Lake County is located in central Florida. The County Seat is Tavares and the largest city is Clermont. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.lakecountyfl.gov/. The 2014 population estimate is 315,690 and the 2010 census population was 297,047. The land area is 938.38 square miles and there are 316.6 persons per square mile.
84.8% of the population is White, 10.5% is Black or African American, 13.3% is Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% is Asian, 0.6% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.8% is two or more races. 86.4% have a high school degree or higher, and 20.5% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $142,700, there are 117,250 households, an average of 2.53 persons per household. The per capita income is $24,183, the median household income is $45,035, and 13.8% of the persons in Lake County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 26,755. Retail sales (in $1000) were $3,441,893, and sales per capita were $11,391. The percentage of black-owned firms is 5.6%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 27.5%.
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| Lake County Access Lake County information at this official site. Includes government contacts, departments, calendars, meetings, agendas, minutes, agencies, programs, and more. |
| Agendas & Minutes Agendas and Minutes from the Lake County Board of Supervisors, and advisory board, committee, and task force public meetings. |
| Arrests Lake County Sheriff's Office recent arrests. |
| Code Enforcement Cases Code Enforcement case records of properties within unincorporated Lake County. |
| Codes Lake County, Florida code of ordinances searchable by keyword. |
| Contractors Lake County Building Services Department contractor search. |
| Court Records Lake County court records case search search from the County Clerk's Office. |
| Foreclosure Auctions Lake County tax deed sales and property foreclosure sales calendar. |
| Inmates Lake County Sheriff's Office inmate search by inmate names. |
| Jobs Current job opportunities with Lake County, Florida government. |
| Maps Lake County static and GIS interactive maps including general, engineering & survey, property and taxes, public safety, road and transportation, and tourism and recreation maps. |
| Permits Find building permits and plan reviews in Lake County. |
| Property - Appraiser Search the Lake County Appraiser records for property information by name, section/township/range, sub block lot, alternate key, and/or street. |
| Property | GIS Lake County GIS interactive map property search including optional points of interests, public safety, elections & voting, planning & zoning, public works, contour, terrain, and aerial photograph overlays. |
| Property | Sales Records Lake County Property Appraiser's Office sales record searches. Download excel files of prior years or search current property sales. |
| Property | Tax Deeds Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court tax deed search. |
| Property | Tax Maps Lake County Property Appraiser tax map search. |
| Property | Tax Records Lake County Tax Collector's property and business tax records. |
| Property | Tax Sales Property tax certificate auctions from the Lake County Tax Collector. |
| Recorded Documents Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court search for official / land records. |
| Recorded Documents | Statewide Statewide search for Official Records and recorded documents in Florida. |
| Sex Offenders Lake County Sheriff's Office offender registry. |
| Voting Precincts Lake County voting precinct locations. |
| Zoning Click on County Zoning to use this Lake County interactive GIS map service to search by address, owner name, or alternate key for county zoning information and maps. |
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