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877 households (37.7%) were one person and 659 (28.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. There were 81 (3.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 16 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. There were 2,328 households, 221 (9.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,112 (47.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 131 (5.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 56 (2.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. The census reported that 4,435 people (100% of the population) lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 2 (0%) were institutionalized. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 464 people (10.5%). The racial makeup of Lake San Marcos was 3,978 (89.7%) White, 37 (0.8%) African American, 20 (0.5%) Native American, 133 (3.0%) Asian, 3 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 186 (4.2%) from other races, and 80 (1.8%) from two or more races. The population density was 2,455.8 inhabitants per square mile (948.2/km 2). The community attracts a large number of retired and elderly residents though over time younger families with children are moving in.Īt the 2010 census Lake San Marcos had a population of 4,437. The population was 4,437 at the 2010 census, up from 4,138 at the 2000 census. Demographics Lakehouse Hotel, as seen from the Lake San Marcos Bridge Lake San Marcos Dam overflowing in April 2020

The lake was created by a concrete dam built between 19. The lake after which the area is named is a large artificial body of water originally created for purposes of irrigation and watering cattle today, however, it is used primarily for recreational and commercial purposes. 1.7 square miles (4.4 km 2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2) of it (4.76%) is water. Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km 2). It is a resort-based community surrounding the Lake San Marcos reservoir. Lake San Marcos is an unincorporated area of San Diego County, surrounded by the City of San Marcos. On April 22, 1840, Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado granted the 8,877-acre Rancho Los Vallecitos de San Marcos to Don Jose Maria Alvarado who married Lugarda Osuna, daughter of the owner of San Dieguito Rancho, Don Juan Maria Osuna. Much of this area was originally part of Rancho Los Vallecito de San Marcos. Native American tribes lived and flourished near the San Luis Rey River in the Late Prehistoric period. There is considerable evidence of human inhabitation of the area currently known as Lake San Marcos long before the Spanish establishment of the Mission San Diego de Alcala in A.D.

It is nominally independent of San Marcos proper, but functionally subservient to the city. Lake San Marcos is a census-designated place (CDP) in the North County region of the San Diego metropolitan area.