Larsen Bay (

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Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough (russian: Остров Кадьяк) is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census, the population was 13,101, down from 13,592 in 2010. The borough seat is Kodiak. Geography The borough has a total area ...

, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 87, down from 115 in 2000.

Geography

Larsen Bay is located at (57.536651, -153.991440). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (28.7%) is water.

Climate

History

Larsen Bay was named in honor of local hunter and sailor Peter Adolf Larsen, a Danish immigrant. Larsen was born in 1862 on the Danish island of

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and died in 1940 on

Unga Island Unga Island (Uĝnaasaqax̂ in Aleut) is the largest of the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska, United States. The island has a land area of 170.73 sq mi (442.188 km2), making it the 36th largest island in the U ...

. Larsen Bay first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It formally incorporated as a city in 1974.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 115 people, 40 households, and 26 families residing in the city. The population density was 21.1 people per square mile (8.2/km²). There were 70 housing units at an average density of 12.9 per square mile (5.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 20.87%

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, 78.26% Native American, and 0.87% from two or more races. There were 40 households, out of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% 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 3.54. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 38.3% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $40,833, and the median income for a family was $30,000. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $50,625 for females. The

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for the city was $16,227. There were 27.3% of families and 20.5% of the population living below the

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, including 22.6% of under eighteen and 33.3% of those over 64.

Education

The Larsen Bay School, a K-12 rural school, is operated by the Kodiak Island Borough School District. The school was closed for the 2018-2019 school year.

References

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