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Port Protection first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). At the 2000 census there were 63 people, 31 households, and 12 families in the CDP. The population density was 14.1 inhabitants per square mile (5.4/km 2). There were 52 housing units at an average density of 11.6 per square mile (4.5/km 2).
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
Portlock was located adjacent to another community known as Port Chatham (which takes its name from Port Chatham bay). [4] Seldovia is located c. 16 miles (26 km) north of Portlock; a chromite mining camp, known as Chrome, [8] was also located near Portlock, which operated in the early-twentieth century. [9]
In 2005, the population of Alaska was 663,661, which is an increase of 5,906, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an increase of 36,730, or 5.9%, since the year 2000. [2] This includes a natural increase since the last census of 36,590 people (53,132 births minus 16,542 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 1,181 people into the state.
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2010 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants but is the largest by land area spanning 665,384.04 square miles (1,723,336.8 km 2) of land.
Approximately 6,000 people live on the island. Craig is the largest community; founded as a saltery in the early 20th century, it has a population of 1,500 people. Some 900 more live in Klawock, a long-established village that grew with the boom of the fishing industry. Hollis was a boom-and-bust mining town, most active from 1900 to about 1915.
The steps by the Interior Department are aligned with President Joe Biden's goal to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters as part of his climate change agenda. In a statement, Interior said it had ...
The population of McCarthy and Kennecott fell to almost zero until the 1970s, when the area began to draw young people from the many who came to Alaska in the '70s for adventure and the big money of the Trans Alaska Pipeline project. In the '80s, after the area was designated Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (1980), it began to draw some ...