Editing Choctaw Lake, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Choctaw Lake, Ohio
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|image_caption            = Sign at the entrance of the Choctaw Lake community
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|map_caption              = Location of Choctaw Lake, Ohio
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Ohio]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Madison County, Ohio|Madison]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Ohio|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio|Somerford]]

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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024">{{cite web |title=2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_gaz_place_39.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=April 9, 2025}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 3.74
|area_land_km2            = 2.69
|area_water_km2           = 1.06
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.44
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.04
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.41

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=&g=160XX00US3914288| title=P1. Race – Choctaw Lake CDP, Ohio: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 9, 2025}}</ref>
|population_total         = 2047
|population_density_km2   = 761.80
|population_density_sq_mi = 1973.96

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
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|utc_offset_DST           = -4
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|elevation_ft             = 1053
|coordinates              = {{coord|39|57|39|N|83|29|15|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
|postal_code              = 43140 ([[London, Ohio|London]])
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|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 39-14288<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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|blank1_info              = 2393377<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2393377}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|choctawlake.com}}
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'''Choctaw Lake''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Madison County, Ohio|Madison County]], [[Ohio]], United States. The population was 2,047 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> up from 1,546 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].

==Geography==
The community is in western Madison County, in the south-central part of [[Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio|Somerford Township]]. It is built around a lake of the same name, an impoundment on Deer Creek, a tributary of the [[Scioto River]].

The community is {{convert|1|mi}} north of [[Interstate 70]] and {{convert|7|mi|0}} north-northwest of [[London, Ohio|London]], the Madison [[county seat]]. [[Ohio State Route 56]] runs past the southwest corner of the community, leading southeast into London and northwest {{convert|12|mi|0}} to [[Mutual, Ohio|Mutual]]. [[Ohio State Route 187|State Route 187]] travels past the west side of Choctaw Lake, leading north {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Mechanicsburg, Ohio|Mechanicsburg]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Choctaw Lake CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.4|sqmi|1}}, of which {{convert|1.1|sqmi|1}} are land and {{convert|0.4|sqmi|1}}, or 28.24%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1990= 1234
|2000= 1562
|2010= 1546
|2020= 2047
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,562 people, 581 households, and 493 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,946.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 623 housing units at an average density of {{convert|776.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.65% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.26% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.75% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.45% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.70% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.51% of the population.

There were 581 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.0% were non-families. 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $81,644, and the median income for a family was $86,670. Males had a median income of $47,652 versus $40,588 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $30,624. About 4.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Madison County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Madison County, Ohio]]