Editing Primrose, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Primrose, Alaska
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = Primrose waterfront seen from [[Chugach National Forest]] campground
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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             = [[Jesse Bjorkman]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name2             = [[Ben Carpenter]] (R)
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 96
|population_density_km2   = 1.08
|population_density_sq_mi = 2.79

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|elevation_m              = 979
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|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 02-64240
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'''Primrose''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Kenai Peninsula Borough]], [[Alaska]], United States. The population was 78 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0264240| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Primrose CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 23, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> down from 93 at the 2000 census. Primrose is one of a number of small communities located north of [[Seward, Alaska|Seward]] along the [[Seward Highway]].

==Geography==
Primrose is located on the eastern part of the [[Kenai Peninsula]] at {{coord|60|20|36|N|149|20|39|W|type:city}} (60.343405, -149.344250),<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> at the mouth of the [[Snow River]] in [[Kenai Lake]]. It is bordered to the north by [[Crown Point, Alaska|Crown Point]] and to the south by [[Bear Creek, Alaska|Bear Creek]]. Alaska Route 9, the [[Seward Highway]], runs through the community, leading south {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Seward, Alaska|Seward]] and north the same distance to [[Alaska Route 1]] at Tern Lake.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Primrose CDP has a total area of {{convert|99.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|89.3|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|2.7|km2|order=flip}}, or 2.92%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1990= 63
|2000= 93
|2010= 78
|2020= 96
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
Primrose first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).

As of the 2000 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> there were 93 people, 33 households, and 29 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|2.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 47 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.40% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 3.23% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 1.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 3.23% from two or more races.

There were 33 households, out of which 42.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.8% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.1% were non-families. 9.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 34.4% under the age of 18, 1.1% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,111, and the median income for a family was $66,944. Males had a median income of $48,472 versus $0 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $18,904. None of the population and none of the families were below the [[poverty line]].

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

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