 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.5% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.7% 1.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.1% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 21,914,467 221,877,814 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,348,813 67,634,947 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,102,425 78,745,589 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,455 $12,408 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,069,166 11,669,759 Building permits, 2011 626 12,618     Geography QuickFacts Lake County Indiana Land area in square miles, 2010 498.96 35,826.11 Persons per square mile, 2010 994.1 181.0 FIPS Code 089 18 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