Top five counties sending workers
INTO Lake County:
| Porter County | 22,315 | |
| Illinois | 13,848 | |
| Jasper County | 3,137 | |
| LaPorte County | 2,047 | |
| Newton County | 1,648 | |
| Total of above | 42,995 | workers |
| ( 15.0% of Lake County work force) | ||
| Number of persons who live in Lake County and work (implied resident labor force) | 302,954 |
| Number of persons who live AND work in Lake County | 240,616 |
| Total number of persons who work in Lake County (implied work force) | 286,577 |
| Number of persons who live in Lake County but work outside the county | 62,338 |
| Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Lake County | 45,961 |
Top five counties sending workers
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| Porter County | 22,315 | |
| Illinois | 13,848 | |
| Jasper County | 3,137 | |
| LaPorte County | 2,047 | |
| Newton County | 1,648 | |
| Total of above | 42,995 | workers |
| ( 15.0% of Lake County work force) | ||
Top five counties receiving workers
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| Illinois | 44,844 | |
| Out of State | 7,095 | |
| Porter County | 6,883 | |
| LaPorte County | 1,218 | |
| Tippecanoe County | 304 | |
| Total of above | 60,344 | workers |
| ( 19.9% 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 | 21 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Carroll County | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Clark County | 10 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Dekalb County | 10 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Delaware County | 3 | 0.0 | 65 | 0.0 |
| Elkhart County | 22 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Fulton County | 21 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hamilton County | 19 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 13,848 | 4.8 | 44,844 | 14.8 |
| Jasper County | 3,137 | 1.1 | 282 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 37 | 0.0 | 98 | 0.0 |
| Knox County | 9 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Kosciusko County | 16 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| LaPorte County | 2,047 | 0.7 | 1,218 | 0.4 |
| Lagrange County | 19 | 0.0 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Madison County | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Marion County | 37 | 0.0 | 253 | 0.1 |
| Marshall County | 52 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 196 | 0.1 | 132 | 0.0 |
| Monroe County | 14 | 0.0 | 171 | 0.1 |
| Montgomery County | 7 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Newton County | 1,648 | 0.6 | 127 | 0.0 |
| Ohio County | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Ohio (State) | 61 | 0.0 | 51 | 0.0 |
| Out of State | 1,253 | 0.4 | 7,095 | 2.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Porter County | 22,315 | 7.8 | 6,883 | 2.3 |
| Posey County | 12 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Pulaski County | 145 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Putnam County | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| St Joseph County | 120 | 0.0 | 180 | 0.1 |
| Starke County | 563 | 0.2 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Tippecanoe County | 40 | 0.0 | 304 | 0.1 |
| Vanderburgh County | 3 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Vigo County | 4 | 0.0 | 47 | 0.0 |
| White County | 45 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 70 | 0.0 | 165 | 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 Jan 15, 2009