Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska

Hoonah-Angoon Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,150. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community is the city of Hoonah. Other significant population centers are the cities of Angoon and Gustavus.

1 History
2 Geography
- 2.1 Adjacent boroughs and census areas
- 2.2 National protected areas
3 Demographics
4 Cities and towns
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

History

The census area was significantly larger in the 1990 census, at which time it was the Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area. After Yakutat was incorporated as a unified city-borough on September 22, 1992, it was renamed Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area;^[1] When Skagway followed suit on June 20, 2007,^[2]^[3] the census area assumed its current name.

Geography

The census area has a land area of 7,444 square miles (19,280 km²) and a water area of 3,468 square miles (8,980 km²). A map showing its current boundaries is shown here:^[4]

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska - northwest
Haines Borough, Alaska - northeast
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska - northeast
Petersburg Census Area, Alaska - southeast
Sitka City and Borough, Alaska - southwest

Also shares eastern border with British Columbia, Canada.

Stikine Region, British Columbia - northwest, east
Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia - southeast

Yakutat City and Borough and Stikine Region, British Columbia, Canada

Haines Borough and Juneau City and Borough

Stikine Region, British Columbia, Canada

Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska

Sitka City and Borough

Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area and Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

National protected areas

Glacier Bay National Park (part)
- Glacier Bay Wilderness (part)
Tongass National Forest (part)
- Admiralty Island National Monument (part)
  - Kootznoowoo Wilderness (part)
- Chuck River Wilderness
- Pleasant/Lemesurier/Inian Islands Wilderness
- Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness (part)
- West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness (part)

Demographics

NOTE: Demographic data below is for the former "Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon" Census Area, which still includes Skagway Borough.

As of the [1].

There were 1,369 households out of which 30.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.30% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.70% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the census area the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 29.30% from 45 to 64, and 7.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 116.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.70 males.

Cities and towns

External links

Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area map, 2000 census: Alaska Department of Labor
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area map, 2010 census: Alaska Department of Labor

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States

Cities	Angoon Gustavus Hoonah Pelican Tenakee Springs

CDPs	Elfin Cove Game Creek Hobart Bay Klukwan Whitestone Logging Camp

Unincorporated community	Cube Cove Killisnoo

v t e State of Alaska

Juneau (capital)

Topics	Index Geography Climate Wildlife History People Transportation Government Delegations Music Visitor attractions

Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Health (Rural dentistry) Politics

Regions	Aleutian Islands Arctic Alaska Bush Alaska Inside Passage Interior Kenai Peninsula Mat‑Su Valley North Slope Southeast Seward Peninsula Southcentral Southwest Tanana Valley Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta

Largest cities	Anchorage Barrow Bethel Dillingham Fairbanks Homer Juneau Kenai Ketchikan Kodiak Kotzebue Nome Palmer Petersburg Seward Sitka Soldotna Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Valdez Wasilla

Boroughs	Aleutians East Anchorage Bristol Bay Denali Fairbanks North Star Haines Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Gateway Kodiak Island Lake and Peninsula Matanuska‑Susitna North Slope Northwest Arctic Petersburg Sitka Skagway Wrangell Yakutat Unorganized

Census Areas	Aleutians West Bethel Dillingham Hoonah‑Angoon Nome Prince of Wales‑Hyder Southeast Fairbanks Valdez‑Cordova Wade Hampton Yukon‑Koyukuk

References

Coordinates: 58°08′N 135°09′W / 58.133°N 135.150°W / 58.133; -135.150

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