unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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 ...
on the northwestern side of
Admiralty Island
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U.S. state
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of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
. The population was 72 at the
2000 United States Census
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What was Cube Cove was located at . According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP had a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.48%, is water.
Demographics
Cube Cove first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP) and again in 2000. With the discontinuation of the
logging camp
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and departure of its resident workers, it was dissolved as a CDP in 2010.
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 72 people, 25 households, and 23 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 37 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.61%
White
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and 1.39% Native American. Cube Cove was a temporary timber camp, which is now deserted.
Of the 25 households, 48.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 84.0% were
married couples
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living together, and 8.0% were non-families. 8.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 2.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,875, and the median income for a family was $72,708. Males had a median income of $88,756 versus $38,750 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $27,920. There were no families and none of the population living below the
poverty line
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, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.
The State of Alaska communities database reports that the logging camp that was Cube Cove has zero population.
Alaska Department of Education
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (EED) is the state agency controlling primary and secondary education in Alaska. It is headquartered in Juneau.