Kake, Alaska

Unorganized Borough

02-36770

Kake is a village on the northwest coast of Kupreanof Island, a 2803 km ² island of Alexander Archipelago in the U.S. state of Alaska. Kake is part of the Petersburg Census Area. According to the 2000 census Kake has 710 inhabitants. The name of the village comes from the word Keix ' from the Tlingit.

Kake is the larger of the two settlements on the Kupreanof Island. In Kake is the largest with nearly 42 meters in height, of an Indian carved totem pole in the world, consisting of a single tree trunk. It was erected in 1967 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Alaska Purchase.

Demography

Data obtained from the census in 2000 710 inhabitants of Kake lived in 246 households; among them were 171 families. The population density was 34 people per km ². In the resort 288 residential units were recorded. Among the population were 67% of American Indians ( = 474 ) and 24 % white ( = 171 ); 8 % reported belonging to several ethnic groups.

Among the 246 households, 41% had children under the age of 18; 25 % were single-person households. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size 3.49 persons.

The population was spread out with 34% under 18 years old, 7% 18-24 years, 30% 25-44 years 23% 45-64 years and 7 % of 65 years or older. The median age was 32 years.

The median household income was $ 39,643, the median family income $ 42,857. The per capita income was $ 17,411 in Kake. Under the poverty line lived 15 % of the population.

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