Hobart Bay, Alaska

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Hobart Bay is a census-designated place located in Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is three. According to the United States Census Bureau, it is one of only nine places in the United States with a population of three people. The others are East Blythe, California, North Red River Township, Minnesota, Rulien Township, Minnesota, Hush Lake, Minnesota, Pfeiffer Lake, Minnesota, Livermore, New Hampshire, Hillsview, South Dakota, and Point of Rocks, Wyoming.

The bay was named in 1889 by Lt. Commander Mansfield of the U. S. Navy. The site was first settled as a logging camp. The population has declined in recent years and would it probably not be incorporated as a town with the present population.

[edit] Geography

Hobart Bay is located at 57°27'11" North, 133°23'36" West (57.453007, -133.393308)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 336.2 km² (129.8 mi²). 304.1 km² (117.4 mi²) of it is land and 32.1 km² (12.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.54% water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there are three people, two households, and one family residing in the CDP. The population density was 0/km². There were seventeen housing units at an average density of 0.1/km² (0.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was two White and one Native American.

There were two households with no children under the age of eighteen living with them; one was a married couple living together, and one was a male individual.

In the CDP the population was spread out with two from twenty five to forty four and one from forty five to sixty four. The median age was forty four years. There was one female and two males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $68,750, and the median income for a family was $68,750. The per capita income for the CDP was $34,900.