Lake County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 410,90457.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 164,38823.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 58,9138.3%Asian alone
  • 44,1396.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 25,8073.6%Two or more races
  • 5,8120.8%Some other race alone
  • 1,1010.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1750.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $397,659

Here:	$397,659
State:	$285,490

Townhouses or other attached units: $234,726

Here:	$234,726
State:	$267,853

In 2-unit structures: $209,971

Here:	$209,971
State:	$305,909

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $220,314

Here:	$220,314
State:	$356,547

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $264,931

Here:	$264,931
State:	$327,261

Mobile homes: $50,852

Here:	$50,852
State:	$69,530

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 16
• Assaults: 56
• Burglaries: 140
• Thefts: 332
• Auto thefts: 80

Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 27
• Robberies: 13
• Assaults: 63
• Burglaries: 197
• Thefts: 504
• Auto thefts: 77

Health of residents in Lake County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Health of residents in Lake County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $8,345 (2.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $7,337 (2.6%)

Area name: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lake County is $802 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $901 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1102 a month.

Cities in this county include: Waukegan, North Chicago, Highland Park, Mundelein, Gurnee, Round Lake Beach, Zion, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Lake Forest.

2019 air pollution in Lake County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.037 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Cook County , Dubuque County, Iowa , Kane County , Racine County, Wisconsin , McHenry County , Ulster County, New York , Winnebago County .

Current college students: 32,659
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 46.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 135,450 (50.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 27,9872010 or later
• 34,5322000 to 2009
• 36,4201990 to 1999
• 24,1051980 to 1989
• 13,4261970 to 1979
• 12,913Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 66.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 181,422
• One, attached: 26,881
• Two: 5,735
• 3 or 4: 9,907
• 5 to 9: 9,320
• 10 to 19: 10,141
• 20 to 49: 7,778
• 50 or more: 13,620
• Mobile homes: 5,047
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 167

Housing units in Lake County with a mortgage: 126,400 (13,295 second mortgage, 467 home equity loan, 11,389 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,863

Religion statistics for Lake County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lake County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Illinois Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4489, Natural disaster type: Other
• Illinois Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding, Incident Period: April 16, 2013 to May 05, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4116: May 10, 2013, FEMA Id: 4116, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Illinois Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1960: March 17, 2011, FEMA Id: 1960, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 01, 2008 to July 22, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1771: June 24, 2008, FEMA Id: 1771, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Snow, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 06, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3283: March 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 3283, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 20, 2007 to August 31, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1729: September 25, 2007, FEMA Id: 1729, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3230: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3230, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Illinois Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2000 to December 31, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3161: January 17, 2001, FEMA Id: 3161, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Illinois Winter Snow Storm, Incident Period: January 01, 1999 to January 15, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3134: January 08, 1999, FEMA Id: 3134, Natural disaster type: Storm, Snow
• Illinois Severe Storms/Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 18, 1996 to April 19, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1110: April 23, 1996, FEMA Id: 1110, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.06% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($110,528 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($301 average AGI)

Lake County:	0.03%
Illinois average:	0.01%

3.80% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($71,174 average AGI)
2.24% relocated from other states ($39,053 average AGI)

Lake County:	2.24%
Illinois average:	2.01%

from Cook County, IL	2.86% ($125,398 average AGI)
from McHenry County, IL	0.41% ($65,388)
from DuPage County, IL	0.21% ($108,090)
from Kenosha County, WI	0.19% ($61,900)
from Kane County, IL	0.10% ($84,444)
from San Diego County, CA	0.07% ($61,471)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.06% ($174,360)

6.71% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($163,220 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($308 average AGI)

Lake County:	0.04%
Illinois average:	0.01%

2.78% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($49,759 average AGI)
3.89% relocated to other states ($113,153 average AGI)

Lake County:	3.89%
Illinois average:	3.06%

to Cook County, IL	1.73% ($143,390 average AGI)
to McHenry County, IL	0.52% ($83,934)
to Kenosha County, WI	0.39% ($71,395)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.15% ($151,627)
to DuPage County, IL	0.15% ($95,000)
to Kane County, IL	0.10% ($101,982)
to San Diego County, CA	0.09% ($89,996)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 14.7
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 5.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 6.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 5.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2018: 4.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lake County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 131,627 (26,074 living alone), Female householders: 123,117 (33,044 living alone)

• 145,346 spouses (144,481 opposite-sex spouses), 13,830 unmarried partners, (13,206 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 227,523 children (217,377 natural, 3,308 adopted, 6,838 stepchildren), 11,680 grandchildren, 5,767 brothers or sisters, 10,010 parents, 92 foster children, 9,589 other relatives, 12,914 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 19,744

Size of family households: 73,711 2-persons, 38,964 3-persons, 44,246 4-persons, 17,822 5-persons, 5,484 6-persons, 2,867 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 59,118 1-person, 10,416 2-persons, 1,470 3-persons, 440 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 116 6-persons.

117,281 married couples with children.
36,104 single-parent households (8,736 men, 27,368 women).

71.0% of residents of Lake speak English at home.
17.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $3,845,324,000 ($5,550 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,570,862,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,125,674,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $468,069,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $143,912,000
Federal grants: $326,023,000
Federal procurement contracts: $575,461,000 ($459,139,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,206,185,000 ($1,040,471,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $601,041,000
Federal Government insurance: $480,199,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+2 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 65.55 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

• Year house built in Lake County, Illinois
• 1,1962020 or later
• 15,0822010 to 2019
• 37,1602000 to 2009
• 50,2311990 to 1999
• 38,8111980 to 1989
• 44,8521970 to 1979
• 24,9521960 to 1969
• 24,4641950 to 1959
• 11,3331940 to 1949
• 21,9371939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lake County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lake County, Illinois
• 2761 room
• 1432 rooms
• 3,8883 rooms
• 13,6654 rooms
• 24,9425 rooms
• 36,0226 rooms
• 27,3807 rooms
• 28,9268 rooms
• 56,6079+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lake County, Illinois
• 4,4331 room
• 4,3912 rooms
• 11,7423 rooms
• 16,5994 rooms
• 11,3365 rooms
• 7,3926 rooms
• 2,7457 rooms
• 1,5588 rooms
• 2,6999+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lake County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lake County, Illinois
• 342no bedroom
• 2,0341 bedroom
• 34,6392 bedrooms
• 70,3973 bedrooms
• 66,2864 bedrooms
• 18,1515+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lake County, Illinois
• 4,752no bedroom
• 15,1451 bedroom
• 25,1062 bedrooms
• 13,4443 bedrooms
• 4,1504 bedrooms
• 2985+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Lake County, Illinois in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lake County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 3,711no vehicle
• 44,4141 vehicle
• 92,6982 vehicles
• 35,6833 vehicles
• 11,6634 vehicles
• 3,6805+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lake County in renter-occupied apartments
• 8,244no vehicle
• 29,0961 vehicle
• 19,0052 vehicles
• 5,0863 vehicles
• 8104 vehicles
• 6545+ vehicles

87.1% of Lake County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Illinois.

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

• This state: 419,010
• Other state: 147,117
• Northeast: 26,488
• Midwest: 64,999
• South: 33,379
• West: 22,251

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 6,189
• Number of aged recipients: 1,208
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 4,981
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,022
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,322
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,845
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,530
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,892

Lake County on our top lists:

• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #65 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents"
• #65 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #82 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents"
• #87 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"