Lake Dalecarlia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,332 at the 2020 census. The name comes from the English name of the Dalarna 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 United States Census Bureau, 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 Kankakee River and thus part of the Illinois River watershed.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Lake Dalecarlia CDP, Indiana – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,236
|1,293
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,196
|96.19%
|95.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |89.79%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|5
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.39%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|3
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.23%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.08%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.08%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|9
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65
|0.70%
|0.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.88%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|30
|46
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62
|2.33%
|3.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.65%
|-
|Total
|1,285
|1,355
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,332
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lake Dalecarlia had a population of 1,332. The median age was 46.8 years. 18.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 114.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 104.3 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 558 households in Lake Dalecarlia, of which 20.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 57.3% were married-couple households, 20.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 15.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.