2022 population: 709,150 ( 5,688 from 2010 , 5,201 from 2020)
Land area: 443.6 square miles
Population density: 1598.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	414,412	58.44%	9.7%
Black:	49,349	6.96%	5.0%
Indian:	1,075	0.15%	1.6%
Asian:	64,753	9.13%	46.6%
2+ races:	12,787	1.80%	16.3%
Hispanic:	166,774	23.52%	19.1%

Total non-White:	294,738	41.56%	20.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	14,741	10.3
Deaths:	12,607	8.8
Net Migration:	-10,117	-7.1
Net Immigration:	2,453	1.7

Change in White population:	-44,289	-6.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	49,977	7.1

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
703,462
458,701	65.21%
46,989	6.68%
1,058	0.15%
44,182	6.28%
10,998	1.56%
139,987	19.90%
244,761	34.79%

2000
644,356
472,968	73.40%
43,580	6.76%
1,048	0.16%
25,090	3.89%
7,869	1.22%
92,716	14.39%
171,388	26.60%

1990
516,418
431,976	83.65%
34,080	6.60%
1,241	0.24%
12,386	2.40%
n/a
36,735	7.11%
84,442	16.35%

1980
440,372
384,635	87.34%
27,968	6.35%
376	0.09%
6,570	1.49%
n/a
20,468	4.65%
55,737	12.66%

1970
382,638
349,645	91.38%
19,305	5.05%
544	0.14%
1,362	0.36%
n/a
11,072	2.89%
32,993	8.62%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
94,657	14.7
35,956	5.6
-12,701	-2.0
21,413	3.3

-14,267	-2.2
73,373	11.4

Number	Rate
1990's
100,265	19.4
33,243	6.4
18,356	3.6
18,029	3.5

40,992	7.9
86,946	16.8

Number	Rate
1980's
79,066	18.0
28,365	6.4
28,002	6.4
n/a

47,341	10.8
28,705	6.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
14,843	3.9
n/a

34,990	9.1
22,744	5.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, IL

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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
38.7
167,959	23.7%
541,191	76.3%
106,790	15.1%

254,794
2.72

183,605	72.1%
147,034	80.1%
13,508	7.4%
71,189	27.9%

2010
Number	Percent
36.7
192,672	27.4%
510,790	72.6%
73,093	10.4%

241,712
2.82

179,428	74.2%
144,065	80.3%
14,920	8.3%
62,284	25.8%

2000
Number	Percent
33.7
189,092	29.3%
455,264	70.7%
54,769	8.5%

216,484
2.88

165,269	76.3%
138,788	84.0%
12,091	7.3%
51,215	23.7%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
142,554	27.6%
373,864	72.4%
43,153	8.4%

173,887
2.85

135,153	77.7%
116,677	86.3%
7,985	5.9%
38,734	22.3%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
133,865	30.4%
306,507	69.6%
31,703	7.2%

139,836
2.98

112,050	80.1%
98,221	87.7%
6,643	5.9%
27,786	19.9%

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, IL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,528	3.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,269	2.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,557	2.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,908	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,245	2.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,101	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,380	2.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,212	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,280	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,141	5.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	18,720	7.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	31,117	12.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	26,463	10.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	21,137	8.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	29,674	11.6%
$200,000 or more	55,062	21.6%

Median Household Income	104,553
Per Capita Income	53,677

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	109
Compared to U.S.	108

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,074	3.2%
Public Assistance	5,710	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	24,861	9.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	255,201	72.2%
Unemployed	13,130	3.7%
In Armed Forces	8,387	2.4%

Total Labor Force	276,718	78.3%
Not in Labor Force	76,629	21.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	145,104	113,558	56.1%
Non-Profit	9,871	15,546	38.8%
Self-Employed	21,809	12,056	64.4%

Local Government	9,503	15,591	37.9%
State Government	2,349	2,986	44.0%
Federal Government	5,057	3,430	59.6%

Total Private + Self	166,913	125,614	57.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	26,780	37,553	41.6%
Total	193,693	163,167	54.3%

Pct. Govt.	10.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	76,206	21.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	74,964	21.0%
Professional, Technical	90,898	25.4%
Service Occupations	50,405	14.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	306	0.1%
All others	65,043	18.2%

White Collar		67.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	55,966	15.7%
Retail trade	42,107	11.8%
Health care and social assistance	41,495	11.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	32,452	9.1%
Educational services	29,920	8.4%
Finance and insurance	22,548	6.3%
Accommodation and food services	20,565	5.8%
Construction	17,575	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	17,526	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	15,170	4.2%
Other services	14,080	3.9%
Wholesale trade	13,936	3.9%
Public administration	10,246	2.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,828	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,704	1.9%
Information	5,096	1.4%
Utilities	1,279	0.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,080	0.3%
Management	860	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	83	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	127,212	17.84%
Puerto Rican	12,659	1.78%
Cuban	1,738	0.24%
Dominican	1,319	0.18%

Total Central American	9,394	1.32%
Costa Rican	68	0.01%
Guatemalan	1,909	0.27%
Honduran	4,482	0.63%
Nicaraguan	297	0.04%
Panamanian	232	0.03%
Salvadoran	2,347	0.33%
Other Central American	59	0.01%

Total South American	5,216	0.73%
Argentinean	453	0.06%
Bolivian	182	0.03%
Chilean	208	0.03%
Colombian	1,812	0.25%
Ecuadorian	1,311	0.18%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	792	0.11%
Uruguayan	9	0.00%
Venezuelan	449	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,918	0.69%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	26,014	3.65%
Filipino	11,026	1.55%
Chinese	9,100	1.28%
Korean	6,247	0.88%
Vietnamese	1,460	0.20%
Japanese	1,367	0.19%
Cambodian	854	0.12%
Taiwanese	400	0.06%
Mongolian	272	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	472,700	70.1%
Spanish	120,854	17.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	19,829	2.9%
Other Indo-European	19,522	2.9%
Other Asian	11,679	1.7%
Chinese	7,868	1.2%
Tagalog	6,483	1.0%
Korean	4,850	0.7%
German, other Germanic	3,196	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	118,191	16.6%
Irish	75,116	10.5%
Polish	54,298	7.6%
English	42,744	6.0%
Italian	41,905	5.9%
American	25,199	3.5%
Russian	15,945	2.2%
Swedish	14,393	2.0%
Norwegian	10,807	1.5%
French	10,777	1.5%
European	10,120	1.4%
Scottish	9,099	1.3%
Eastern European	7,080	1.0%
Dutch	6,263	0.9%
Greek	6,211	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	649,262	91.0%
Not a citizen	63,897	9.0%

Native	578,336	81.1%
Foreign-born	134,823	18.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
22,672	4.8%	20,597	4.4%	93,285	19.8%	112,895	24.0%	128,444	27.3%	92,310	19.6%
Average years of education: 14.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	22,672	4.8%
9-12 Years	20,597	4.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	93,285	19.8%
Some College	112,895	24.0%
Bach. Degree	128,444	27.3%
Grad Degree	92,310	19.6%
Average years of education: 14.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	287,625	276,674	10,951	3.8%	6.3%
1991	287,620	273,819	13,801	4.8%	7.3%
1992	292,071	276,695	15,376	5.3%	7.9%
1993	296,451	281,234	15,217	5.1%	7.5%
1994	299,162	285,578	13,584	4.5%	5.8%
1995	305,009	294,028	10,981	3.6%	5.2%
1996	314,178	303,074	11,104	3.5%	5.3%
1997	321,728	311,974	9,754	3.0%	4.8%
1998	329,089	318,768	10,321	3.1%	4.5%
1999	331,857	321,807	10,050	3.0%	4.4%

2000	339,463	327,689	11,774	3.5%	4.4%
2001	337,428	322,976	14,452	4.3%	5.4%
2002	339,624	321,822	17,802	5.2%	6.6%
2003	342,660	322,982	19,678	5.7%	6.7%
2004	347,103	328,927	18,176	5.2%	6.2%
2005	357,699	341,339	16,360	4.6%	5.7%
2006	365,493	350,047	15,446	4.2%	4.6%
2007	370,966	352,951	18,015	4.9%	5.1%
2008	370,463	346,288	24,175	6.5%	6.5%
2009	362,202	326,251	35,951	9.9%	10.2%

2010	368,953	332,048	36,905	10.0%	10.5%
2011	367,799	335,081	32,718	8.9%	9.8%
2012	365,531	335,653	29,878	8.2%	9.0%
2013	363,470	334,752	28,718	7.9%	9.1%
2014	364,629	340,872	23,757	6.5%	7.2%
2015	367,278	347,425	19,853	5.4%	6.0%
2016	373,373	353,803	19,570	5.2%	5.9%
2017	372,989	356,148	16,841	4.5%	5.0%
2018	378,390	361,435	16,955	4.5%	4.4%
2019	377,813	362,905	14,908	3.9%	4.0%

2020	364,544	335,133	29,411	8.1%	9.5%
2021	366,404	346,754	19,650	5.4%	6.1%
2022	364,001	348,753	15,248	4.2%	4.6%
2023	366,879	348,404	18,475	5.0%	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	269,416
Median Value	$313,700

Occupied	254,794	94.6%
Vacant	14,622	5.4%

Owned	188,048	73.8%
Rented	66,746	26.2%
Median Rent	$1,382

Single-Family Units	206,377	76.6%
Detached	178,729	66.3%
Attached	27,648	10.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	42,867	15.9%
Mobile Homes	4,714	1.7%

Lake County, IL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, IL

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, IL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lake County, IL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lake County, IL

Historical Labor Force Data for Lake County, IL