Lake

County in Indiana

County

The population development of Lake.

Name	Status	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Lake	County	475,594	484,564	496,005	498,695	502,955	→
Indiana	State	5,544,159	6,080,485	6,483,802	6,786,587	6,924,275

Contents: Incorporated Places

The population development of the incorporated places in Lake.

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Name	Status	County	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Cedar Lake	Town	Lake	8,917	9,245	11,571	14,107	16,404	→
Crown Point	City	Lake	19,920	21,345	27,866	33,899	35,097	→
Dyer	Town	Lake	10,816	13,936	16,363	16,512	16,341	→
East Chicago	City	Lake	33,858	32,418	29,698	26,380	25,768	→
Gary	City	Lake	116,456	102,683	80,256	69,082	67,555	→
Griffith	Town	Lake	16,962	17,325	16,919	16,539	16,192	→
Hammond	City	Lake	84,258	83,021	80,828	77,844	76,030	→
Highland	Town	Lake	23,707	23,538	23,741	23,983	23,497	→
Hobart	City	Lake	24,629	25,460	29,336	29,741	29,418	→
Lake Station	City	Lake	13,886	13,933	12,678	13,278	13,033	→
Lowell	Town	Lake	6,418	7,567	9,298	10,658	11,449	→
Merrillville	Town	Lake	27,948	30,546	34,966	36,444	36,989	→
Munster	Town	Lake	19,934	21,529	23,577	23,895	23,634	→
New Chicago	Town	Lake	2,081	2,029	2,037	2,000	1,976	→
Schererville	Town	Lake	19,032	24,834	29,217	29,660	29,780	→
Schneider	Town	Lake	310	314	277	269	262	→
St. John	Town	Lake	5,521	8,870	14,807	20,322	24,250	→
Whiting	City	Lake	5,163	5,127	4,996	4,559	4,491	→
Winfield	Town	Lake	672	2,823	4,539	7,184	8,557	→

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	241,035
Females	257,665

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	118,049
18-64 years	296,479
65+ years	84,172

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	19,635
70-79 years	36,045
60-69 years	63,028
50-59 years	64,855
40-49 years	62,320
30-39 years	62,393
20-29 years	59,911
10-19 years	68,844
0-9 years	61,669

Urbanization (C 2020)
Rural	22,625
Urban	476,075

»Race« (C 2020)
White	275,069
Black/African American	124,073
Indigenous	3,050
Asian	7,553
Pacific Islander	148
Some other	38,650
2 or more	50,157

Ethnicity (C 2020)
Hispanic or Latino	99,927
Other	398,773