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

Lake County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Size in square miles

Lake County is 6th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Lake County is 8th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lake County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lake County is 19th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income per capita

Lake County is 20th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	10,818	66th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,109.3	5th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.2	83rd	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	74th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	84th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.5%	6th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.7%	14th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.0%	38th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	97.4%	20th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	74th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	48th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	78th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	74th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	52nd	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	81st	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.6%	8th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	49.4%	68th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	82nd	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	7,724	55th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.2%	80th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	5,180	63rd	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.2%	33rd	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$142,300	47th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.0	86th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	52	40th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$26,675	19th	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$47,450	50th	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.2%	44th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	289	72nd	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,246	67th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,014	66th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$119,763	60th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,121	41st	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$33,945	39th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732