Womens Bay, Alaska

Kodiak Iceland Borough

02-85680

Women Bay is a census-designated place (CDP ) in the U.S. state of Alaska in the United States and is part of the Borough Kodiak Iceland. The area lies on the west coast of Kodiak Island at the foot of Old Women Mountains along the bay. It is connected via the coastal road to the capital of the island Kodiak.

At the time of the census in 2000 ( U.S. Census 2000) had the CDP 690 inhabitants on a land area of ​​113.2 square kilometers. The median age was 35.1 years ( national value of the U.S.: 35.3 years ). The per capita income ( per capita income engl. ) amounted to U.S. $ 27 746 ( U.S. National Average: U.S. $ 21,587 ). None of the residents in his income below the poverty line. Most employees work in Kodiak or at the Coast Guard Air Station on Kodiak Island. 31.7 % of the inhabitants are of German descent.

The bay Womens Bay is 7 miles long, flat relative to the other coast and covers an area of about 12 square kilometers. Here king crab are fished. The so-called Good Friday earthquake caused in 1964 a tidal wave ( tsunami ) that wreaked damage of about 10 million U.S. dollars in the area.