Lake County, Florida Demographics

Lake County is 9th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Female residents

Lake County is 12th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Lake County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lake County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lake County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Households

Lake County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Lake County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lake County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Lake County is 18th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lake County is 19th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	303,186	18th	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	938.4	18th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	316.6	20th	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	41st	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.3%	36th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	25.2%	12th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.1%	18th	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.1%	30th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	85.0%	25th	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.5%	42nd	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	35th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	19th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	28th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	20th	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.5%	32nd	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	51.6%	9th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.6%	30th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	145,303	18th	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.2%	33rd	29.9%	25.9%
Households	118,253	18th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.7%	18th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$167,900	31st	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	47th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	942	21st	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$25,440	24th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$47,509	23rd	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.4%	58th	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	6,208	20th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	66,844	21st	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	26,755	18th	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,441,893	21st	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,391	30th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$436,028	24th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732