Editing Round Lake, Illinois

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'''Round Lake''' is a northern suburb of Chicago in [[Lake County, Illinois|Lake County]], [[Illinois]], United States. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 18,721.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Round Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1766027|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Round Lake is located at {{coord|42|21|15|N|88|06|02|W|region:US_type:city}} (42.354045, -88.100529), about 55 miles northwest of Chicago's Loop.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 23, 2011 |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the 2010 census, Round Lake has a total area of {{cvt|5.635|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{cvt|5.47|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 97.07%) is land and {{cvt|0.165|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 2.93%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1766027 |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1  |access-date=December 25, 2015 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213083931/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1766027  |archive-date=February 13, 2020  |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{See also|Round Lake Beach, Illinois}}

===Highways===
* [[File:Illinois 60.svg|20px]]
* [[File:Illinois 120.svg|20px]] Belvidere Road
* [[File:Illinois 134.svg|20px]] Big Hollow Road

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1910= 182
|1920= 251
|1930= 338
|1940= 359
|1950= 573
|1960= 997
|1970= 1531
|1980= 3175
|1990= 3550
|2000= 5842
|2010= 18289
|2020= 18721
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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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===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Round 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 – Round Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1766027&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) – Round Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1766027&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) – Round Lake village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1766027&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|4,217
|10,066
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,909
|72.18%
|55.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.59%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|116
|828
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,142
|1.99%
|4.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.10%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|12
|27
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20
|0.21%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|112
|2,310
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,925
|1.92%
|12.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.28%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10
|0.03%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|2
|29
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62
|0.03%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.33%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|89
|386
|style='background: #ffffe6; |755
|1.52%
|2.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.03%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,292
|4,631
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,898
|22.12%
|25.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31.50%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''5,842'''
|'''18,289'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''18,721'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 Census===
As of [[2010 United States 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> there were 18,289 people, 6,206 households, and 5,847 families residing in the village. The population increased 310% from the 2000 US Census total of 5,492. The population density was {{convert|3,225.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,206 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,094.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the village was 68.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 12.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.69% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.24% from two or more races. 35.3% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There 6,206 total housing units, of which 94.2% or (5,847) were occupied households. Of these occupied households 48% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.5% of the population was male, 50.5% female. 80% of the occupied homes were owner-occupied with the remaining 19.5% in renter-occupied. The average household size was 3.13 per home.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 32.2% under the age of 18, 7% from 18 to 24, 43.5% from 25 to 49, 12.3% from 50 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older.

As of [[United States Census, 2000|Census 2000]], the median income for a household in the village was $58,051, and the median income for a family was $61,277. Males had a median income of $43,063 versus $31,336 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $21,585. 6.8% of the population and 6.5% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 6.7% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2012}}
While the retreating [[Wisconsin glaciation|Wisconsin glacier]] left an attractive environment for farmers who entered western Lake County after the [[Black Hawk War]] of 1832, the numerous lakes and wet prairies there prevented easy movement to agricultural markets. Farmers traded at stagecoach trail communities such as [[Hainesville, Illinois|Hainesville]], often exchanging dairy products and eggs for what they could not craft on the farm.

In the 1890s, when officials of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad]] extended a branch line from their Milwaukee–Chicago main line at Libertyville Junction (later [[Rondout, Illinois|Rondout]]) to [[Janesville, Wisconsin]], western Lake County farmers gained easy access to Chicago.

Landowners near Hainesville such as Amarias M. White knew that a railroad station would increase property values. In a classic ploy, White offered the railroad free land in exchange for a station. He also drew up a town plat to show railroad officials that profitable traffic would come through his station site. White succeeded, and Round Lake, named after the nearby lake, not Hainesville, whose inhabitants failed to offer the railroad anything, became the area station on the "Milwaukee Road".

White's promise came true in 1901 when the [[Armour and Company|Armour Company]] decided to harvest ice from Round Lake for their refrigerator car operations. They erected a massive ice storage building holding over 100,000 tons for shipment in spring and summer months.

In 1908 White and his partners acted to incorporate the station area. The proposed village population was too small to meet incorporation requirements, so area farmers were included in the village with the understanding that, once incorporation was successful, their farms would be disconnected. On January 7, 1909, Round Lake incorporated with White as village president. Soon after, those farmers who wished to disconnect were allowed to do so—an act which prevented present-day residents of the village from having any public access to their namesake lake.

A fire in 1917 destroyed the Armour operation in the village, although a dormitory housing winter ice cutters survived. Noticing vacation resorts which had sprung up around the lake, the Armour Company remodeled its dormitory into a rural summer retreat for company employees. The praise showered on the Round Lake environment by them helped bring a slow trickle of nonagricultural residential growth to the village.

With post–World War II expansion into the suburbs, Round Lake's Armour-era reputation as a rural refuge acted as a magnet for development. People began moving into the unincorporated area around the lake and demanding municipal services. The village of Round Lake failed to make those annexations. As a result, new communities, using the words "Round Lake" in their corporate titles, arose. This resulted in a duplication of political hierarchies and village services which still exists.

Since the 1970s, Round Lake has embarked on an expansive annexation program. With ongoing development of those areas, Round Lake was expected to continue to grow.

Between 2000 and 2010, the village grew by 213.1%, from 5,842 to 18,289. The population growth stalled heavily in the 2010s, and Round Lake's population in 2020 was 18,721.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The History of Our Village 1908-2008 |journal=The Village |date=January 2008 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=4 |url=http://www.eroundlake.com/pdf/newsletters/2008-01_newsletter.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922041154/http://eroundlake.com/pdf/newsletters/2008-01_newsletter.pdf |archive-date=September 22, 2010}}</ref>

==Transportation==
The [[Round Lake station]] provides [[Metra]] commuter rail service along the [[Milwaukee District North Line]]. Trains connect Round Lake to [[Chicago Union Station]], [[Fox Lake station]] and points in between.

[[Pace (transit)|Pace]] provides bus service on Route 570 connecting Round Lake to Fox Lake, Grayslake, and other destinations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
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* [[Clay Guida]], UFC fighter; born in Round Lake

==Education==
Round Lake students attend schools in one of five different elementary and high school districts.

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]] operates Catholic schools. St. Joseph School is in Round Lake. The student population from circa 2016 to 2020 declined by 92. The archdiocese asked if there were interested benefactors, but the archdiocese was unsuccessful. Therefore, the archdiocese decided to close the school after spring 2020.<ref name=ChicagoCatholic2020schoolsclosed>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2020/01/22/five-archdiocese-of-chicago-catholic-schools-will-close |title=Five Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic schools will close |work=[[Chicago Catholic]] |date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=May 8, 2020}} - [https://www.catolicoperiodico.com/web/catolico/area-de-chicago/-/article/2020/01/28/cerraran-cinco-escuelas-catolicas-de-la-arquidiocesis-de-chicago Spanish version]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Round Lake}}
*[https://www.roundlakeil.gov Village of Round Lake]
*[http://www.rlchamber.org/ Round Lake Chamber of Commerce & Industry]

{{Lake County, Illinois}}
{{Geographic Location|
|Center=Round Lake
|Northwest=[[Long Lake, Illinois|Long Lake]]
|North=[[Round Lake Heights]]
|Northeast=[[Round Lake Park]]
|East=[[Round Lake Beach]]
|Southeast=[[Grayslake]]
|South=[[Hainesville, Illinois|Hainesville]]
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[[Category:Villages in Lake County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1908]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Majority-minority cities and towns in Lake County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]