Chignik Lake (
Alutiiq: ''Igyaraq'') is a
census-designated place (CDP) in
Lake and Peninsula Borough,
Alaska,
United States. It is southwest of
Anchorage
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
. At the
2020 census, the population was 61.
Geography
Chignik Lake is located at .
It is on the southeast side of the
Alaska Peninsula
The Alaska Peninsula (also called Aleut Peninsula or Aleutian Peninsula, ale, Alasxix̂; Sugpiaq: ''Aluuwiq'', ''Al'uwiq'') is a peninsula extending about to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands. The ...
and comprises all of Chignik Lake the waterbody, as well as land to the northeast and southeast of the lake and land to the south of the Chignik River, the lake's outlet.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 46.27%, are water.
In 2009 the
Marines of
4th Combat Engineer Battalion
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,
4th Marine Division
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, began work on an inter-village road system linking Chignik Lake to
Chignik Lagoon
Chignik Lagoon ( Alutiiq: ''Nanwarnaq'') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 72.
Geography
Chignik Lagoon is at (56.307535, -158.535023), on the southe ...
. This is the first phase of potentially creating road links between Chignik Lake, Chignik Lagoon and
Chignik
Chignik (Alutiiq: ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak. At the 2020 census the population was 97, up from 91 in 2010.
History
On April 17, 1911, a gale blew ash ...
.
"Chignik Lagoon Village Council Road Project"
Retrieved 2010-06-17
Demographics
Chignik Lake first appeared on the 1960 U.S. Census. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) in 1980.
As of the censusAsian
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, and 0.69% from two or more races. 1.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino
Latino or Latinos most often refers to:
* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
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of any race.
There were 40 households, out of which 65.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples
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living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.0% were non-families. 15.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% consisted of a sole occupant 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.63 and the average family size was 3.97.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 44.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,458, and the median income for a family was $40,938. Males had a median income of $0 versus $38,750 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $13,842. There were 21.2% of families and 22.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including 31.4% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.
References
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Census-designated places in Alaska
Census-designated places in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska