Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska

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Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population is 3,436. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest communities are Skagway and Hoonah.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent boroughs and census areas
- 1.2 National protected areas
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns
4 References

[edit] Geography

The census area has a total area of 11,377 square miles (29,466 km²), of which, 7,896 square miles (20,452 km²) of it is land and 3,480 square miles (9,014 km²) of it (30.59%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent boroughs and census areas

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska - northwest
Haines Borough, Alaska - northeast
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska - northeast
Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska - south
Sitka City and Borough, Alaska - southwest

Also shares eastern border with British Columbia, Canada.

Stikine Region, British Columbia - east
Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia - southeast

[edit] National protected areas

Admiralty Island National Monument
Glacier Bay National Park (most)
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (part, also in Seattle, Washington)
Tongass National Forest (part)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 3,436 people, 1,369 households, and 866 families residing in the census area. The population density was 0.30 people per square mile (0.12/km²). There are 2,108 housing units. The racial makeup of the census area was 58.15% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 35.01% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 0.96% from other races, and 5.21% from two or more races. 2.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 3.95% reported speaking Tlingit at home, while 1.83% speak Spanish [1].

There were 1,369 households out of which 30.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.30% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.70% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the census area the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 29.30% from 45 to 64, and 7.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 116.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.70 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska

Cities	Angoon \| Gustavus \| Hoonah \| Pelican \| Skagway \| Tenakee Springs

CDPs	Cube Cove \| Elfin Cove \| Game Creek \| Hobart Bay \| Klukwan \| Whitestone Logging Camp

Unincorporated community	Killisnoo