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Round Lake Park, IL

Round Lake Park, IL

Lake County, 37 miles NW of the Loop. This third of a collection of villages to rise alongthe shore of Round Lake began as a late-1930s site for inexpensive country residences. Its residents voted to incorporate in 1947 to help meet the need for improved roads and sanitary facilities. Its 2000 population was 6,308.


Round Lake Park, IL (inc. 1947)
Year Total
(and by category)
  Foreign Born Native with foreign parentage Males per 100 females
1960 2,565   5.5% 17.8% 101
  2,546 White (99.3%)      
  19 Other races (0.7%)      
1990 4,045   6.3% 103
  3,825 White (94.6%)      
  24 American Indian (0.6%)      
  5 Asian/Pacific Islander (0.1%)      
  191 Other race (4.7%)      
  518 Hispanic Origin* (12.8%)      
2000 6,038   15.3% 101
  4,905 White alone (81.2%)      
  104 Black or African American alone (1.7%)      
  22 American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.4%)      
  33 Asian alone (0.5%)      
  1 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.0%)      
  817 Some other race alone (13.5%)      
  156 Two or more races (2.6%)      
  1,584 Hispanic or Latino* (26.2%)      
Bibliography
Memories of Round Lake: 1908–1983. 1983.