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Lake Station, IN
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Lake County, 29 miles SE of the Loop. Lake Station, platted in 1852along the Michigan Central
Railroad,
served as an important shipping center for
agricultural
products. The town became part of the new suburb of East Gary in 1908. City boosters hoped to attract executives from
Gary,
but workers came instead. In 1977 East Gary was renamed Lake Station.
| Lake Station, IN (inc. 1908) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1930 | 2,409 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 9,858 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | 13,899 | 2.7% | — | 98 | |
| 12,878 | White (92.7%) | ||||
| 66 | Black (0.5%) | ||||
| 19 | American Indian (0.1%) | ||||
| 7 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.1%) | ||||
| 836 | Other race (6.0%) | ||||
| 1,832 | Hispanic Origin* (13.2%) | ||||
| 2000 | 13,948 | 4.3% | — | 100 | |
| 12,027 | White alone (86.2%) | ||||
| 107 | Black or African American alone (0.8%) | ||||
| 70 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.5%) | ||||
| 42 | Asian alone (0.3%) | ||||
| 7 | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 1,298 | Some other race alone (9.3%) | ||||
| 397 | Two or more races (2.8%) | ||||
| 2,875 | Hispanic or Latino* (20.6%) | ||||
Bibliography
Christenson, Susan.
From Lake Station to East Gary.
1976.
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