Kake
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| Location in Alaska | |||
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| Foundation : | November 3, 1951 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Unorganized Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 58 ′ N , 133 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 557 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 26.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 36.7 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 21.1 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 17 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-36770 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1422926 | ||
Kake is a town on the northwest coast of Kupreanof Island , a 2803 km² island in the Alexander Archipelago in the US state of Alaska . Kake is part of the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area . According to the 2000 census , Kake has 710 residents. The name of the settlement comes from the word K̲éix̲ ' from the Tlingit language .
Kake is the larger of the two settlements on Kupreanof Island. The tallest totem pole in the world, carved by an Indian and made from a single tree trunk, stands in Kake . It was built in 1967 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Alaska Purchase .
Demographics
The 710 inhabitants of Kake found in the 2000 census lived in 246 households; including 171 families. The population density was 34 inhabitants per km². 288 residential units were recorded in the village. 67% of the population were American Indians (= 474) and 24% were white (= 171); 8% said they belonged to several ethnic groups.
Of the 246 households, 41% had children under the age of 18; 25% were single households. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size 3.49.
The population was divided into 34% under 18, 7% from 18 to 24 years, 30% from 25 to 44 years, 23% from 45 to 64 years and 7% from 65 years or older. The median age was 32 years.
The median household income was $ 39,643 and the median family income was $ 42,857. The per capita income in kake was $ 17,411. 15% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual references, comments
- ↑ The tallest totem pole is in Alert Bay on Vancouver Island , but it consists of three parts. It should be 56.4 m high. The former highest was in Victoria ( Spirit of Lekwammen ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) , but it was removed in 2000 because of alleged security risks. The highest still standing, in turn, does not come from an Indian and is in Kalama , Washington ( Record Breaking Totem Poles ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ). So in Kake there is the tallest totem pole, which was carved by an Indian and at the same time consists of one piece.
- ↑ Kake city, Alaska , data sheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .
