Editing Kokhanok, Alaska

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|official_name            = Kokhanok, Alaska
|native_name              = Qarr’unaq 
     
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
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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>
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|leader_name1             = [[Lyman Hoffman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
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|leader_name2             = [[Bryce Edgmon]] ([[Independent politician|I]])
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|postal_code              = 99606
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'''Kokhanok''' ({{langx|esu|Qarr’unaq}}) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula Borough]], [[Alaska]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 152,<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> down from 170 in 2000.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0241280| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Kokhanok CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=August 15, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213054647/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0241280| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Kokhanok is at {{Coord|59|26|27|N|154|44|49|W|type:city}} (59.440927, -154.746974).<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 south shore of [[Iliamna Lake]], {{convert|37|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Iliamna, Alaska|Iliamna]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Kokhanok CDP has an area of {{convert|54.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|53.9|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.3|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 0.56%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 28
|1950= 39
|1960= 57
|1970= 88
|1980= 83
|1990= 152
|2000= 174
|2010= 170
|2020= 152
|align-fn=center
|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>
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Kokhanok first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as a native unincorporated village named "Kakhonak."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&dq=kakhonak&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref> It next returned in 1950. The name was changed to the present spelling of Kokhanok in 1980, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

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 174 people, 52 households, and 40 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|8.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 59 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 8.05% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 86.78% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.02% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 52 households, out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.6% were married couples living together, 26.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.35 and the average family size was 3.68.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 35.1% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 141.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 145.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $19,583, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $33,333 versus $0 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $7,732. About 40.0% of families and 42.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 60.0% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

The population is a mixture of [[Aleut people|Aleut]], [[Central Alaskan Yup'ik people|Yup'ik]] and [[Athabaskan]]. Unlike Iliamna, the sport fishing industry doesn't reach Kokhanok, and the economic activity is based on subsistence hunting and fishing.

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

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]