| Chain Lake, Washington | |
|---|---|
| CDP | |
  Chain Lake, Washington Location of Chain Lake, Washington. | |
| Coordinates: 47°54′11″N121°59′13″W / 47.90306°N 121.98694°W Coordinates: 47°54′11″N121°59′13″W / 47.90306°N 121.98694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Snohomish |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.60 sq mi (27.46 km2) |
| • Land | 10.55 sq mi (27.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,741 |
| • Density | 354.5/sq mi (136.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2584957 [1] |
Chain Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,741 at the 2010 census.
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated small community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, colonias located along the U.S. border with Mexico, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs.
Snohomish County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. With an estimated population of 801,633 as of 2017, it is the third-most populous county in Washington, after nearby King and Pierce counties. The county seat and largest city is Everett. The county was created out of Island County on January 14, 1861 and is named for the Snohomish tribe.
The 2010 United States Census is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators serving to spot-check randomly selected neighborhoods and communities. As part of a drive to increase the count's accuracy, 635,000 temporary enumerators were hired. The population of the United States was counted as 308,745,538, a 9.7% increase from the 2000 Census. This was the first census in which all states recorded a population of over half a million, as well as the first in which all 100 largest cities recorded populations of over 200,000.
