Lake County, Ohio (OH)

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% of renters here:	23%
State:	31%

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Races in Lake County, Ohio:

Median resident age:	38.6 years
Ohio median age:	36.2 years

Males: 110,531	(48.6%)
Females: 116,980	(51.4%)

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Lake County:	2.5 people
Ohio:	2.5 people

This county:	$55,607
Ohio:	$46,597

This county:	$646
State:	$511

Lake County:	$156,100
Ohio:	$137,800

Detached houses: $195,747

Here:	$195,747
State:	$175,406

Townhouses or other attached units: $144,530

Here:	$144,530
State:	$158,918

In 2-unit structures: $189,897

Here:	$189,897
State:	$124,203

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $118,105

Here:	$118,105
State:	$149,153

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $122,660

Here:	$122,660
State:	$138,542

Mobile homes: $24,196

Here:	$24,196
State:	$32,066

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 6
• Assaults: 10
• Burglaries: 99
• Thefts: 526
• Auto thefts: 43

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 10
• Assaults: 11
• Burglaries: 127
• Thefts: 490
• Auto thefts: 47

Lake County:	6.5%
Ohio:	13.1%

This county:	5.1%
Whole state:	10.6%

This county:	2.3%
Whole state:	4.8%

Area name: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lake County is $566 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $682 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $874 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mentor, Willoughby, Eastlake, Painesville, Willowick, Wickliffe, Willoughby Hills, North Madison, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Kirtland.

2005 air pollution in Lake County:

Carbon Monoxide: 1 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.129 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.097 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 20 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 54 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 15.1 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 44 µg/m³. Above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.010 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.077 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Ashtabula County , Cuyahoga County , Geauga County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Lake County: Camp Klein (A), Camp Stigwandish (B), Camp Wise (C), Mountain View Country Club (D), Boat Loader Lights (E), Powderhorn Golf Course (F), Stony Glen Camp (G), Painesville Country Club (H), Thunder Hill Country Club (I), Mather Camp (J), Lake County Fairgrounds (K), Leroy Center (L), Pepperridge Tree Golf Course (M). Display/hide their locations on the map Shopping Centers: Painesville Shopping Center (1), Concord Plaza Shopping Center (2), Madison Plaza Shopping Center (3). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Lake County include: Hope Ridge Church (A), Lakeside Church (B), Perry Church (C), Saint Anns Church (D), Saint Gabriel Catholic Church (E), Saint Pauls Church (F), Gore Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Middle Ridge Cemetery (1), Dock Road Cemetery (2), Mentor Avenue Cemetery (3), Perry Cemetery (4), Clague Farm Cemetery (5), Gore Church Cemetery (6), South Ridge Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Reservoirs: Quail Hollow Lake (A), Lake Erie Girl Scout Lake (B), Cloverdale Lake (C), L'Alouette Plumee Lake (D), Sans Souce Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map Creeks: Bates Creek (A), Aylworth Creek (B), Arcola Creek (C), Griswold Creek (D), Jordan Creek (E), McKinley Creek (F), Phelps Creek (G), Big Creek (H), Ellison Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in Lake County include: Indian Point Metropolitan Park (1), River Road Park (2), Perry Township Park (3), Girdled Road Reservation (4), Township Park (5), Masons Landing Metropolitan Park (6), Hogback Ridge Metropolitan Park (7), Hidden Valley Metropolitan Park (8), Parmly Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	9.5%
Ohio:	10.4%

Current college students: 10,082
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 9,746 (55% naturalized citizens)

Lake County:	4.3%
Whole state:	3.0%

Mean travel time to work: 22.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 62.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 68,094
• One, attached: 5,849
• Two: 1,573
• 3 or 4: 2,194
• 5 to 9: 3,875
• 10 to 19: 3,575
• 20 or more: 5,989
• Mobile homes: 2,329
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Housing units in Lake County with a mortgage: 45,406 (5,598 second mortgage, 9,063 home equity loan, 323 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,908

Here:	71.7% with mortgage
State:	69.3% with mortgage

Lake County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Ohio state average. It is 7.4 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 40 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/4/1969, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 40 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Lake County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Ohio state average. It is 35% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 49.0 miles away from Lake County center
On 1/31/1986 at 16:46:43, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MB) earthquake occurred 9.7 miles away from the county center
On 1/26/2001 at 03:03:20, a magnitude 4.4 (3.9 MB, 4.4 LG, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 31.1 miles away from the county center
On 6/20/2006 at 20:11:18, a magnitude 3.8 (3.5 MW, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 10.8 miles away from Lake County center
On 3/12/2007 at 23:18:16, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 28.9 miles away from the county center
On 6/30/2003 at 19:21:17, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, 3.4 LG, Depth: 2.9 mi) earthquake occurred 9.1 miles away from Lake County center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 102,111 (87%) Carpooled: 8,999 (8%) Bus or trolley bus: 1,031 (1%) Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%) Subway or elevated: 6 (0%) Railroad: 16 (0%) Ferryboat: 5 (0%) Taxi: 9 (0%) Motorcycle: 26 (0%) Bicycle: 104 (0%) Walked: 1,517 (1%) Other means: 438 (0%) Worked at home: 2,566 (2%)

4.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,752 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.75%
Ohio average:	5.31%

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($128 average AGI)

Lake County:	0.03%
Ohio average:	0.10%

3.63% relocated from other counties in Ohio ($30,395 average AGI)
1.10% relocated from other states ($10,229 average AGI)

Lake County:	1.10%
Ohio average:	1.67%

from Cuyahoga County, OH	2.15% ($41,188 average AGI)
from Geauga County, OH	0.44% ($42,836)
from Ashtabula County, OH	0.42% ($34,623)
from Summit County, OH	0.13% ($37,354)
from Franklin County, OH	0.07% ($29,939)
from Lorain County, OH	0.06% ($38,267)
from Portage County, OH	0.06% ($35,519)

4.98% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,563 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.98%
Ohio average:	5.79%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($180 average AGI)

Lake County:	0.04%
Ohio average:	0.04%

3.18% relocated to other counties in Ohio ($24,450 average AGI)
1.77% relocated to other states ($17,933 average AGI)

Lake County:	1.77%
Ohio average:	2.24%

to Cuyahoga County, OH	1.49% ($34,536 average AGI)
to Geauga County, OH	0.44% ($49,367)
to Ashtabula County, OH	0.39% ($31,623)
to Summit County, OH	0.19% ($48,951)
to Franklin County, OH	0.12% ($28,930)
to Portage County, OH	0.09% ($40,091)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.09% ($63,080)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.2

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 36,930 (33,066 aged, 3,864 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 192,723 (49,650 male householders, 13,136 female householders)

  50,879 spouses, 68,723 children (63,981 natural, 1,413 adopted, 3,329 stepchildren), 2,548 grandchildren, 1,247 brothers or sisters, 1,438 parents, 2,156 other relatives, 2,946 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 31,884 (11,781 male householders (9,230 living alone)), 15,162 female householders (13,721 living alone)), 4,941 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,904 (1,983 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 27,525 2-persons, 14,373 3-persons, 12,953 4-persons, 5,655 5-persons, 1,619 6-persons, 661 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 22,951 1-person, 3,475 2-persons, 311 3-persons, 146 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

93.3% of residents of Lake County speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $987,017,000 ($4253 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $33,510,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $534,280,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $261,087,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $906,000
Federal grants: $118,802,000
Federal procurement contracts: $40,041,000 ($25,982,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $31,901,000 ($54,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,489,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $130,707,000
Federal Government insurance: $105,091,000

Here:	58 per 1000 residents
State:	69 per 1000 residents

Here:	48 per 1000 residents
State:	50 per 1000 residents

Here:	+10 per 1000 residents
State:	+7 per 1000 residents

Here:	-7 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 27.49 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	6.5
State:	6.4

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

63% of Lake County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Ohio.

Lake County:	63.2%
State average:	58.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 173722
• Northeast: 19486
• Midwest: 6894
• South: 13677
• West: 2882

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $121,400

Here:	16.6%
Ohio:	14.2%

Here:	12.3%
Ohio:	10.9%

Here:	19.6%
Ohio:	23.4%

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