Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:
| Porter County | 21,861 | |
| Illinois | 13,450 | |
| Jasper County | 3,042 | |
| LaPorte County | 1,871 | |
| Newton County | 1,626 | |
| Total of above | 41,850 | workers |
| ( 15.0% of Lake County work force) | ||
| Number of persons who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force) | 293,662 |
| Number of persons who live AND work in Lake County | 234,264 |
| Total number of persons who work in Lake County (implied work force) | 278,895 |
| Number of persons who live in Lake County but work outside the county | 59,398 |
| Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County | 44,631 |
Top five counties sending workers
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| Porter County | 21,861 | |
| Illinois | 13,450 | |
| Jasper County | 3,042 | |
| LaPorte County | 1,871 | |
| Newton County | 1,626 | |
| Total of above | 41,850 | workers |
| ( 15.0% of Lake County work force) | ||
Top five counties receiving workers
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| Illinois | 43,834 | |
| Porter County | 6,425 | |
| Out of State | 5,610 | |
| LaPorte County | 1,226 | |
| Jasper County | 278 | |
| Total of above | 57,373 | workers |
| ( 19.5% 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 | 13 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Benton County | 13 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 4 | 0.0 | 87 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 16 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 22 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Hendricks County | 12 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 13,450 | 4.8 | 43,834 | 14.9 |
| Jasper County | 3,042 | 1.1 | 278 | 0.1 |
| Johnson County | 10 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Kentucky | 51 | 0.0 | 87 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 14 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 1,871 | 0.7 | 1,226 | 0.4 |
| Lagrange County | 13 | 0.0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Lawrence County | 10 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 40 | 0.0 | 235 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 48 | 0.0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 161 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.0 |
| Monroe County | 17 | 0.0 | 155 | 0.1 |
| Montgomery County | 9 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Newton County | 1,626 | 0.6 | 130 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 62 | 0.0 | 60 | 0.0 |
| Out of State | 1,107 | 0.4 | 5,610 | 1.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 21,861 | 7.8 | 6,425 | 2.2 |
| Posey County | 10 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 136 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 106 | 0.0 | 164 | 0.1 |
| Starke County | 557 | 0.2 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 32 | 0.0 | 277 | 0.1 |
| Vanderburgh County | 2 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 5 | 0.0 | 55 | 0.0 |
| Wells County | 4 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| White County | 39 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 89 | 0.0 | 162 | 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 8, 2008