Chignik Lagoon, Alaska

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City Description

Chignik Lagoon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 103. Chignik Lagoon is located at 56°18′27″N 158°32′6″W / 56.3075°N 158.535°W / 56.3075; -158.535 (56.307535, -158.535023). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.1 square miles (33.9 km²), all of it land. In 2009 the Marines of 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, began work on an inter-village road system linking Chignik Lake to Chignik Lagoon. This is the first phase of potentially creating road links between Chignik Lake, Chignik Lake and Chignik. As of the census of 2000, there were 103 people, 33 households, and 22 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 7.9 people per square mile (3.0/km²). There were 68 housing units at an average density of 5.2/sq mi (2.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 11.65% White, 0.97% Black or African American, 81.55% Native American, and 5.83% from two or more races. There were 33 households out of which 48.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, and 33.3% were non-families.

City Contained By:

• Lake and Peninsula Borough
• Alaska
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 33.9288442454 km squared

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