The population of Lake county is estimated at 29,711. In 2017 there were 360 births and 307 deaths in Lake county. Lake county has 4,531 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,613 that are owned free and clear and 3,288 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lake County filed 12,900 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.6% of all Montana filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Lake had a combined total federal tax liability of $78,432,000 on earned income of $576,166,000. Other notable statistics from Lake County were 730 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,917,000 and 2,370 charitable contributions valued at $9,378,000. 2,750 filings from Lake County paid a combined total of $9,174,000 in property taxes and 2,170 filings paid $17,626,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lake county had 53 religious congregations with an estimated 11,291 members.
26.0% of the Lake population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Lake County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 258 votes.
At $42,265 the median income is 79.4% of the Montana average. An estimated 586 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lake, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Lake County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,182	Health care and social assistance
1,069	Retail trade
630	Accommodation and food services
504	Food services and drinking places
497	Manufacturing
431	Restaurants and other eating places
352	Professional, scientific, and technical services
296	Food and beverage stores
278	Grocery stores
259	Ambulatory health care services
255	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
231	Limited-service restaurants
228	Finance and insurance
180	Full-service restaurants
176	Credit intermediation and related activities

In 2018 6.94% of listings in Lake County.

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