Lake Dalecarlia is a

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(CDP) in

Lake County, Indiana Lake County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2020, its population was 498,700, making it Indiana's List of counties in Indiana, second-most populous county. The county seat is Crown Point, Indiana, C ...

, United States. The population was 1,332 at the 2020 census. The name comes from the English name of the

Dalarna Dalarna (; ), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a (historical province) in central Sweden. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Nor ...

region of Sweden. The community is centered on the lake of the same name, which was completed in the 1920s.

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

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 19.27%, are water. The community's namesake lake is a reservoir on Cedar Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the

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and thus part of the

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watershed.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 1,285 people, 506 households and 363 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 571 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the CDP was 98.21%

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, 0.39%

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, 0.39% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.16% from other races and 0.78% from two or more races.

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or Latino 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

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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

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was $52,454 and the median family income was $54,297. Males had a median income of $44,659 and females $21,250. The

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was $25,068. About 1.9% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the

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

References

External links

Official website
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