Lake County
Data Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Economic Overview for Lake County, Illinois
Year	1970	1980	1990	1995	1999	2000
Personal income	1,978,287	5,942,816	15,103,527	21,009,121	28,256,182	30,232,644
Nonfarm personal income	1,972,313	5,939,532	15,089,969	20,999,292	28,250,030	30,225,131
Farm personal income	5,974	3,284	13,558	9,829	6,152	7,513
Net earnings by place of residence	1,587,450	4,594,839	11,091,364	15,325,334	20,632,257	22,345,139
Transfer payments	83,913	377,554	781,974	1,189,145	1,434,379	1,545,633
Income maintenance	4,199	26,194	42,091	79,535	79,113	77,936
Unemployment insurance benefit payments	4,189	47,254	23,704	35,140	49,734	53,194
Retirement and other	75,525	304,106	716,179	1,074,470	1,305,532	1,414,503
Dividends, interest, and rent	306,924	970,423	3,230,189	4,494,642	6,189,546	6,341,872
Population (number of persons)	382,881	442,432	520,187	580,911	633,094	648,215
Per capita personal income	5,167	13,432	29,035	36,166	44,632	46,640
Per capita net earnings	4,146	10,385	21,322	26,382	32,590	34,472
Per capita transfer payments	219	853	1,503	2,047	2,266	2,384
Per capita income maintenance	11	59	81	137	125	120
Per capita unemployment insurance benefits	11	107	46	60	79	82
Per capita retirement & other	197	687	1,377	1,850	2,062	2,182
Per capita dividends, interest, & rent	802	2,193	6,210	7,737	9,777	9,784
Total earnings (place of work, $000)	1,307,382	3,422,444	8,722,110	12,750,706	17,225,185	18,830,093
Wage and salary disbursements	1,083,301	2,614,303	6,674,726	9,666,977	13,567,305	14,986,444
Other labor income	96,660	427,722	1,066,282	1,474,267	1,696,464	1,795,520
Proprietors' income	127,421	380,419	981,102	1,609,462	1,961,416	2,048,129
Nonfarm proprietors' income	124,502	382,517	975,156	1,607,190	1,963,503	2,048,497
Farm proprietors' income	2,919	-2,098	5,946	2,272	-2,087	-368
	166,939	211,198	298,929	349,818	405,568	418,601
Total full- and part- time employment (number of persons)
Wage and salary jobs (number of persons)	149,219	184,373	256,352	297,997	348,797	359,797
Number of proprietors (number of persons)	17,720	26,825	42,577	51,821	56,771	58,804
Number of nonfarm proprietors (number of persons)	17,268	26,314	42,190	51,503	56,477	58,514
Number of farm proprietors (number of persons)	452	511	387	318	294	290
Average earnings per job	7,831	16,205	29,178	36,450	42,472	44,983
Average wage and salary disbursements	7,260	14,179	26,037	32,440	38,897	41,652
Average nonfarm proprietors' income	7,210	14,537	23,113	31,206	34,766	35,009
Employment by Industry for Kendall County, Illinois
Year	1970	1980	1990	1995	1999	2000
Total full- and part-time employment	166,939	211,198	298,929	349,818	405,568	418,601
Wage and salary employment	149,219	184,373	256,352	297,997	348,797	359,797
Proprietors' employment	17,720	26,825	42,577	51,821	56,771	58,804
Farm proprietors' employment	452	511	387	318	294	290
Nonfarm proprietors' employment	17,268	26,314	42,190	51,503	56,477	58,514
	1,159	1,246	953	692	626	636
Employment by Industry (by place of work)
Farm employment
Nonfarm employment	165,780	209,952	297,976	349,126	404,942	417,965
Private employment	111,219	157,707	241,534	294,017	342,379	355,207
Ag. serv., forestry, fishing, and other	943	1,555	4,233	6,052	(D)	(D)
Mining	172	1,114	738	622	(D)	(D)
Construction	6,763	8,015	16,050	18,662	21,258	22,382
Manufacturing	39,065	44,442	49,093	55,627	56,869	58,516
Transportation and public utilities	4,508	6,207	7,613	10,899	10,597	10,999
Wholesale trade	3,011	9,291	18,494	20,989	26,068	28,159
Retail trade	22,688	32,996	46,865	57,818	62,242	63,788
Finance, insurance, and real estate	7,295	12,284	24,082	30,653	37,523	39,563
Services	26,774	41,803	74,366	92,695	119,076	123,012
Government and government enterprises	54,561	52,245	56,442	55,109	62,563	62,758
Federal, civilian	8,990	8,365	9,277	6,539	6,137	6,286
Military	32,941	24,735	23,616	21,737	26,328	25,447
State and local	12,630	19,145	23,549	26,833	30,098	31,025
State	(N)	1,290	1,603	1,572	1,606	1,632
Local	(N)	17,855	21,946	25,261	28,492	29,393
Income and Payroll by Industry for Lake County, Illinois
Year	1970	1980	1990	1995	1999	2000
Earnings by place of work	1,307,382	3,422,444	8,722,110	12,750,706	17,225,185	18,830,093
Less: Personal cont. for social insurance	39,998	141,285	476,300	729,958	982,210	1,066,082
Plus: Adjustment for residence	320,066	1,313,680	2,845,554	3,304,586	4,389,282	4,581,128
Equals: Net earnings by place of residence	1,587,450	4,594,839	11,091,364	15,325,334	20,632,257	22,345,139
Plus: Dividends, interest, and rent	306,924	970,423	3,230,189	4,494,642	6,189,546	6,341,872
Plus: Transfer payments	83,913	377,554	781,974	1,189,145	1,434,379	1,545,633
Equals: Personal income	1,978,287	5,942,816	15,103,527	21,009,121	28,256,182	30,232,644
Nonfarm personal income	1,972,313	5,939,532	15,089,969	20,999,292	28,250,030	30,225,131
Farm personal income	5,974	3,284	13,558	9,829	6,152	7,513
	382,881	442,432	520,187	580,911	633,094	648,215
Population (number of persons)
Per capita personal income (dollars)	5,167	13,432	29,035	36,166	44,632	46,640
	1,083,301	2,614,303	6,674,726	9,666,977	13,567,305	14,986,444
Earnings by place of work
Wage and salary disbursements
Other labor income	96,660	427,722	1,066,282	1,474,267	1,696,464	1,795,520
Proprietors' income	127,421	380,419	981,102	1,609,462	1,961,416	2,048,129
Farm proprietors' income	2,919	-2,098	5,946	2,272	-2,087	-368
Nonfarm proprietors' income	124,502	382,517	975,156	1,607,190	1,963,503	2,048,497
	5,974	3,284	13,558	9,829	6,152	7,513
Earnings by Industry (by place of work)
Farm earnings
Nonfarm earnings	1,301,408	3,419,160	8,708,552	12,740,877	17,219,033	18,822,580
Private earnings	871,844	2,573,035	6,990,728	10,653,947	14,492,937	15,986,590
Ag. serv., forestry, fishing, and other	7,046	18,487	84,612	130,115	(D)	(D)
Agricultural services	6,933	18,323	84,464	129,808	228,755	235,115
Forestry, fishing, and other	113	164	148	307	(D)	(D)
Forestry	60	109	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Fishing	53	55	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mining	2,470	46,298	14,989	11,559	(D)	(D)
Metal mining	(L)	(L)	-85	(L)	(L)	(L)
Coal mining	(L)	675	604	759	1,193	1,183
Oil and gas extraction	(D)	(D)	1,785	(D)	(D)	(D)
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	(D)	(D)	12,685	(D)	(D)	(D)
Construction	76,846	190,849	536,398	751,682	1,043,394	1,127,758
General building contractors	19,535	40,560	143,850	246,803	276,086	291,683
Heavy construction contractors	9,611	42,127	52,035	56,578	70,126	71,419
Special trade contractors	47,700	108,162	340,513	448,301	697,182	764,656
Manufacturing	374,987	978,364	2,197,007	3,102,492	3,655,193	3,809,476
Nondurable goods	159,900	529,823	1,342,546	1,878,994	2,195,300	2,300,886
Food and kindred products	30,112	55,374	105,741	84,622	75,327	83,019
Textile mill products	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	3,661	(D)
Apparel and other textile products	(D)	(D)	15,976	11,586	4,253	5,388
Paper and allied products	8,521	22,064	48,518	85,847	107,724	143,390
Printing and publishing	23,404	45,863	122,363	125,968	209,913	229,014
Chemicals and allied products	79,155	383,823	(D)	1,376,951	1,546,198	1,540,078
Petroleum and coal products	0	0	7,296	7,845	(D)	10,310
Tobacco products	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rubber and misc. plastics products	14,123	15,362	61,266	166,730	233,537	283,426
Leather and leather products	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Durable goods	215,087	448,541	854,461	1,223,498	1,459,893	1,508,590
Lumber and wood products	6,186	5,910	22,530	33,896	15,401	15,369
Furniture and fixtures	369	9,696	17,860	6,676	13,010	17,500
Primary metal industries	25,789	27,753	18,325	51,699	71,055	73,186
Fabricated metal products	23,362	48,199	111,139	161,311	215,393	216,909
Industrial machinery and equipment	83,164	208,000	179,288	358,283	352,609	380,384
Electronic and other electric equipment	23,531	56,655	115,670	141,056	181,613	166,043
Motor vehicles and equipment	124	706	15,244	17,540	28,374	27,723
Other transportation equipment	7,375	6,727	9,591	6,293	6,121	6,059
Ordnance	0	(N)	(N)	(N)	(N)	(N)
Stone, clay, and glass products	32,397	56,871	49,325	60,150	58,049	63,223
Instruments and related products	9,659	23,866	297,407	349,172	481,411	510,221
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	3,131	4,158	18,082	37,422	36,857	31,973
Transportation and public utilities	41,800	137,082	298,391	591,090	626,874	658,701
Railroad transportation	3,904	8,641	7,263	8,934	(D)	(D)
Trucking and warehousing	9,407	27,343	78,412	118,183	125,590	134,938
Water transportation	485	1,388	4,284	3,702	3,859	(D)
Other transportation	4,834	21,973	63,292	97,589	(D)	174,204
Local and interurban passenger transit	4,040	9,231	10,245	30,376	46,293	48,098
Transportation by air	245	391	6,455	8,986	31,006	34,125
Pipelines, except natural gas	0	0	0	0	(D)	0
Transportation services	549	12,351	46,592	58,227	78,069	91,981
Communications	11,205	34,634	45,895	87,689	85,036	95,054
Electric, gas, and sanitary services	11,965	43,103	99,245	274,993	(D)	241,725
Wholesale trade	31,103	213,761	800,994	1,035,574	1,654,568	2,131,353
Retail trade	139,565	331,790	764,204	1,065,601	1,439,706	1,586,886
Building materials and garden equipment	9,564	21,160	53,140	60,986	75,762	84,971
General merchandise stores	15,367	39,269	52,626	92,987	94,710	97,722
Food stores	37,861	47,776	100,999	110,888	122,780	133,702
Automotive dealers and service stations	30,194	66,597	150,663	195,213	262,824	280,464
Apparel and accessory stores	7,819	18,516	41,196	43,719	51,529	55,015
Home furniture and furnishings stores	6,314	13,567	49,111	73,015	113,113	120,795
Eating and drinking places	17,784	57,364	124,287	177,549	235,900	248,070
Miscellaneous retail	14,662	67,541	192,182	311,244	483,088	566,147
Finance, insurance, and real estate	42,269	104,188	507,466	1,076,415	1,512,021	1,667,092
Depository & non-depository institutions	14,317	41,299	135,581	206,044	443,725	474,741
Other finance, insurance, & real estate	27,952	62,889	371,885	870,371	1,068,296	1,192,351
Security & commodity brokers	283	4,921	37,768	45,689	88,377	146,348
Insurance carriers	4,064	9,228	232,365	323,016	489,742	490,850
Insurance agents, brokers, and services	10,581	23,885	77,939	111,094	112,654	125,739
Real estate	9,802	26,241	54,017	233,039	230,573	237,458
Combined real estate, insurance, etc.	1,547	2,042	(N)	(N)	(N)	(N)
Holding and other investment offices	1,675	-3,428	-30,204	157,533	146,950	191,956
Services	155,758	552,216	1,786,667	2,889,419	4,312,052	4,748,179
Hotels and other lodging places	3,167	7,766	14,862	14,488	24,574	27,135