census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
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Aleneva is located at (Sec. 18, T025S, R022W, Seward Meridian) in the Kodiak Recording District.
Aleneva is located on the southern coast of the island of
Afognak
Afognak (Alutiiq: ''Agw’aneq''; ) is an island in the Kodiak Archipelago north of Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is long from east to west and wide from north to south and has a land area of , making it the 18th largest i ...
, north of
Kodiak Island
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. It is on the coast of Raspberry Strait, across from Little Raspberry Island.
The Kodiak Archipelago is warmed by the Japanese current. The climate is similar to
Southeast Alaska
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, with less precipitation. January temperatures range from . July temperatures range from . Average annual rainfall is .
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
History
Aleneva is a settlement of
Russia
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n
Old Believers
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whose ancestors settled in
Woodburn, Oregon
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, after the
October Revolution
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forced them out of Russia.
The population consists of 1.5%
Alaska Native
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or part Native. During the 2000 census, total housing units numbered 14, of which none were vacant. 2000 census data showed 21 residents as employed. The unemployment rate at that time was zero, although half of all adults were not in the work force. The median household income was $10,417 and the per capita income was $3,707, making Aleneva the place in Alaska with the lowest per capita income. 40.66% of residents were living below the poverty level.
Demographics
Aleneva first appeared on the 2000 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). Within its present boundaries is the former historic community of Afognak.
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 68 people, 14 households, and 13 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 14 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.53%
White
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and 1.47% Native American.
There were 14 households, out of which 57.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 92.9% were
married couples
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living together, and 7.1% were non-families. No 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 4.86 and the average family size was 5.08.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 52.9% under the age of 18, 14.7% from 18 to 24, 17.6% from 25 to 44, 10.3% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 17 years. For every 100 females, there were 119.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $10,417, and the median income for a family was $10,417. Males had a median income of $0 versus $0 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the CDP was $3,707. There were 47.6% of families and 40.7% of the population living below the
poverty line
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, including 30.6% of under 18 and 25.0% of those over 64.
Facilities, utilities, schools and health care
There are no public facilities or services on the island. Electricity is provided by individual generators. There are no state-operated schools in the community.
Economy and transportation
There are a few small
logging
Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidder, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or trunk (botany), logs onto logging truck, trucksKodiak.
Taxes: Sales: None, Property: 9.25 mills (Borough), Special: 5% Accommodations Tax (Borough); 0.925% Severance Tax (Borough)
Regional organizations
*Borough - Kodiak Island Borough
*Regional Development - Southwest Alaska Muni. Conf.
Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) is a department within the government of Alaska which handles most of the state's labor and workforce
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