People QuickFacts Lake Station Indiana Population, 2011 estimate 12,560 6,516,353 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 12,572 6,483,800 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.1% 0.5% Population, 2010 12,572 6,483,802 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.6% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 26.4% 24.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.7% 13.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.0% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 79.7% 84.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.6% 9.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.1% 2.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 28.0% 6.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 66.7% 81.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.0% 84.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.8% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 20.5% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 76.1% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 7.6% 22.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 906 478,030 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.2 23.1  Housing units, 2010 5,137 2,795,541 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.6% 71.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 9.7% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $84,500 $123,300 Households, 2007-2011 4,734 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 $17,401 $24,497 Median household income, 2007-2011 $36,595 $48,393 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 21.3% 14.1%     Business QuickFacts Lake Station Indiana Total number of firms, 2007 527 482,847 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 33.8% 26.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 221,877,814 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,827 67,634,947 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 305,679 78,745,589 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $22,926 $12,408 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,224 11,669,759     Geography QuickFacts Lake Station Indiana Land area in square miles, 2010 8.30 35,826.11 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,515.4 181.0 FIPS Code 41535 18 Counties Lake County (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