Lake Dalecarlia, Indiana

Lake Dalecarlia, Indiana
FIPS code		18-41058[3]
GNIS feature ID	2393077[2]

Lake Dalecarlia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,355 at the 2010 census.^[4] The name comes from the English name of the Dalarna region of Sweden.^[5] The community is centered on the lake of the same name, which was completed in the 1920s.^[6]

Geography

The Lake Dalecarlia community is located in southern Lake County surrounding a lake of the same name. The community is at the northern end of Cedar Creek Township and is bordered to the north by the town of Cedar Lake.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), of which 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²) are land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²), or 19.27%, are water.^[7] The community's namesake lake is a reservoir on Cedar Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Kankakee River and thus part of the Illinois River watershed.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1990	1,276		—
2000	1,285		0.7%
2010	1,355		5.4%
2020	1,332		−1.7%
Source: US Census Bureau

At the 2000

of any race were 2.33% of the population.

There were 506 households, of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.1% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.02.

22.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64 and 13.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

The

, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

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