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People QuickFacts Lake County Illinois
Population, 2001 estimate  661,111 12,482,301
Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001  2.6% 0.5%
Population, 2000  644,356 12,419,293
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000  24.8% 8.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000  8.2% 7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000  29.4% 26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000  8.5% 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000  49.7% 51.0%
   
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 80.1% 73.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 6.9% 15.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 3.9% 3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 6.7% 5.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000  2.0% 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 14.4% 12.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000  73.4% 67.8%
   
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000  52.2% 56.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  14.8% 12.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  21.4% 19.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  86.6% 81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  38.6% 26.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  76,658 1,999,717
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000  30.1 28
   
Housing units, 2000  225,919 4,885,615
Homeownership rate, 2000  77.8% 67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  20.3% 34.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $198,200 $130,800
   
Households, 2000  216,297 4,591,779
Persons per household, 2000  2.88 2.63
Median household money income, 1999  $66,973 $46,590
Per capita money income, 1999  $32,102 $23,104
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999  5.7% 10.7%
   
Business QuickFacts Lake County Illinois
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999  18,057 306,899
Private nonfarm employment, 1999  305,529 5,342,675
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999  46.9% 15.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 1999  38,114 665,553
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)  13,686,182 200,019,991
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)  8,562,339 108,002,177
Retail sales per capita, 1997  $14,316 $8,992
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  8.7% 12.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  29.4% 27.2%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000  4,134 51,944
Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000)  3,098,892 65,035,608
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997  20,218 459,893
   
Geography QuickFacts Lake County Illinois
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  448 55,584
Persons per square mile, 2000  1,439.7 223.4
Metropolitan Area  Chicago, IL PMSA  
   
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