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Kake is a city located in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 710.
Geography
Kake is located at 56°58'15" North, 133°56'2" West (56.970841, -133.933751)1.
Kake is located on the northwest coast of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.7 km˛ (14.2 mi˛). 21.1 km˛ (8.2 mi˛) of it is land and 15.5 km˛ (6.0 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 42.37% water.
Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 710 people, 246 households, and 171 families residing in the city. The population density is 33.6/km˛ (87.0/mi˛). There are 288 housing units at an average density of 13.6/km˛ (35.3/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city is 24.08% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 66.76% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.56% from other races, and 8.03% from two or more races. 1.55% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 246 households out of which 41.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% are married couples living together, 13.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% are non-families. 24.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.88 and the average family size is 3.49.
In the city the population is spread out with 33.8% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 113.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 112.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $39,643, and the median income for a family is $42,857. Males have a median income of $44,167 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,411. 14.6% of the population and 13.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 23.7% of those under the age of 18 and 4.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
History Kupreanof Island has been settled by the Kake tribe of Tlingits since prehistoric times. The Kake tribe were feared by European settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries. During the Kake War, three Kake villages on the island were destroyed by bombardment from a United States Navy vessel in reprisal for some shootings. The Kakes rebuilt a single village in the 1890s at the present location of Kake.
Kake is the site of a 132-foot totem pole, the world's largest, carved in 1967 for the Alaska Purchase centennial.
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External links - Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=56.970841&longitude=-133.933751&zoom=6)
- Topographic map from Topozone (http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=56.970841&lon=-133.933751&s=200&size=m&layer=DRG100)
- Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=-133.933751&lat=56.970841&w=750&h=500)
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