Editing Chignik Lake, Alaska

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| official_name                   = Chignik Lake, Alaska
| native_name                     = Igyaraq
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| subdivision_name2               = [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula]]
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| leader_title                    = Borough [[mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Glen Alsworth, Sr.<ref>{{Cite book|title=2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2015|page=12}}</ref>
| leader_title1                   = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
| leader_name1                    = [[Lyman Hoffman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alaskasenate.org/2020/member/lyman-hoffman/ |title=Senator Lyman Hoffman |publisher=Alaskasenate.org |website=Alaska Senate Majority |access-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408143501/https://www.alaskasenate.org/2020/member/lyman-hoffman/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| leader_name2                    = [[Bryce Edgmon]] ([[Independent politician|I]])
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| area_total_km2                  = 59.07
| area_land_km2                   = 32.22
| area_water_km2                  = 26.85
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| area_land_sq_mi                 = 12.44
| area_water_sq_mi                = 10.37
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| population_total                = 61
| population_density_km2          = 1.89

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'''Chignik Lake''' ([[Alutiiq language|Alutiiq]]: ''Igyaraq'') is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula Borough]], [[Alaska]], [[United States]]. It is {{convert|475|mi}} southwest of [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 61.<ref name="2020 Census Data">{{cite web | url = https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/2020-census-data.html | title = 2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places | format = Web | publisher = State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development | access-date = December 5, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chignik Lake is located at {{coord|56.269340|-158.781714|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is on the southeast side of the [[Alaska Peninsula]] and comprises all of Chignik Lake the waterbody, as well as land to the northeast and southeast of the lake and land to the south of the Chignik River, the lake's outlet.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|59.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|31.7|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|27.3|km2|order=flip}}, or 46.27%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0213780| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Chignik Lake CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=August 14, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213054519/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0213780| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2009 the [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] of [[4th Combat Engineer Battalion]], [[4th Marine Division (United States)|4th Marine Division]], began work on an inter-village road system linking Chignik Lake to [[Chignik Lagoon, Alaska|Chignik Lagoon]].<ref>Sgt. Johnson, Luke (2009). [http://www.marforres.usmc.mil/mfrnews/2009/2009.08/alaska.asp "Marines Build a Road to Somewhere"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved June 17, 2010</ref> This is the first phase of potentially creating road links between Chignik Lake, Chignik Lagoon and [[Chignik, Alaska|Chignik]].<ref>[http://chigniklagoon.net/roadproject.html "Chignik Lagoon Village Council Road Project"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802015331/http://chigniklagoon.net/roadproject.html |date=August 2, 2015 }} Retrieved June 17, 2010</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 107
|1970= 117
|1980= 138
|1990= 133
|2000= 145
|2010= 73
|2020= 61
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Chignik Lake first appeared on the 1960 U.S. Census. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) in 1980.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 145 people, 40 households, and 34 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|11.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 50 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 11.72% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 86.90% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.69% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], and 0.69% from two or more races. 1.38% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 40 households, out of which 65.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.0% were non-families. 15.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% consisted of a sole occupant 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.63 and the average family size was 3.97.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 44.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,458, and the median income for a family was $40,938. Males had a median income of $0 versus $38,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $13,842. There were 21.2% of families and 22.0% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 31.4% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==References==
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{{Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska]]