Skamokawa Valley is a
census-designated place (CDP) in
Wahkiakum County, Washington, north of the town of
Cathlamet. The population was 401 as of the
2010 census. The CDP includes the Sleepy Hollow community. The Skamokawa Valley community is part of the
Wahkiakum School District, a
K-12
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school district of about 430 students. The
unincorporated community of ''Skamokawa'' lies directly to the south.
The name of the CDP comes from
Wahkiakum Chief Skamokawa who met with
Meriwether Lewis
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and
William Clark while their
expedition spent the winter of 1805–06 at
Fort Clatsop.
His name, Skamokawa, is a
Chinook word meaning “smoke over the water,” a reference to the area's foggy climate.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the Skamokawa Valley CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.76%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, there were 487 people, 217 housing units, and 150 families. There were 416
White people, 3
African Americans
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, 14
Native Americans, 3
Asians
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, 0 Pacific Islanders, 15 people from some other race, and 36 from two or more races. 25 people were of
Hispanic or Latino origin.
The ancestry of Skamokawa Valley was 29.7%
German
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**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
, 15.7%
Irish, 9.6%
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
, 9.2%
English, 4.0%
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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, and 2.0%
Norwegian.
The median age was 64.1 years old. 32.9% of the population were older than 65 years old, with 6.4% being between the ages of 65 to 74, 23.7% being between the ages of 75 to 84, and 2.8% being older than 85.
The median household income was $16,934, with families having a median income of $27,917. 50.2% of the population were in poverty, with 74.9% of people between the ages of 18 and 64 in poverty.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010,
there were 401 people, 159 households, and 104 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 200 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.8%
White, 0.0%
African American, 1.0%
Native American, 0.2%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, 0.0%
Pacific Islander, 1.5% from
other races, and 3.5% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
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* 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
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of any race were 2.5% of the population.
There were 159 households, out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% 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 3.11.
In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 25.7% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males.
External links
Wahkiakum School District website
References
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Census-designated places in Wahkiakum County, Washington
Census-designated places in Washington (state)