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Lake County Facts

Census Statistics

	Lake County	Indiana
Population, 2003 estimate	487,476	6,195,643
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.6%	1.9%
Population, 2000	484,564	6,080,485
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	1.9%	9.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.1%	7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.8%	25.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.0%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.8%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	66.7%	87.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	25.3%	8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	5.0%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.9%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	12.2%	3.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	60.6%	85.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.5%	55.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.3%	3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	13.5%	6.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	80.7%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.2%	19.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	88,638	1,054,757
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	27.1	22.6?
Housing units, 2002	198,668	2,615,750
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.0%	71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	24.2%	19.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$97,500	$94,300?
Households, 2000	181,633	2,336,306
Persons per household, 2000	2.64	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$41,829	$41,567
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,639	$20,397
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.2%	9.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	9,952	145,580
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	177,320	2,601,738
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.1%	-1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	18,830	319,415
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	14,297,855	142,270,702
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	4,380,617	57,241,650
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,100	$9,748
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.9%	5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.6%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,158	39,596
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,516,670	34,199,922
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	497	35,867
Persons per square mile, 2000	975.0	169.5
Metropolitan Area	Gary, IN PMSA	?
FIPS Code	089	18

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