Third Lake, Illinois
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Third Lake is a village in Lake County
Lake County, Illinois
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, Illinois
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, United States
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. The population was 1,355 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Third Lake is located at 42°22′5"N 88°0′32"W (42.368117, -88.008903).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), of which, 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²) of it (31.25%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 1,355 people, 428 households, and 369 families residing in the village. The population density
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 was 2,474.7 people per square mile (951.2/km²). There were 436 housing units at an average density of 796.3 per square mile (306.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.50% White, 0.52% African American, 1.92% Asian, 0.59% from other races
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, and 1.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.32% of the population.

There were 428 households out of which 50.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 81.5% were married couples
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 living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.6% were non-families. 9.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.39.

In the village the population was spread out with 31.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $96,719, and the median income for a family was $101,850. Males had a median income of $68,068 versus $47,500 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $34,921. About 1.4% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.

Orthodox church and New Gračanica Monastery

Third Lake has the headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of New Gracanica - Midwestern America
Diocese of New Gracanica - Midwestern America
The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of New Gracanica - Midwestern America is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese located in the United States. Its headquarters are in Third Lake, Illinois...

. Third Lake is home to the New Gračanica
New Gracanica Monastery
New Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery complex is located in Third Lake, Illinois, USA, a suburb of Chicago. The complex houses a scaled up replica of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo...

 church and monastery
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 complex, which houses a detailed replica of the Gračanica monastery
Gracanica monastery
Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was founded by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. Gračanica Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia, and on 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's...

 in Serbia
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. Built on land that the Most Holy Mother of God Serbia
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n Association purchased in 1977, New Gračanica
New Gracanica Monastery
New Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery complex is located in Third Lake, Illinois, USA, a suburb of Chicago. The complex houses a scaled up replica of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo...

 Church and the main building on its grounds dedicated to the feast of the "Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God" were completed and consecrated in 1984. It is an impressive architectural replica of the original Gračanica
Gracanica monastery
Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was founded by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. Gračanica Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia, and on 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's...

 of Kosovo
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, but built in a scale eighteen percent larger than the original. New Gračanica
New Gracanica Monastery
New Gračanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery complex is located in Third Lake, Illinois, USA, a suburb of Chicago. The complex houses a scaled up replica of the Gračanica monastery in Kosovo...

 is richly attired with detail such as hand-carved wooden
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 entrance doors depicting twenty-three monasteries and churches from various regions of Serbia
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