Editing Port Graham, Alaska

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|official_name            = Port Graham, Alaska
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|other_name               = Paluwik
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| map_caption           = Location in Kenai Peninsula Borough, 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        = [[Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Kenai Peninsula]]
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|leader_title             = Borough [[mayor]]
|leader_name              = [[Peter Micciche]]
|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]])
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 162
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|postal_code              = 99603
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
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|blank_info               = 02-63280
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'''Port Graham''', also known as '''Paluwik''' (pah-LU-wig) in the [[Alutiiq language]], is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Kenai Peninsula Borough]], [[Alaska]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 162.

==Geography==

Port Graham and [[Nanwalek, Alaska|Nanwalek]] are located near the southern tip of the [[Kenai Peninsula]] and are separated by less than {{convert|5|mi|0}}. Although they have local roads, there is no road access into this area. All vehicles must be brought in by barge or ferry. Both villages are accessible by air or water. They lie {{convert|22|mi}} southwest of [[Homer, Alaska|Homer]] and about {{convert|7|mi|0}} by air from [[Seldovia, Alaska|Seldovia]]. The [[Alaska Marine Highway System]] provides ferry service to all of [[Kachemak Bay]], the water body separating Port Graham, Nanwalek and Seldovia from Homer.

Port Graham is located at {{coord|59|20|52|N|151|50|0|W|type:city}} (59.347736, -151.833420).<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> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|16.5|km2|order=flip}}, all of it recorded as land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0263280| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Port Graham CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 23, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 47
|1940= 93
|1950= 92
|1960= 139
|1970= 107
|1980= 161
|1990= 166
|2000= 171
|2010= 177
|2020= 162
|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>
}}
Port Graham first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It did not appear on the 1930 census, but returned in 1940 and in every subsequent 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 171 people, 70 households, and 46 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|28.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 82 housing units at an average density of {{convert|13.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 11.11% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 84.80% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.58% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.51% from two or more races. 3.51% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 70 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,250, and the median income for a family was $43,438. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $14,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $13,666. About 15.1% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 25.9% of those under the age of eighteen and 11.1% of those 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean]]
[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska]]