Marital Status in Lake County, Indiana (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Female Male
Indiana
Lake County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-32.132432%-27.664558%-32.132432%32%32.132432%6.227558%27.664558%5.977831%38.359990%38%65,71565.7k71,56971.6k-42.766963%-47.815514%-42.766963%43%42.766963%3.885267%47.815514%3.044877%46.652231%47%87,46487.5k87,04087.0k-11.798126%-2.937856%-12.808195%-2.585546%-14.735983%15%11.798126%12.808195%11.798126%12%30,13730.1k22,01222.0k-3.189653%-7.174969%-2.689024%-6.437163%-10.364622%10%3.189653%2.689024%3.189653%3%21,19721.2k5,951
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Female Male
Indiana
Lake County
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40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-32.132432%-27.664558%-32.132432%32%32.132432%6.227558%27.664558%5.977831%38.359990%38%65,71565.7k71,56971.6k-40.999350%-46.043660%-40.999350%41%40.999350%3.549136%46.043660%2.736643%44.548485%45%83,84983.8k83,11583.1k-1.371052%-0.754485%-1.241011%-0.381559%-2.125537%2%1.371052%1.241011%1.371052%1%4,3472,558-1.767614%-1.771854%-1.767614%2%1.767614%0.336132%1.771854%0.308234%2.103745%2%3,6153,925-3.189653%-7.174969%-2.689024%-6.437163%-10.364622%10%3.189653%2.689024%3.189653%3%21,19721.2k5,951-10.427074%-2.183372%-11.567184%-2.203987%-12.610445%13%10.427074%11.567184%10.427074%10%25,79025.8k19,45419.5k
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1713.480%13.5%47.607%47.6%33.479%33.5%67.165%67.2%48.407%48.4%69.223%69.2%57.825%57.8%65.436%65.4%61.192%61.2%61.672%61.7%59.129%59.1%57.875%57.9%54.772%54.8%60.144%60.1%57.478%57.5%57.355%57.4%56.196%56.2%55.249%55.2%47.602%47.6%43.694%43.7%28.368%28.4%23.152%23.2%10.638%10.6%7.581%7.58%3.762%3.76%0.507%0.51%0.019%0.02%0.700%0.70%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 177.127%7.13%5.984%5.98%13.060%13.1%10.232%10.2%19.423%19.4%14.551%14.6%20.678%20.7%20.734%20.7%20.274%20.3%20.459%20.5%22.674%22.7%19.884%19.9%23.476%23.5%18.234%18.2%19.850%19.9%15.090%15.1%17.161%17.2%11.540%11.5%10.986%11.0%7.340%7.34%6.493%6.49%3.368%3.37%1.711%1.71%0.587%0.59%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 174.033%4.03%4.495%4.50%4.475%4.47%4.097%4.10%7.092%7.09%7.906%7.91%9.942%9.94%10.936%10.9%12.255%12.3%15.102%15.1%14.144%14.1%20.982%21.0%18.658%18.7%20.414%20.4%21.551%21.6%27.203%27.2%25.866%25.9%33.078%33.1%41.097%41.1%48.907%48.9%65.126%65.1%73.480%73.5%87.652%87.7%91.832%91.8%96.238%96.2%99.493%99.5%99.981%100.0%99.300%99.3%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1775.360%75.4%41.915%41.9%48.986%49.0%18.506%18.5%25.078%25.1%8.320%8.32%11.556%11.6%2.894%2.89%6.280%6.28%2.768%2.77%4.053%4.05%1.259%1.26%3.093%3.09%1.208%1.21%1.121%1.12%0.352%0.35%0.777%0.78%0.132%0.13%0.314%0.31%0.059%0.06%0.013%0.01%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in Indiana.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Lake County
Indiana
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 172,52010,16110.2k23,13623.1k18,52718.5k21,88121.9k20,49720.5k18,04918.0k17,42917.4k17,20817.2k14,33514.3k7,5162,91225578
Count number of married in age cohort in Lake County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Indiana and Lake County
Lake County
Indiana
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountAsian2White1White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-32.122507%-0.730057%-5.626781%-36.809435%-0.963568%-3.987012%-38.479345%38%58.190883%3.329772%55.615719%2.624266%61.520655%62%5,616-27.868278%-1.068257%-11.894558%-27.155509%-1.160715%-13.086647%-40.831093%41%51.372142%7.796765%52.187761%6.409368%59.168907%59%225,414225k-36.715501%-1.228971%-8.868822%-41.017666%-2.468039%-8.524390%-46.813294%47%48.922777%4.263929%45.505278%2.484627%53.186706%53%26,68926.7k-41.706217%-2.051705%-8.926097%-40.534945%-2.759729%-9.161224%-52.684020%53%44.226631%3.089349%44.787739%2.756363%47.315980%47%33,92333.9k-48.502611%-3.551694%-13.055020%-50.871351%-3.312536%-13.620266%-65.109325%65%27.379895%7.510781%26.830484%5.365363%34.890675%35%92,29492.3k-55.238495%-2.154147%-9.399916%-54.746487%-2.039876%-11.543088%-66.792558%67%29.458666%3.748776%28.580021%3.090528%33.207442%33%7,149
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lake County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
31%38%44%50%56%63%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
8.0%9.7%11.5%13.2%14.9%16.7%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
5.1%6.1%7.2%8.2%9.2%10.3%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
24.2%28.0%31.7%35.4%39.2%42.9%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Lake County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
3%16%28%40%52%65%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
5%12%18%24%30%36%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
2.7%6.3%10.0%13.6%17.2%20.9%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
18%31%43%55%67%79%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Lake County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
3%19%35%51%67%83%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%7%14%21%28%36%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0%7%14%21%28%36%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
9%23%37%51%65%79%
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Marital Status by Place in Lake County

There are 22 places that are fully or partially contained within Lake County (21 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 22 of those to each other, Lake County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lake County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lake County, selected places in Lake County, and entities that contain Lake County
0%20%40%60%Count#St. JohnWinfieldLks of the Four SeasonsLks of the Four Se…DyerScherervilleLowellCedar LakeMunsterCrown PointSchneiderHobartMidwestIndianaHighlandEast North CentralLake StationUnited StatesChicago AreaGriffithLakeLk DalecarliaMerrillvilleWhitingNew ChicagoShelbyHammondEast ChicagoGary65.497122%65.497122%65%8,307164.625506%64.625506%65%2,554261.821366%61.821366%62%3,530357.740922%57.740922%58%7,903454.733814%54.733814%55%13,12913.1k552.863259%52.863259%53%3,951652.390181%52.390181%52%4,866752.325642%52.325642%52%10,00110.0k852.275093%52.275093%52%12,55712.6k950.000000%50.000000%50%951049.668565%49.668565%50%11,68911.7k1149.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.300923%49.300923%49%2,603,1052.60M48.872849%48.872849%49%9,3441248.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.086735%48.086735%48%4,5241348.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M46.935192%46.935192%47%3,593,1563.59M44.737042%44.737042%45%5,8951444.620479%44.620479%45%174,504175k42.579505%42.579505%43%4821541.387049%41.387049%41%11,61911.6k1639.687169%39.687169%40%1,4971737.903757%37.903757%38%5751837.662338%37.662338%38%1451937.280285%37.280285%37%22,77922.8k2031.512799%31.512799%32%6,8202128.684906%28.684906%29%17,47817.5k22
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 22 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Lake County

There are 12 county subdivisions in Lake County. This section compares all 12 of those to each other, Lake County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lake County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lake County, selected county subdivisions in Lake County, and entities that contain Lake County
0%20%40%60%Count#WinfieldHanoverSt. JohnW CrkCedar CrkCtrEagle CrkMidwestIndianaHobartEast North CentralUnited StatesChicago AreaLakeRoss TownshipNCalumet62.114102%62.114102%62%5,030158.706716%58.706716%59%5,883257.605976%57.605976%58%32,00332.0k355.717037%55.717037%56%3,182455.576760%55.576760%56%5,242555.104214%55.104214%55%14,48814.5k651.285819%51.285819%51%698749.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.300923%49.300923%49%2,603,1052.60M48.528704%48.528704%49%15,12315.1k848.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M46.935192%46.935192%47%3,593,1563.59M44.620479%44.620479%45%174,504175k43.599898%43.599898%44%17,06517.1k940.434316%40.434316%40%50,44150.4k1031.859886%31.859886%32%25,34925.3k11
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 11 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Chicago Area

There are 14 counties in the Chicago Area. This section compares Lake County to all of the counties in the Chicago Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lake County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lake County, selected other counties in the Chicago Area, and entities that contain Lake County
0%20%40%Count#KendallMcHenryNewtonGrundyDuPageLakeJasperWillKanePorterMidwestIndianaEast North CentralUnited StatesKenoshaChicago AreaLakeDeKalbCook59.204384%59.204384%59%53,90553.9k157.467385%57.467385%57%140,829141k257.008532%57.008532%57%6,548355.831566%55.831566%56%22,11622.1k455.206300%55.206300%55%414,983415k554.933894%54.933894%55%306,179306k654.451888%54.451888%54%14,54914.5k754.177648%54.177648%54%290,675291k853.855256%53.855256%54%220,275220k952.937194%52.937194%53%71,93971.9k1049.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.300923%49.300923%49%2,603,1052.60M48.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.721078%47.721078%48%64,25564.3k1146.935192%46.935192%47%3,593,1563.59M44.620479%44.620479%45%174,504175k1242.462547%42.462547%42%36,28036.3k1341.889718%41.889718%42%1,776,1191.78M14
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 14 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Indiana

There are 92 counties in Indiana. This section compares Lake County to the 50 most populous counties in Indiana and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lake County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 32,692.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lake County, selected other counties in Indiana, and entities that contain Lake County
0%20%40%60%Count#HamiltonBooneWarrickLaGrangeDuboisKosciuskoHendricksWhitleyDearbornAdamsHancockLawrenceJohnsonHuntingtonMorganSteubenJacksonJasperGibsonNobleMontgomeryBartholomewMarshallDeKalbClintonPorterCassElkhartHarrisonShelbyHowardMiamiFloydMidwestIndianaAllenEast North CentralClarkMadisonUnited StatesLaPorteWayneHenryChicago AreaKnoxGrantSt. JosephVanderburghPutnamLakeVigoDelawareTippecanoeMarionMonroe62.012087%62.012087%62%143,349143k161.455857%61.455857%61%29,47329.5k260.816243%60.816243%61%29,80329.8k360.576783%60.576783%61%16,67816.7k458.518584%58.518584%59%19,90119.9k558.345050%58.345050%58%36,51736.5k657.748835%57.748835%58%70,76670.8k757.380820%57.380820%57%15,46715.5k857.132552%57.132552%57%22,96923.0k956.829230%56.829230%57%14,49614.5k1056.442875%56.442875%56%32,61132.6k1156.206371%56.206371%56%21,01521.0k1255.802691%55.802691%56%65,10565.1k1355.672332%55.672332%56%16,73916.7k1455.139654%55.139654%55%30,93530.9k1555.057090%55.057090%55%15,62315.6k1654.490207%54.490207%54%18,91918.9k1754.451888%54.451888%54%14,54914.5k1854.370185%54.370185%54%14,74914.7k1954.343139%54.343139%54%20,41420.4k2054.325910%54.325910%54%16,75916.8k2154.212386%54.212386%54%34,68434.7k2253.762978%53.762978%54%19,98820.0k2353.478802%53.478802%53%18,06318.1k2453.060825%53.060825%53%13,53913.5k2552.937194%52.937194%53%71,93971.9k2652.694165%52.694165%53%16,26316.3k2751.868118%51.868118%52%80,07480.1k2851.668172%51.668172%52%16,58616.6k2951.410553%51.410553%51%18,42418.4k3051.180117%51.180117%51%34,34834.3k3151.007233%51.007233%51%15,09115.1k3249.717413%49.717413%50%30,70130.7k3349.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.300923%49.300923%49%2,603,1052.60M49.149467%49.149467%49%140,335140k3448.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.250640%48.250640%48%44,46244.5k3548.081560%48.081560%48%51,05351.1k3648.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.997800%47.997800%48%43,64243.6k3747.876763%47.876763%48%26,37126.4k3847.578523%47.578523%48%19,34419.3k3946.935192%46.935192%47%3,593,1563.59M46.924401%46.924401%47%14,72314.7k4045.992779%45.992779%46%25,98526.0k4145.983130%45.983130%46%98,56398.6k4245.768499%45.768499%46%67,82867.8k4345.556501%45.556501%46%14,46114.5k4444.620479%44.620479%45%174,504175k4542.910686%42.910686%43%38,35438.4k4641.742858%41.742858%42%41,09041.1k4740.475545%40.475545%40%61,23161.2k4839.097618%39.097618%39%287,536288k4935.581942%35.581942%36%44,17044.2k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares Lake County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Lake County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Lake County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Lake County
0%20%40%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingMidwestIndianaTarrantEast North CentralAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachChicago AreaMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughLakeBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k452.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k551.927590%51.927590%52%431,457431k651.731163%51.731163%52%462,130462k751.579426%51.579426%52%407,446407k851.112208%51.112208%51%627,478627k950.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k1050.294014%50.294014%50%1,277,3881.28M1150.234299%50.234299%50%405,114405k1249.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.375331%49.375331%49%26,998,09027.0M49.300923%49.300923%49%2,603,1052.60M49.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.446718%48.446718%48%18,331,77818.3M48.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2047.227045%47.227045%47%1,613,8101.61M2147.204219%47.204219%47%463,578464k2247.008209%47.008209%47%551,403551k2346.935192%46.935192%47%3,593,1563.59M46.897917%46.897917%47%1,517,5651.52M2445.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k2545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k2645.337491%45.337491%45%739,678740k2745.335632%45.335632%45%363,609364k2845.220904%45.220904%45%533,102533k2945.056972%45.056972%45%370,125370k3044.988475%44.988475%45%873,606874k3144.942383%44.942383%45%479,986480k3244.620479%44.620479%45%174,504175k44.529699%44.529699%45%646,276646k3344.195458%44.195458%44%732,568733k3443.786151%43.786151%44%319,610320k3543.621650%43.621650%44%402,654403k3643.023143%43.023143%43%659,232659k3742.666240%42.666240%43%434,574435k3842.518919%42.518919%43%3,471,3473.47M3942.460539%42.460539%42%418,331418k4041.889718%41.889718%42%1,776,1191.78M4140.824687%40.824687%41%901,939902k4240.298035%40.298035%40%417,644418k4340.197400%40.197400%40%840,930841k4438.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k4537.957569%37.957569%38%305,782306k4637.805425%37.805425%38%286,798287k4733.355074%33.355074%33%477,149477k4831.190048%31.190048%31%352,504353k4929.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Lake County aged 15 and older. The following definitions are used in this page:

  • Never Married: a person over the age of 15 that has never been married
  • Married: married and not separated at the time of the survey, including cases where one spouse is absent for reasons other than a separation
  • Separated: including legal and de-facto separations for reasons of marital discord
  • Divorced: and not remarried at the time of the survey
  • Widowed: and not remarried at the time of the survey

These definition were taken directly from the US Census Bureau, and reflect the marital status at the time of the survey.

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Principal City:
Gary
Cities:
Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hobart, Lake Station, Whiting
Towns:
Cedar Lake, Dyer, Griffith, Highland, Lowell, Merrillville, Munster, New Chicago, Schererville, Schneider, St. John, Winfield
Townships:
Calumet, Cedar Creek, Center, Eagle Creek, Hanover, Hobart, North, Ross, St. John, West Creek, Winfield
Unincorporated Places:
Lake Dalecarlia, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Shelby
ZIP Codes:
46303, 46307, 46311, 46312, 46319, 46320, 46321, 46322, 46323, 46324, 46327, 46341, 46342, 46356, 46373, 46375, 46376, 46377, 46394, 46402, 46403, 46404, 46405, 46406, 46407, 46408, 46409, 46410
Unified School Districts:
City of East Chicago, Crown Point, Gary, Griffith, Hammond, Hanover, Highland, Hobart, Lake, Lake Ridge, Lake Station, Merrillville, Munster, River Forest, Tri-Creek, Whiting
Congressional District:
IN-1
State Senate Districts:
IN-1, IN-2, IN-3, IN-6
State House Districts:
IN-1, IN-2, IN-3, IN-11, IN-12, IN-14, IN-15, IN-19
Neighboring Counties:
Cook, Jasper, Kankakee, Newton, Porter, Will
Nearby Counties:
Benton, Berrien, DuPage, Iroquois, LaPorte, Lake, Pulaski, Starke, White