Lake County, Colorado Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Lake County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lake County is 6th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lake County is 6th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lake County is 8th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lake County is 14th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lake County is 16th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in People per household

Lake County is 16th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lake County is 20th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	7,338	43rd	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	376.9	61st	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	19.4	23rd	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	6th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.6%	14th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.0%	57th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.8%	57th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.7%	39th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	94.3%	34th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	40th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.5%	16th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	54th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	21st	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	24th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	39.7%	8th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.6%	53rd	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	46.3%	54th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.9%	3rd	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	4,239	43rd	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.5%	20th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	2,648	45th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.4%	48th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$171,600	38th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.6	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	20	36th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$21,063	51st	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$40,543	51st	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.2%	6th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	183	44th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,209	45th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	796	45th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$51,369	46th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,540	52nd	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,573	40th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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