Lake and Peninsula Borough
| Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska | |
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 Location in the U.S. state of Alaska |
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 Alaska's location in the U.S. |
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| Incorporated | April 26, 1989 |
| Seat | King Salmon |
| Largest city | Kokhanok |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32,922 sq mi (85,268 km2) |
| • Land | 23,652 sq mi (61,258 km2) |
| • Water | 9,270 sq mi (24,009 km2), 28.2% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2016) | 1,562 |
| • Density | 0.1/sq mi (0/km²) |
| Congressional district | At-large |
| Time zone | Alaska: UTC-9/-8 |
| Website | www |
Lake and Peninsula Borough is a borough in the state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,631. The borough seat of King Salmon is located in neighboring Bristol Bay Borough, although is not the seat of that borough. The most populous community in the borough is the city of Nondalton. With an average of 0.0296 inhabitants/km² (0.0767/sq mi), the Lake and Peninsula Borough is the second least densely populated organized county-equivalent in the United States; only the unorganized Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area has a lower density.
The borough has an area of 32,922 square miles (85,270 km2), of which 23,652 square miles (61,260 km2) is land and 9,270 square miles (24,000 km2) (28.2%) is water. Its land area is larger than that of San Bernardino County, California, the largest county in the contiguous Lower 48 states, and almost as large as the state of West Virginia.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,823 people, 588 households, and 418 families residing in the borough. The population density was 0.059 people per square mile (0.023/km²). There were 1,557 housing units at an average density of 0.05 per square mile (0.02/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 18.76% White, 0.05% Black or African American, 73.51% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 6.97% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. About 5.41% reported speaking a Yupik language at home, while 3.87% speak Alutiiq and 1.23% an Athabaskan language [1].
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