Lake County, Oregon Demographics

Lake County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Lake County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Size in square miles

Lake County is 8th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lake County is 11th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lake County is 13th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Two or More

Lake County is 14th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Lake County is 18th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lake County is 19th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White

Lake County is 20th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	7,771	30th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	8,139.0	3rd	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1	34th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	4.2%	34th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.9%	32nd	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.0%	14th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.2%	24th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.7%	23rd	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	92.9%	19th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	22nd	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	11th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	20th	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	27th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.2%	13th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	21st	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.3%	18th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	46.9%	35th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.0%	30th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	4,462	29th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.9%	35th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	3,516	30th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.1%	24th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$151,500	28th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.1	34th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	10	29th	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$22,151	26th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$36,583	34th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.7%	8th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	192	32nd	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,207	33rd	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	36th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$52,050	33rd	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,219	33rd	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$7,159	29th	$7,555,764	$613,795,732