Lake County is located in northwest Indiana. The County Seat is Crown Point and the largest city is Hammond. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.lakecountyin.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 490,228 and the 2010 census population was 496,031. The land area is 498.96 square miles and there are 994.1 persons per square mile.
70.7% of the population is White, 25.5% is Black or African American, 17.8% is Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% is Asian, 0.5% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.7% is two or more races. 87% have a high school degree or higher, and 19.8% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $136,600, there are 182,080 households, an average of 2.68 persons per household. The per capita income is $23,918, the median household income is $49,035, and 17.8% of the persons in Lake County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 34,165. Retail sales (in $1000) were $7,102,425, and sales per capita were $14,455. The percentage of black-owned firms is 18.6%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 31.1%.
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Lake County Lake County, Indiana official home page and resource for government departments, services, court information, taxes, events, and more. |
Attorneys Attorney membership directory of the Bar Association of Lake County. |
Court Records Lake County Clerk of the Circuit / Superior Court court record search. |
Foreclosures Deed, tax, and certificate foreclosure sales for Lake County. |
Obituaries Searchable obituary indexes from the Lake County Public Library. |
Property - Tax Search the Lake County, Indiana property tax database by owners name, property address, or parcel number to view tax and value data. |
Property | Assessor Parcel record search from the Lake County Assessor's Office. |
Property | GIS Lake County GIS interactive map parcel search. |
Registered Offenders Search the Lake County Sheriff Office offender registry by name, zip code, city, home address, work or school address, secondary address, email, internet names, phone number, or view a list of non-compliant offenders. |
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