2024 population: 502,955 ( 4,260 from 2020)
Land area: 498.7 square miles
Population density: 1008.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	258,651	51.43%	2.5%
Black:	116,813	23.23%	0.2%
Indian:	675	0.13%	9.0%
Asian:	9,215	1.83%	16.3%
2+ races:	8,759	1.74%	11.8%
Hispanic:	108,842	21.64%	8.9%

Total non-White:	244,304	48.57%	4.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	23,003	11.5
Deaths:	24,451	12.3
Net Migration:	2,441	1.2
Net Immigration:	3,112	1.6

Change in White population:	-6,594	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,854	2.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
498,695
265,245	53.19%
117,027	23.47%
742	0.15%
7,926	1.59%
7,838	1.57%
99,917	20.04%
233,450	46.81%

2010
496,005
274,162	55.27%
125,506	25.30%
913	0.18%
6,044	1.22%
6,254	1.26%
82,663	16.67%
221,843	44.73%

2000
484,564
293,457	60.56%
121,372	25.05%
854	0.18%
3,968	0.82%
5,335	1.10%
59,128	12.20%
191,107	39.44%

1990
475,594
313,161	65.85%
115,604	24.31%
939	0.20%
2,444	0.51%
n/a
43,446	9.14%
162,433	34.15%

1980
522,965
350,918	67.10%
125,096	23.92%
499	0.10%
2,342	0.45%
n/a
43,794	8.37%
172,047	32.90%

1970
546,253
403,627	73.89%
104,686	19.16%
413	0.08%
686	0.13%
n/a
35,662	6.53%
142,626	26.11%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
54,387	11.0
44,437	9.0
-21,794	-4.4
1,263	0.3

-8,917	-1.8
11,607	2.3

Number	Rate
2000's
64,177	13.2
43,639	9.0
-13,045	-2.7
5,203	1.1

-19,295	-4.0
30,736	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
73,094	15.4
46,735	9.8
-27,528	-5.8
3,248	0.7

-19,704	-4.1
28,674	6.0

Number	Rate
1980's
77,706	14.9
43,567	8.3
-78,956	-15.1
n/a

-37,757	-7.2
-9,614	-1.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-85,114	-15.6
n/a

-52,709	-9.6
29,421	5.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, IN

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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
39.3
116,017	23.1%
386,938	76.9%
84,867	16.9%

191,872
2.57

125,024	65.2%
83,034	66.4%
16,795	13.4%
66,848	34.8%

2010
Number	Percent
37.4
127,273	25.7%
368,732	74.3%
65,870	13.3%

188,157
2.60

127,647	67.8%
84,049	65.8%
17,714	13.9%
60,510	32.2%

2000
Number	Percent
36.0
129,765	26.8%
354,799	73.2%
63,116	13.0%

181,589
2.64

127,637	70.3%
90,700	71.1%
16,096	12.6%
53,952	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
32.9
132,729	27.9%
342,865	72.1%
58,511	12.3%

170,395
2.76

126,534	74.3%
94,360	74.6%
15,496	12.2%
43,861	25.7%

1980
Number	Percent
28.6
164,142	31.4%
358,823	68.6%
45,566	8.7%

175,631
2.95

136,759	77.9%
108,751	79.5%
14,654	10.7%
38,872	22.1%

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, IN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	12,091	6.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,944	4.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,109	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,658	4.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,524	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,240	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	8,331	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,245	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,681	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,936	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	18,160	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	26,353	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,442	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	13,816	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	14,670	7.6%
$200,000 or more	12,672	6.6%

Median Household Income	66,375
Per Capita Income	34,458

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	101
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,825	5.6%
Public Assistance	3,617	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	26,079	13.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	168,853	68.5%
Unemployed	13,265	5.4%
In Armed Forces	50	0.0%

Total Labor Force	182,168	73.9%
Not in Labor Force	64,321	26.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	92,697	76,018	54.9%
Non-Profit	6,078	13,207	31.5%
Self-Employed	9,296	5,971	60.9%

Local Government	5,814	9,361	38.3%
State Government	1,703	2,956	36.6%
Federal Government	1,770	1,779	49.9%

Total Private + Self	101,993	81,989	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,365	27,303	36.0%
Total	117,358	109,292	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	10.3%
Pct. Private + Self	81.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	30,377	13.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	49,136	21.6%
Professional, Technical	43,478	19.2%
Service Occupations	39,527	17.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	482	0.2%
All others	64,474	28.4%

White Collar		54.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	34,999	15.4%
Manufacturing	34,187	15.1%
Retail trade	25,526	11.2%
Educational services	18,135	8.0%
Construction	16,630	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	16,167	7.1%
Transportation and warehousing	16,040	7.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	11,603	5.1%
Other services	11,044	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,159	4.0%
Finance and insurance	7,475	3.3%
Public administration	6,941	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,142	2.3%
Wholesale trade	4,767	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,388	1.5%
Information	3,045	1.3%
Utilities	1,713	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	584	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	239	0.1%
Management	208	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	77,814	15.64%
Puerto Rican	15,158	3.05%
Cuban	522	0.10%
Dominican	518	0.10%

Total Central American	1,443	0.29%
Costa Rican	82	0.02%
Guatemalan	591	0.12%
Honduran	390	0.08%
Nicaraguan	82	0.02%
Panamanian	24	0.00%
Salvadoran	274	0.06%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,324	0.27%
Argentinean	161	0.03%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	107	0.02%
Colombian	466	0.09%
Ecuadorian	85	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	202	0.04%
Uruguayan	78	0.02%
Venezuelan	191	0.04%
Other South American	34	0.01%

Other Hispanic	3,636	0.73%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,152	0.43%
Filipino	1,858	0.37%
Chinese	1,079	0.22%
Korean	677	0.14%
Vietnamese	582	0.12%
Burmese	244	0.05%
Japanese	157	0.03%
Thai	144	0.03%
Bangladeshi	62	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	400,399	85.4%
Spanish	49,598	10.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6,785	1.4%
Other Indo-European	3,907	0.8%
Arabic	1,443	0.3%
Tagalog	1,110	0.2%
Other	1,045	0.2%
German, other Germanic	1,014	0.2%
Other Asian	910	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	70,160	14.1%
Irish	50,418	10.1%
Polish	47,166	9.5%
English	27,387	5.5%
Italian	23,124	4.6%
Dutch	14,355	2.9%
American	10,620	2.1%
Slovak	7,339	1.5%
French	6,835	1.4%
Swedish	6,570	1.3%
Hungarian	5,424	1.1%
Greek	5,132	1.0%
Serbian	4,867	1.0%
Croatian	4,713	0.9%
European	4,133	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	482,733	97.0%
Not a citizen	14,949	3.0%

Native	462,642	93.0%
Foreign-born	35,040	7.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
12,984	3.8%	20,140	6.0%	119,701	35.4%	102,875	30.4%	54,950	16.2%	27,807	8.2%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	12,984	3.8%
9-12 Years	20,140	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	119,701	35.4%
Some College	102,875	30.4%
Bach. Degree	54,950	16.2%
Grad Degree	27,807	8.2%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	222,258	208,524	13,734	6.2%	5.1%
1991	222,394	207,380	15,014	6.8%	5.7%
1992	224,358	206,257	18,101	8.1%	6.1%
1993	226,828	210,296	16,532	7.3%	5.1%
1994	228,708	213,301	15,407	6.7%	4.7%
1995	229,277	214,090	15,187	6.6%	4.4%
1996	228,453	215,992	12,461	5.5%	4.0%
1997	230,093	220,036	10,057	4.4%	3.4%
1998	229,767	220,449	9,318	4.1%	3.0%
1999	226,144	216,752	9,392	4.2%	2.9%

2000	225,314	216,842	8,472	3.8%	3.0%
2001	227,161	215,961	11,200	4.9%	4.2%
2002	227,710	213,011	14,699	6.5%	5.2%
2003	225,574	211,841	13,733	6.1%	5.3%
2004	223,420	209,075	14,345	6.4%	5.4%
2005	225,163	211,406	13,757	6.1%	5.4%
2006	227,340	214,311	13,029	5.7%	5.0%
2007	225,767	213,961	11,806	5.2%	4.6%
2008	229,273	215,032	14,241	6.2%	5.9%
2009	227,636	203,038	24,598	10.8%	10.5%

2010	229,122	205,072	24,050	10.5%	10.1%
2011	229,759	208,263	21,496	9.4%	8.9%
2012	229,040	208,488	20,552	9.0%	8.2%
2013	230,264	209,792	20,472	8.9%	7.5%
2014	230,655	212,526	18,129	7.9%	5.9%
2015	229,650	214,098	15,552	6.8%	4.8%
2016	232,420	217,907	14,513	6.2%	4.4%
2017	229,639	218,058	11,581	5.0%	3.5%
2018	231,511	220,267	11,244	4.9%	3.4%
2019	228,477	217,436	11,041	4.8%	3.2%

2020	225,185	201,989	23,196	10.3%	7.1%
2021	226,601	211,918	14,683	6.5%	3.9%
2022	228,203	217,774	10,429	4.6%	3.0%
2023	228,991	217,531	11,460	5.0%	3.3%
2024	239,357	225,608	13,749	5.7%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	215,277
Median Value	$195,100

Occupied	191,872	89.1%
Vacant	23,405	10.9%

Owned	136,080	70.9%
Rented	55,792	29.1%
Median Rent	$1,039

Single-Family Units	170,334	79.1%
Detached	154,168	71.6%
Attached	16,166	7.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	27,996	13.0%
Mobile Homes	3,011	1.4%

Lake County, IN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, IN

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, IN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lake County, IN

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lake County, IN

Historical Labor Force Data for Lake County, IN