2024 population: 444,204 ( 60,240 from 2020)
Land area: 951.5 square miles
Population density: 466.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	280,447	63.13%	7.6%
Black:	51,403	11.57%	24.7%
Indian:	1,351	0.30%	11.8%
Asian:	12,245	2.76%	37.0%
2+ races:	8,579	1.93%	32.0%
Hispanic:	90,179	20.30%	38.0%

Total non-White:	163,757	36.87%	32.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	15,374	10.0
Deaths:	22,704	14.8
Net Migration:	59,582	38.8
Net Immigration:	7,651	5.0

Change in White population:	19,699	5.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	40,541	10.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
297,052
221,365	74.52%
27,796	9.36%
965	0.32%
5,249	1.77%
4,616	1.55%
36,009	12.12%
75,687	25.48%

2000
210,528
177,285	84.21%
17,231	8.18%
603	0.29%
1,702	0.81%
1,731	0.82%
11,808	5.61%
33,243	15.79%

1990
152,104
133,207	87.58%
13,735	9.03%
470	0.31%
538	0.35%
n/a
4,154	2.73%
18,897	12.42%

1980
104,870
89,133	84.99%
13,070	12.46%
235	0.22%
305	0.29%
n/a
2,071	1.97%
15,737	15.01%

1970
69,305
56,426	81.42%
11,923	17.20%
82	0.12%
48	0.07%
n/a
761	1.10%
12,879	18.58%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
28,211	13.4
29,756	14.1
99,084	47.1
3,827	1.8

44,080	20.9
42,444	20.2

Number	Rate
1990's
20,608	13.5
24,355	16.0
65,692	43.2
1,781	1.2

44,078	29.0
14,346	9.4

Number	Rate
1980's
16,383	15.6
17,047	16.3
47,750	45.5
n/a

44,074	42.0
3,160	3.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
35,198	50.8
n/a

32,707	47.2
2,858	4.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, FL

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
46.9
73,351	8.9%
754,817	91.1%
103,276	12.5%

153,817
2.49

106,147	69.0%
83,493	78.7%
7,285	6.9%
47,670	31.0%

2010
Number	Percent
45.6
61,741	20.8%
235,311	79.2%
71,825	24.2%

121,289
2.42

83,792	69.1%
65,983	78.7%
7,042	8.4%
37,497	30.9%

2000
Number	Percent
44.9
42,690	20.3%
167,838	79.7%
55,549	26.4%

88,383
2.34

62,695	70.9%
52,716	84.1%
4,263	6.8%
25,688	29.1%

1990
Number	Percent
44.6
29,804	19.6%
122,300	80.4%
41,802	27.5%

63,550
2.35

46,589	73.3%
40,177	86.2%
2,481	5.3%
16,961	26.7%

1980
Number	Percent
43.2
23,914	22.8%
80,956	77.2%
26,625	25.4%

41,772
2.47

31,691	75.9%
27,672	87.3%
1,733	5.5%
10,081	24.1%

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5,643	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,984	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,777	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,084	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,062	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,038	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,519	4.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,334	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,103	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,831	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	16,932	11.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	21,635	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	15,725	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,143	5.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,634	7.6%
$200,000 or more	9,373	6.1%

Median Household Income	66,239
Per Capita Income	35,150

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	89
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,266	5.4%
Public Assistance	2,910	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	16,978	11.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	120,360	68.8%
Unemployed	7,005	4.0%
In Armed Forces	210	0.1%

Total Labor Force	127,575	72.9%
Not in Labor Force	47,493	27.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	61,125	53,128	53.5%
Non-Profit	3,631	8,142	30.8%
Self-Employed	11,987	5,838	67.2%

Local Government	5,372	7,722	41.0%
State Government	1,664	1,766	48.5%
Federal Government	1,234	1,253	49.6%

Total Private + Self	73,112	58,966	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	11,901	18,883	38.7%
Total	85,013	77,849	52.2%

Pct. Govt.	11.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	25,420	15.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	39,850	24.4%
Professional, Technical	33,250	20.4%
Service Occupations	32,708	20.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,230	0.8%
All others	32,002	19.6%

White Collar		60.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	22,769	13.9%
Retail trade	21,392	13.1%
Construction	16,782	10.3%
Accommodation and food services	13,714	8.4%
Educational services	11,558	7.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,341	5.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,254	5.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,663	5.3%
Other services	8,146	5.0%
Public administration	8,083	5.0%
Manufacturing	6,943	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	6,634	4.1%
Finance and insurance	5,999	3.7%
Wholesale trade	4,567	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,334	2.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,153	1.3%
Information	1,587	1.0%
Utilities	863	0.5%
Management	272	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	176	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	13,281	3.43%
Puerto Rican	28,398	7.34%
Cuban	6,082	1.57%
Dominican	4,852	1.25%

Total Central American	2,217	0.57%
Costa Rican	104	0.03%
Guatemalan	535	0.14%
Honduran	690	0.18%
Nicaraguan	453	0.12%
Panamanian	211	0.05%
Salvadoran	224	0.06%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	10,480	2.71%
Argentinean	409	0.11%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	1,200	0.31%
Colombian	3,890	1.01%
Ecuadorian	955	0.25%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	722	0.19%
Uruguayan	185	0.05%
Venezuelan	3,086	0.80%
Other South American	33	0.01%

Other Hispanic	1,987	0.51%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,389	0.88%
Vietnamese	1,586	0.41%
Chinese	1,052	0.27%
Filipino	793	0.21%
Japanese	337	0.09%
Korean	233	0.06%
Taiwanese	104	0.03%
Thai	80	0.02%
Indonesian	19	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	313,183	85.0%
Spanish	44,060	12.0%
Other Indo-European	2,537	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,529	0.7%
German, other Germanic	1,551	0.4%
Vietnamese	1,173	0.3%
Chinese	722	0.2%
Other Asian	617	0.2%
Tagalog	615	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	51,906	13.4%
American	49,624	12.8%
Irish	41,299	10.7%
English	41,275	10.7%
Italian	21,982	5.7%
Polish	9,479	2.5%
French	8,559	2.2%
Scottish	6,422	1.7%
European	4,960	1.3%
Dutch	3,678	1.0%
Jamaican	3,453	0.9%
French Canadian	3,290	0.9%
Guyanese	3,015	0.8%
British	2,998	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	2,943	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	370,928	95.9%
Not a citizen	15,901	4.1%

Native	346,519	89.6%
Foreign-born	40,310	10.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,020	2.8%	19,414	6.8%	87,800	30.6%	98,145	34.2%	46,866	16.3%	26,854	9.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,020	2.8%
9-12 Years	19,414	6.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	87,800	30.6%
Some College	98,145	34.2%
Bach. Degree	46,866	16.3%
Grad Degree	26,854	9.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	67,058	61,483	5,575	8.3%	6.2%
1991	66,356	60,634	5,722	8.6%	7.6%
1992	68,906	62,654	6,252	9.1%	8.4%
1993	71,374	66,368	5,006	7.0%	7.4%
1994	74,646	69,996	4,650	6.2%	6.5%
1995	78,153	73,989	4,164	5.3%	5.6%
1996	81,631	77,852	3,779	4.6%	5.3%
1997	86,359	82,751	3,608	4.2%	4.9%
1998	90,954	87,834	3,120	3.4%	4.4%
1999	96,141	93,540	2,601	2.7%	3.9%

2000	94,129	90,721	3,408	3.6%	3.8%
2001	97,871	93,542	4,329	4.4%	4.4%
2002	98,978	93,835	5,143	5.2%	4.9%
2003	102,676	97,988	4,688	4.6%	4.5%
2004	109,599	105,455	4,144	3.8%	3.8%
2005	117,411	113,953	3,458	2.9%	2.9%
2006	125,330	122,117	3,213	2.6%	2.5%
2007	131,984	127,458	4,526	3.4%	3.3%
2008	135,919	127,800	8,119	6.0%	5.7%
2009	134,272	120,405	13,867	10.3%	9.6%

2010	132,826	117,680	15,146	11.4%	10.8%
2011	133,044	118,993	14,051	10.6%	10.0%
2012	133,178	121,063	12,115	9.1%	8.6%
2013	135,123	124,697	10,426	7.7%	7.5%
2014	138,134	129,049	9,085	6.6%	6.4%
2015	141,343	133,475	7,868	5.6%	5.5%
2016	146,577	139,389	7,188	4.9%	4.9%
2017	150,886	144,477	6,409	4.2%	4.2%
2018	155,447	149,808	5,639	3.6%	3.6%
2019	161,784	156,335	5,449	3.4%	3.3%

2020	154,028	140,383	13,645	8.9%	7.7%
2021	159,924	152,354	7,570	4.7%	4.6%
2022	171,050	165,871	5,179	3.0%	2.9%
2023	177,504	171,974	5,530	3.1%	2.9%
2024	197,289	190,423	6,866	3.5%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	178,098
Median Value	$262,500

Occupied	153,817	86.4%
Vacant	24,281	13.6%

Owned	117,522	76.4%
Rented	36,295	23.6%
Median Rent	$1,323

Single-Family Units	123,758	69.5%
Detached	119,759	67.2%
Attached	3,999	2.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	15,805	8.9%
Mobile Homes	30,826	17.3%

Lake County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lake County, FL

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lake County, FL

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lake County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Lake County, FL