Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:
| Porter County | 21,757 | |
| Illinois | 12,843 | |
| Jasper County | 3,009 | |
| LaPorte County | 1,787 | |
| Newton County | 1,672 | |
| Total of above | 41,068 | workers |
| ( 14.8% of Lake County work force) | ||
| Number of persons who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force) | 292,153 |
| Number of persons who live AND work in Lake County | 234,039 |
| Total number of persons who work in Lake County (implied work force) | 277,833 |
| Number of persons who live in Lake County but work outside the county | 58,114 |
| Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County | 43,794 |
Top five counties sending workers
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| Porter County | 21,757 | |
| Illinois | 12,843 | |
| Jasper County | 3,009 | |
| LaPorte County | 1,787 | |
| Newton County | 1,672 | |
| Total of above | 41,068 | workers |
| ( 14.8% of Lake County work force) | ||
Top five counties receiving workers
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| Illinois | 41,717 | |
| Out of State | 6,429 | |
| Porter County | 6,273 | |
| LaPorte County | 1,298 | |
| Jasper County | 288 | |
| Total of above | 56,005 | workers |
| ( 19.2% of Lake County labor force) | ||
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
| County name | Commute INTO Lake County | % of Lake County Work Force | Commute FROM Lake County To: |
% of Lake County Labor Force |
| Allen County | 16 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Cass County | 13 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 6 | 0.0 | 82 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 17 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 18 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 14 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Hendricks County | 9 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 12,843 | 4.6 | 41,717 | 14.3 |
| Jasper County | 3,009 | 1.1 | 288 | 0.1 |
| Johnson County | 11 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 47 | 0.0 | 67 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 16 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 1,787 | 0.6 | 1,298 | 0.4 |
| Lagrange County | 12 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Madison County | 5 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 57 | 0.0 | 253 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 35 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Miami County | 10 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 146 | 0.1 | 133 | 0.0 |
| Monroe County | 11 | 0.0 | 186 | 0.1 |
| Montgomery County | 6 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Newton County | 1,672 | 0.6 | 128 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 62 | 0.0 | 46 | 0.0 |
| Out of State | 1,078 | 0.4 | 6,429 | 2.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 21,757 | 7.8 | 6,273 | 2.1 |
| Posey County | 15 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 127 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 97 | 0.0 | 197 | 0.1 |
| Starke County | 542 | 0.2 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 42 | 0.0 | 278 | 0.1 |
| Vanderburgh County | 4 | 0.0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 2 | 0.0 | 73 | 0.0 |
| Wells County | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| White County | 46 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 84 | 0.0 | 172 | 0.1 |
Note: Commuters to/from Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are shown
separately and are not included in the 'Out of State' category.
These figures are provided to give a summary of commuting patterns, not employment patterns, and will not
match labor force or employment numbers from sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Data source: Indiana Department of Revenue
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Feb 16, 2007