Northwestern Indiana
Regional Planning Commission

 

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN PERCENT CHANGE 1990-2000

LAKE, PORTER AND LAPORTE COUNTIES

CENSUS 2000

 

 

 

1990 CENSUS

PERCENT CHANGE 1990-2000

Asian

 

 

Asian

 

 

Asian

 

Black or

Am Ind or

Nat Hawaii

 

Hispanic

Black or

Am Ind or

Nat Hawaii

 

Hispanic

Black or

Am Ind or

Nat Hawaii

 

Hispanic

TOTAL

White

Afr Amer

Alskn Nat

Oth Pac Is

Other

(of any race)

TOTAL

White

Afr Amer

Alskn Nat

Oth Pac Is

Other

 

(of any race)

Total

White

Afr Amer

Alskn Nat

Oth Pac Is

Other

(of any race)

 

 

 

 

 

Lake County

484,564

323,290

122,723

1,343

4,178

33,030

 

59,128

 

475,594

334,203

116,688

865

2,772

21,066

 

44,526

 

1.9

-3.3

5.2

55.3

50.7

56.8

 

32.8

Cedar Lake

9,279

9,038

8

22

19

192

 

325

 

8,885

8,793

2

29

20

41

 

195

 

4.4

2.8

300.0

-24.1

-5.0

368.3

 

66.7

Crown Point

19,806

18,879

280

36

203

408

 

793

 

17,728

17,257

259

8

129

75

 

405

 

11.7

9.4

8.1

350.0

57.4

444.0

 

95.8

Dyer

13,895

13,258

91

19

227

300

 

696

 

10,923

10,658

63

16

87

99

 

427

 

27.2

24.4

44.4

18.8

160.9

203.0

 

63.0

East Chicago

32,414

11,843

11,695

166

92

8,618

 

16,728

 

33,892

12,881

11,379

80

79

9,473

 

16,196

 

-4.4

-8.1

2.8

107.5

16.5

-9.0

 

3.3

Gary

102,746

12,245

86,340

213

164

3,784

 

5,065

 

116,646

19,020

93,982

175

213

3,256

 

6,690

 

-11.9

-35.6

-8.1

21.7

-23.0

16.2

 

-24.3

Griffith

17,334

14,562

1,753

60

147

812

 

1,461

 

17,916

16,959

434

27

171

325

 

946

 

-3.2

-14.1

303.9

122.2

-14.0

149.8

 

54.4

Hammond

83,048

60,089

12,102

339

447

10,071

 

17,473

 

84,236

71,465

7,743

203

348

4,477

 

9,941

 

-1.4

-15.9

56.3

67.0

28.4

124.9

 

75.8

Highland

23,546

22,240

296

36

265

709

 

1,557

 

23,696

23,165

56

16

207

252

 

919

 

-0.6

-4.0

428.6

125.0

28.0

181.3

 

69.4

Hobart

25,363

23,773

353

53

140

1,044

 

2,042

 

21,822

21,467

48

15

47

245

 

1,058

 

16.2

10.7

635.4

253.3

197.9

326.1

 

93.0

Lake Station

13,948

12,027

107

70

49

1,695

 

2,875

 

13,899

12,867

31

65

31

905

 

1,834

 

0.4

-6.5

245.2

7.7

58.1

87.3

 

56.8

Lowell

7,505

7,302

2

29

19

153

 

265

 

6,430

6,386

0

6

14

24

 

135

 

16.7

14.3

200.0

383.3

35.7

537.5

 

96.3

Merrillville

30,560

21,286

6,987

100

466

1,721

 

2,950

 

27,257

24,998

1,367

32

233

627

 

1,880

 

12.1

-14.8

411.1

212.5

100.0

174.5

 

56.9

Munster

21,511

19,851

222

13

969

456

 

1,050

 

19,949

18,993

87

15

720

134

 

528

 

7.8

4.5

155.2

-13.3

34.6

240.3

 

98.9

New Chicago

2,063

1,808

11

15

5

224

 

345

 

2,066

1,968

5

11

1

81

 

197

 

-0.1

-8.1

120.0

36.4

400.0

176.5

 

75.1

St. John

8,382

8,177

11

14

39

141

 

352

 

4,921

4,859

2

5

29

26

 

136

 

70.3

68.3

450.0

180.0

34.5

442.3

 

158.8

Schererville

24,851

22,726

533

28

647

917

 

1,576

 

19,926

19,330

143

28

254

171

 

711

 

24.7

17.6

272.7

0.0

154.7

436.3

 

121.7

Schneider

317

311

1

1

1

3

 

2

 

310

303

0

6

0

1

 

4

 

2.3

2.6

0.0

-83.3

100.0

200.0

 

-50.0

Whiting

5,137

4,488

29

15

51

554

 

1,313

 

5,155

4,699

3

7

28

418

 

735

 

-0.3

-4.5

866.7

114.3

82.1

32.5

 

78.6

Winfield

2,298

2,186

8

6

15

83

 

98

 

645

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 

NA

 

256.3

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 

NA

Balance of Lake County

40,561

37,201

1,894

108

213

1,145

 

2,162

 

39,292

38,135

1,084

121

161

436

 

1,589

 

1.6

-2.4

74.7

-10.7

32.3

162.6

 

36.1

 

 

 

 

 

Porter County

146,798

139,946

1,344

326

1,383

3,799

 

7,079

 

128,932

126,329

454

243

944

962

 

3,858

 

13.9

10.8

196.0

34.2

46.5

294.9

 

83.5

Beverly Shores

708

691

5

0

3

9

 

2

 

622

617

1

2

1

1

 

8

 

13.8

12.0

400.0

-100.0

200.0

800.0

 

-75.0

Burns Harbor

766

722

2

9

8

25

 

33

 

788

783

1

1

3

0

 

17

 

-2.8

-7.8

100.0

800.0

166.7

2500.0

 

94.1

Chesterton

10,488

10,099

46

22

146

175

 

347

 

9,124

9,038

9

23

33

21

 

206

 

14.9

11.7

411.1

-4.3

342.4

733.3

 

68.4

Dune Acres

213

211

0

0

0

2

 

3

 

263

256

1

0

6

0

 

5

 

-19.0

-17.6

-100.0

0.0

-100.0

200.0

 

-40.0

Hebron

3,596

3,466

10

4

10

106

 

148

 

3,183

3,155

3

6

4

15

 

55

 

13.0

9.9

233.3

-33.3

150.0

606.7

 

169.1

Kouts

1,698

1,681

0

0

2

15

 

21

 

1,603

1,593

4

1

5

0

 

7

 

5.9

5.5

-100.0

-100.0

-60.0

1500.0

 

200.0

Ogden Dunes

1,313

1,294

3

2

1

13

 

31

 

1,499

1,491

0

0

6

2

 

37

 

-12.4

-13.2

300.0

200.0

-83.3

550.0

 

-16.2

Portage

33,496

30,992

485

90

234

1,695

 

3,330

 

29,060

28,229

117

58

150

506

 

1,854

 

15.3

9.8

314.5

55.2

56.0

235.0

 

79.6

Porter

4,972

4,780

41

11

29

111

 

233

 

3,118

3,085

1

4

12

16

 

74

 

59.5

54.9

4000.0

175.0

141.7

593.8

 

214.9

Town of Pines

798

768

1

11

4

14

 

17

 

789

768

7

1

9

4

 

9

 

1.1

0.0

-85.7

1000.0

-55.6

250.0

 

88.9

Valparaiso

27,428

25,879

440

62

415

632

 

917

 

24,414

23,873

142

50

275

74

 

346

 

12.3

8.4

209.9

24.0

50.9

754.1

 

165.0

Balance Porter County

61,322

59,363

311

115

531

1,002

 

1,997

 

54,469

53,441

168

97

440

323

 

1,240

 

12.6

11.1

85.1

18.6

20.7