The population of Lake county is estimated at 7,606. In 2017 there were 78 births and 28 deaths in Lake county. Lake county has 1,291 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 686 that are owned free and clear and 976 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lake County filed 3,460 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Colorado filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Lake had a combined total federal tax liability of $21,060,000 on earned income of $164,281,000. Other notable statistics from Lake County were 130 unemployment claims which collected a total of $537,000 and 460 charitable contributions valued at $1,260,000. 590 filings from Lake County paid a combined total of $1,180,000 in property taxes and 550 filings paid $4,275,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lake county had 10 religious congregations with an estimated 1,184 members.
31.2% of the Lake population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 42% of Lake County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 182 votes.
At $49,799 the median income is 72.1% of the Colorado average. An estimated 102 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lake, the equivalant of around 2.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 2.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Lake County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
268	Accommodation and food services
221	Food services and drinking places
199	Retail trade
195	Health care and social assistance
166	Restaurants and other eating places
150	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
150	Other amusement and recreation industries
101	Full-service restaurants
51	Real estate and rental and leasing
47	Accommodation
41	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
40	Professional, scientific, and technical services
36	Manufacturing
33	Gasoline stations
33	Gasoline stations with convenience stores

In 2018 12.50% of listings in Lake County.

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