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Lake County Information

•  448 square miles
•  Population 678,508 (Claritas, 2003)
•  52 incorporated villages and cities
•  Three state parks
•  Over 50 business and industrial parks
•  24 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline
•  County seat: Waukegan
•  Diverse and generally high-quality housing stock
•  30 public elementary school districts (K-8)
•  10 public high school districts (9-12)
•  Six public unit school districts (K-12)
•  1 Charter school
•  2 Special education districts
•  1 high school technology campus
•  Median household income:
$74,836 Lake County
$58,826 Chicago Metro
$52,104 Illinois
$46,868 United States

•  Land area in Lake County: 59 percent incorporated, 41 percent unincorporated
•  3,349 single family building permits in Lake County (value:$699 million)
•  Median-Average house value $216,433

Home of:
•  Great Lakes Naval Training Station, one of the world's largest naval training facilities
•  Chicago Bulls' Berto Center (practice facility)
•  Chicago Bears' Halas Hall (practice facility)
•  Six Flags Great America
•  Abbott Laboratories
•  Baxter Health Care, Cardinal Health
•  Gurnee Mills (super-regional shopping mall)
•  Chain O'Lakes State Park
•  Illinois Beach State Park

2000 Top Ten Largest Employers in Lake County (estimated number of employees):
•  Department of the Navy, Great Lakes (23,000)
•  Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park (15,300)
•  Hewitt Associates LLC, Lincolnshire (5,570)
•  Motorola, Libertyville (5,000)
•  Kemper Insurance, Long Grove (3,700)
•  Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield (3,470)
•  Six Flags Great America, Gurnee (3,190)
•  Allegiance Corp, McGraw Park (2,900)
•  Lake County, Waukegan (2,700)
•  Manpower, Inc. (2,300)