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130,443 children under 18 (27% of total population) 35,057 teenagers age 15-19 (7% of total population) 95,370 school-aged children (19.4% of total population; 73% of population under 18) 35,073 children under 5 (7% of total population; 27% of population under 18) Racial composition of children under 18: White: 60,818 (47% of all children) Black: 39,144 (30%) Hispanic: 26,025 (20%) Asian: 1,621 (1%) 114,000 households with children under 18 3,042 births to unmarried mothers, out of 6,759 in 2007 (45%) 772 births to mother age 10-19 71,124 families with children are headed by a married couple 43,125 families with children are headed by a single parent 33,524 (25.7%) of children under 18 live in poverty
[US Census Bureau, tables generated by Joey Mayfield using American FactFinder, 2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, (March 2011); Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team. Table 14. Terminations, Live Births, and Termination Ratios by County of Residence and Age Group: Indiana Residents, 2007 (Indiana Induced Termination of Pregnancy Report, 2007).]
UNITED STATES
INDIANA
LAKE COUNTY
TOTAL
74,182,525
1,586,528
130,443
In households:
73,945,634
1,581,982
130,290
Under 3 years
12,418,934
263,133
21,230
3 and 4 years
8,423,683
177,883
13,829
5 years
3,943,827
83,728
6,707
6 to 8 years
11,924,039
259,529
21,380
9 to 11 years
12,046,711
258,683
21,236
12 to 14 years
12,479,558
268,702
23,269
15 to 17 years
12,708,882
270,324
22,639
[US Census Bureau (2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates).]
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