Chenega, Alaska
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Chenega is a census-designated place located in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, along Prince William Sound. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP was 86, largely consisting of Chugach Native Americans. Chenega was entirely destroyed on Good Friday, 1964 by a tsunami from the Alaska Earthquake, which killed 1/3 of the 68 people who then lived there. Some Chenega residents moved into a refugee camp and others moved to other towns. In 1982, one family moved to Evans Island and between 1984-1991 about 26 other families migrated to the new location, now called Chenega Bay.
Former and current Chenaga residents gathered each Good Friday to remember the dead of Chenega. On the 25th Good Friday after the earthquake, in 1989, the ship Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound and caused a large oil spill that devastated Chenaga and other places around the area economically.
Geography
Chenega is located at 60°3'59" North, 148°0'40" West (60.066327, -148.010991)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 75.5 km² (29.1 mi²). 74.6 km² (28.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.17% water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 86 people, 22 households, and 17 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 1.2/km² (3.0/mi²). There are 27 housing units at an average density of 0.4/km² (0.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP is 22.09% White, 0.00% Black or African American, 73.26% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 4.65% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 22 households out of which 40.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% are married couples living together, 9.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% are non-families. 13.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 0.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.55 and the average family size is 3.83.
In the CDP the population is spread out with 33.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 30 years. For every 100 females there are 132.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 119.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP is $53,750, and the median income for a family is $58,750. Males have a median income of $75,938 versus $32,500 for females. The per capita income for the CDP is $13,382. 15.6% of the population and 16.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 0.0% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.