Editing McCullom Lake, Illinois

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| website = {{URL|https://voml.org/}}
| footnotes = <ref name="gnis">{{GNIS|2399292|Village of McCullom Lake}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.ilsos.gov/isa/localgovnameindexsrch.jsp| title = Name Index to Illinois Local Governments| author = Illinois Regional Archives Depository System| work = Illinois State Archives| publisher = [[Illinois Secretary of State]]|access-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref>
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'''McCullom Lake''' is a village in [[McHenry County, Illinois|McHenry County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=McCullom Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1745616|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
McCullom Lake is located at {{coord|42|22|07|N|88|17|49|W|type:city}} (42.3686295, -88.2968581).<ref name="gnis"/>

According to the 2010 census, McCullom Lake has a total area of {{convert|0.37|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1745616
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=October 26, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213041805/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1745616
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>   [[McHenry, Illinois|McHenry]] occupies the southeast shore. The Lake is well known locally for excellent ice fishing. Shallow weeds in the late summer time at the McCullom Lake beach, (not McHenry's beach) make its beach dangerous (drownings have occurred) and have limited game fishing.

===Major streets===
* McCullom Lake Road

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 759
|1970= 873
|1980= 947
|1990= 1033
|2000= 1038
|2010= 1049
|2020= 988
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''McCullom Lake village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – McCullom Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1745616&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – McCullom Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1745616&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{Partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – McCullom Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1745616&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{Partial|% 2020}}
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|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|975
|900
|style='background: #ffffe6; |750
|93.93%
|85.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |75.91%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|9
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.87%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.71%
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|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.29%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
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|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.29%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.62%
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|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.10%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
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|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
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|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|3
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49
|0.29%
|0.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.96%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|44
|130
|style='background: #ffffe6; |166
|4.24%
|12.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.80%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,038'''
|'''1,049'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''988'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2020 census===

===2000 Census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,038 people, 382 households, and 273 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|3,708.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 418 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,493.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.44% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.87% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.48% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.10% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.58% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.24% of the population.

There were 382 households, out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.5% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 35.9% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $54,500, and the median income for a family was $59,423. Males had a median income of $40,238 versus $26,100 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $20,350. About 5.2% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 1.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Class action lawsuit==
In April 2006, three former next-door neighbors who contracted brain cancer filed a class action lawsuit against several manufacturers in the neighboring town of [[Ringwood, Illinois|Ringwood]], claiming that groundwater and air contamination caused their illnesses.<ref name="nwherald">{{cite news |last1=Craver |first1=Kevin P. |date=March 8, 2016 |title=McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuit plaintiff Lance Kuhns dies |work=[[Northwest Herald]] |url=https://www.shawlocal.com/2016/03/08/mccullom-lake-brain-cancer-lawsuit-plaintiff-lance-kuhns-dies/ac9qyzz/?page=1%3Fpage%3D1 |access-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref> There were 33 plaintiffs in the class action case.

The lawsuit was dismissed in 2010, but reinstated in 2014 by an appeals court. The case was settled out of court in late 2014.<ref name="nwherald"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Marrazzo|first1=Amanda|first2=Robert |last2=McCoppin|title=McCullom Lake residents settle cancer suit against chemical company|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cancer-cluster-settlement-met-20141230-story.html|access-date=May 27, 2016|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=December 31, 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://voml.org/}}
*[http://www.nwherald.com/mccullomlake/ McCullom Lake at the ''Northwest Herald'']

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