| Official Name: | Copake Lake, New York |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New York |
| Pushpin Label: | Copake Lake |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Columbia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Towns |
| Subdivision Name3: | Copake, Taghkanic |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 26.71 |
| Area Land Km2: | 24.61 |
| Area Water Km2: | 2.10 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.31 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 9.50 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.81 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 767 |
| Population Density Km2: | 31.16 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 80.70 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 219 |
| Elevation Ft: | 719 |
| Coordinates: | 42.1472°N -73.5975°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-18124 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1852895 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Copake Lake is a community (and census-designated place) in southern Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 767 at the 2020 census.[2] [3]
The community is named after Copake Lake, a lake by the west town line of the town of Copake. Copake means "snake pond" in the native language.
Copake Lake is located about north of New York City and is an area of second homes.
Copake Lake is located at (42.147128, -73.597614).[4] The community surrounds the water body of Copake Lake, part of the Taghkanic Creek watershed flowing west to the Hudson River. Most of the CDP is in the town of Copake, while about 20% of it extends westward into the town of Taghkanic.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 26.7km2, of which 24.6km2 is land and 2.1km2, or 7.80%, is water.[2]
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 762 people, 302 households, and 205 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 79.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 811 housing units at an average density of 84.6sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.19% White, 0.39% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.79% from other races, and 2.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.57% of the population.
There were 302 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.9 males.