Lake County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 257,039 51.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 104,584 20.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 113,808 22.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,887 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 14,554 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 357 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 73 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,077 0.4%

• Under 18 115,840 23.2%
• 18–24 41,695 8.3%
• 25–44 126,155 25.2%
• 45–64 127,247 25.4%
• 65 and over 89,442 17.9%

Median household income

$73,228

90% interval $70,499–$75,957

+$1,270 vs IN · 31st of 92

Below poverty line

13.3%

90% interval 11.8%–14.8%

+1.2 pp vs IN · 27th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+1.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$31.2B

6.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,399

Establishments

12,218

• Education & health services 48,118 25.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 41,093 21.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 24,110 12.6%
• Manufacturing 21,886 11.4%
• Professional & business services 19,541 10.2%
• Other services 8,161 4.3%
• Public administration 7,954 4.2%
• Financial activities 6,586 3.4%
• Information 365 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.7%

+1.1 pp vs IN · 77th of 92

Median gross rent

$1,131

+$69 vs IN · 9th of 92

Owner-occupied

139,856

Renter-occupied

55,274

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $106,068/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,786/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 109,086 52.1%
• Republican 97,270 46.5%
• Other / third-party 3,051 1.5%

• Spanish 51,656 10.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6,994 1.5%
• Arabic 1,423 0.3%
• Chinese 1,189 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 1,146 0.2%
• Tagalog 1,042 0.2%
• Vietnamese 642 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 453 0.1%
• Korean 405 0.1%

Households

195,130

Family households

127,398

65.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

30,792

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

16,429

12.9% of families

Veterans

22,159

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 111,975 22.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 61,000 12.2%
• Black Protestant 34,478 6.9%
• Mainline Protestant 21,190 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,769 2.6%
• Orthodox 10,775 2.2%

Health insured

93.4%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±0.4 pp

48th of 92

With a disability

13.6%

±0.5 pp

70th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

25.8%

±0.6 pp

−3.7 pp vs IN · 20th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.7%

90% interval 8.0%–9.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Lake Circuit Court

Judges

17 (Combined Circuit + Superior Court trial-court judges per county (both have general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 Indiana Office of Judicial Administration Judicial Service Report, cross-checked against courts.in.gov per-county rosters. Counties with a count of 1 operate the Circuit Court only; larger counties add Superior Court judges with concurrent general jurisdiction. Marion County (Indianapolis) is by far the largest single-county bench in Indiana.)

Court seats

Crown Point

Traffic fatalities

36

9.36 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

35