Editing Pilot Point, Alaska

{{short description|City in Alaska, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Pilot Point, Alaska
|native_name              = Agisaq
|settlement_type          = [[City (Alaska)|City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
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|image_caption            = [[Pilot Point Airport]]
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|pushpin_label = Pilot Point
|pushpin_map_caption  = Location in Alaska

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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Borough]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula]]
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|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Steven Kramer<ref>{{Cite book|title=2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2015|page=124}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
|leader_name1             = [[Lyman Hoffman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
|leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name2             = [[Bryce Edgmon]] ([[Independent politician|I]])
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1992<ref>{{cite book|title=1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=[[Juneau]]|publisher=Alaska Municipal League/[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]]|date=January 1996|page=118}}</ref>

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|area_total_km2           = 400.92
|area_land_km2            = 63.58
|area_water_km2           = 337.34
|area_total_sq_mi         = 154.80
|area_land_sq_mi          = 24.55
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 70
|population_density_km2   = 1.10
|population_density_sq_mi = 2.85
|timezone                 = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
|utc_offset               = -9
|timezone_DST             = AKDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -8
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|elevation_m              = 25
|elevation_ft             = 82
|coordinates              = {{coord|57|33|37|N|157|34|56|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 99649
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 02-60640
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'''Pilot Point''' ([[Alutiiq language|Alutiiq]]: {{lang|ems|Agisaq}}) is a city in [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]], United States, on the [[Alaska Peninsula]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 70, up from 68 in 2010.<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==
Pilot Point is located at {{Coord|57|33|37|N|157|34|56|W|type:city}} (57.560226, -157.582267).<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> Most of the community (village) is located on a high, ancient glacial moraine which abuts the eastern shore of [[Ugashik Bay]] six nautical miles upstream from [[Smoky Point]] and eighteen nautical miles (33&nbsp;km) downstream from the village of [[Ugashik, Alaska|Ugashik]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|140.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|25.4|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|115.1|sqmi|km2}} of it (81.93%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 114
|1950= 67
|1960= 61
|1970= 68
|1980= 66
|1990= 53
|2000= 100
|2010= 68
|2020= 70
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
Pilot Point first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP). In 1992, it formally incorporated.

[[File:St. Nicholas Church, Pilot Point.jpg|thumb|[[St. Nicholas Church (Pilot Point, Alaska)|St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church]]]]
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 100 people, 29 households, and 22 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 69 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 14.00% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 86.00% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]].

There were 29 households, out of which 58.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.0% consisted of a sole occupant 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.45 and the average family size was 3.91.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 43.0% under the age of 18, 2.0% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 128.0 males.

==Economics==
Both in historic and economic terms, Pilot Point has depended for its existence on the substantial seasonal returns of anadromous Pacific salmon, especially sockeye  (''Oncorhynchus nerka'') which is the mainstay economic force of the entire region. Over half of the residents depend directly on the salmon fishery for their livelihood, with a small remainder depending on tourism, sports fishing and hunting, and a few government jobs.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,250, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $43,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $12,627. There were 18.2% of families and 20.8% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 18.9% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.lpsd.com Lake and Peninsula School District]

{{Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]
[[Category:Cities in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean]]