Language Spoken At Home in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 217,497 | 100% |
English only | 200,950 | 92.4% |
Language other than English | 16,547 | 7.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 6,212 | 2.9% |
Spanish | 5,999 | 2.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,801 | 1.3% |
Other Indo-European languages | 8,611 | 4.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,846 | 1.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1,192 | 0.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 389 | 0.2% |
Other languages | 745 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 176 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 229,873 | 100% |
American | 10,498 | 4.6% |
Arab | 815 | 0.4% |
Czech | 2,466 | 1.1% |
Danish | 521 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 3,326 | 1.4% |
English | 25,088 | 10.9% |
French (except Basque) | 4,933 | 2.1% |
French Canadian | 1,110 | 0.5% |
German | 58,367 | 25.4% |
Greek | 1,018 | 0.4% |
Hungarian | 11,209 | 4.9% |
Irish | 43,101 | 18.7% |
Italian | 37,250 | 16.2% |
Lithuanian | 2,441 | 1.1% |
Norwegian | 1,426 | 0.6% |
Polish | 16,215 | 7.1% |
Portuguese | 144 | 0.1% |
Russian | 2,921 | 1.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,482 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 5,464 | 2.4% |
Slovak | 6,231 | 2.7% |
Subsaharan African | 216 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 2,582 | 1.1% |
Swiss | 641 | 0.3% |
Ukrainian | 1,305 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 2,634 | 1.1% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 65 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 94,389 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 61,731 | 65.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 25,766 | 27.3% |
Married-couple family | 47,954 | 50.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 18,349 | 19.4% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 3,585 | 3.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,863 | 2.0% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 10,192 | 10.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 5,554 | 5.9% |
Nonfamily households | 32,658 | 34.6% |
Householder living alone | 27,544 | 29.2% |
65 years and over | 10,572 | 11.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 27,568 | 29.2% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 26,259 | 27.8% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 226,957 | 100% |
Householder | 94,389 | 41.6% |
Spouse | 47,999 | 21.1% |
Child | 66,426 | 29.3% |
Other relatives | 8,412 | 3.7% |
Nonrelatives | 9,731 | 4.3% |
Unmarried partner | 5,490 | 2.4% |
Marital Status in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 90,889 | 100% |
Never married | 27,638 | 30.4% |
Now married, except separated | 49,803 | 54.8% |
Separated | 782 | 0.9% |
Widowed | 2,794 | 3.1% |
Divorced | 9,872 | 10.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 97,664 | 100% |
Never married | 22,901 | 23.4% |
Now married, except separated | 49,825 | 51.0% |
Separated | 1,437 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 10,868 | 11.1% |
Divorced | 12,633 | 12.9% |
Fertility in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 2,076 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 688 | 33.1% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 26 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 40 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 15 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 80 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 19 | 0% |
Grandparents in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 3,124 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 1,096 | 35.1% |
Less than 1 year | 347 | 11.1% |
1 or 2 years | 269 | 8.6% |
3 or 4 years | 85 | 2.7% |
5 or more years | 395 | 12.6% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,096 | 100% |
Who are female | 645 | 58.9% |
Who are married | 775 | 70.7% |
School Enrollment in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 55,891 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 3,484 | 6.2% |
Kindergarten | 3,035 | 5.4% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 22,878 | 40.9% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 12,486 | 22.3% |
College or graduate school | 14,008 | 25.1% |
Educational Attainment in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 161,884 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 3,954 | 2.4% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 10,429 | 6.4% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 55,380 | 34.2% |
Some college, no degree | 38,654 | 23.9% |
Associate's degree | 13,352 | 8.2% |
Bachelor's degree | 26,724 | 16.5% |
Graduate or professional degree | 13,391 | 8.3% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 91.1% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 24.8% |
Veteran Status in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 179,093 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 19,017 | 10.6% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 227,770 | 100% |
With a disability | 25,548 | 11.2% |
Under 18 years | 50,651 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,833 | 3.6% |
18 to 64 years | 141,329 | 100% |
With a disability | 12,243 | 8.7% |
65 years and over | 35,790 | 100% |
With a disability | 11,472 | 32.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 227,887 | 100% |
Same house | 202,282 | 88.8% |
Different house in the U.S. | 24,890 | 10.9% |
Same county | 16,597 | 7.3% |
Different county | 8,293 | 3.6% |
Same state | 6,169 | 2.7% |
Different state | 2,124 | 0.9% |
Abroad | 715 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 229,873 | 100% |
Native | 217,263 | 94.5% |
Born in United States | 216,025 | 94.0% |
State of residence | 177,076 | 77.0% |
Different state | 38,949 | 16.9% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 1,238 | 0.5% |
Foreign born | 12,610 | 5.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 12,610 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 7,564 | 60.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 5,046 | 40.0% |
Year of Entry in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 13,848 | 100% |
Native | 1,238 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 34 | 2.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,204 | 97.3% |
Foreign born | 12,610 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 275 | 2.2% |
Entered before 2010 | 12,335 | 97.8% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Lake County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 12,610 | 100% |
Europe | 6,595 | 52.3% |
Asia | 2,226 | 17.7% |
Africa | 175 | 1.4% |
Oceania | 16 | 0.1% |
Latin America | 3,201 | 25.4% |
Northern America | 397 | 3.1% |