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Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Seal of Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Seal
Map of Alaska highlighting Bristol Bay Borough
Location in the state of Alaska
Map of the U.S
Alaska's location in the U.S.
Incorporated October 16, 1962
Seat Naknek
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

888 sq mi (2,300 km²)
505 sq mi (1,308 km²)
383 sq mi (992 km²), 43.12%
Population
 - (2000)
 - Density

1,258
3/sq mi (1/km²)
Website www.theborough.com/

Bristol Bay Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska located on Bristol Bay or Iilgayaq Bay. The borough seat is Naknek. As of the 2000 census the borough population was 1,258. There are no incorporated settlements.

Incorporated in 1962, Bristol Bay was the first of Alaska's boroughs to be created. It is also among the smallest, consisting of little more than the rectangle of land around Naknek on the coast and King Salmon (which, uniquely, serves as the borough seat for the neighboring Lake and Peninsula Borough) inland.

Geography[]

The borough has a total area of 888 square miles (2,299.9 km2), of which 505 square miles (1,307.9 km2) is land and 383 square miles (992.0 km2) (43.12%) is water.

Adjacent boroughs and census areas[]

National protected area[]

  • Katmai National Park and Preserve (part)
    • Katmai Wilderness (part)

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1970 1,147
1980 1,094 −4.6%
1990 1,410 28.9%
2000 1,258 −10.8%

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,258 people, 490 households, and 300 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 979 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 52.54% White, 0.56% Black or African American, 43.72% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.48% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 2.38% from two or more races. 0.56% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 490 households out of which 38.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.20% were married couples living together, 6.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.60% were non-families. 31.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the borough the population was spread out with 31.30% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 34.80% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 3.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 119.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 125.60 males.

Cities and towns[]

  • King Salmon
  • Naknek
  • South Naknek

See also[]

  • List of airports in the Bristol Bay Borough
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska

References[]

External links[]

Coordinates: 58°45′N 156°50′W / 58.75, -156.833


This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.
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