Chickaloon (''Nay’dini’aa Na’'' in Ahtna Athabascan; ''Nuk'din'itnu'' in Dena'ina) is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It is part of the

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. The population was 254 at the 2020 census, down from 272 in 2010. The

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people of Chickaloon are a mixture of

Ahtna The Ahtna (also Ahtena, Atna, Ahtna-kohtaene, or Copper River) are an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. The people's homeland called Atna Nenn', is located in the Copper River area of souther ...

and Dena'ina

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. On May 31, 2021 a M6.1 Earthquake struck Chickaloon.

Geography

Chickaloon is located at (61.793994, -148.482733). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (1.05%) is water.

Demographics

Chickaloon first appeared on the 1930 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It appeared again on the 1940 & 1960 censuses, but was not returned separately in 1950, 1970 & 1980. It returned again beginning in 1990, when it was made a census-designated place. As of the

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of 2000, there were 213 people, 87 households, and 58 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 2.7 people per square mile (1.0/km²). There were 208 housing units at an average density of 2.6/sq mi (1.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.93%

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, 1.41%

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, 15.49% Native American, 0.94%

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, 0.00%

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, 1.88% from

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, and 2.35% from two or more races. 1.41% of the population were

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of any race. There were 87 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were

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living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.00. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 41.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 129.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $49,792, and the median income for a family was $49,792. Males had a median income of $41,827 versus $36,607 for females. The

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for the CDP was $14,755. None of the families and 2.8% of the population were living below the poverty line.

Education

The Ya Ne Dah Ah School teaches the Ahtna Athabaskan language as a part of its curriculum.

References

External links

State of Alaska community information profile for Chickaloon
{{authority control Anchorage metropolitan area Census-designated places in Alaska Census-designated places in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska Mining communities in Alaska Ahtna Denaʼina

Geography

Demographics

Education

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