ALEUTIANS WEST CENSUS AREA, ALASKA

'Aleutians West Census Area' is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of 2000, the population is 5,465. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest city is Unalaska.

Contents
Geography
Adjacent boroughs and census areas
Demographics
Cities and towns
See also

Geography


The census area has a total area of 36,562 km² (14,117 mi²). 11,388 km² (4,397 mi²) of it is land and 25,174 km² (9,720 mi²) of it (68.85%) is water.
Adjacent boroughs and census areas


Aleutians East Borough, Alaska - east

Demographics


As of the census2 of 2000, there were 5,465 people, 1,270 households, and 736 families residing in the census area. The population density was 0.48/km² (1.24/mi²). There were 2,234 housing units at an average density of 0.20/km² (0.51/mi²). The racial makeup of the census area was 40.04% White, 3.02% Black or African American, 20.95% Native American, 24.59% Asian, 0.62% Pacific Islander, 7.32% from other races, and 3.46% from two or more races. 10.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 13.89% reported speaking Tagalog at home, while 11.22% speak Spanish, 5.97% Aleut, and 4.51% Vietnamese &ea=&order=r.
There were 1,270 households out of which 35.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.00% were married couples living together, 7.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.00% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.26.
In the census area the population was spread out with 17.20% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 47.60% from 25 to 44, 25.10% from 45 to 64, and 2.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 180.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 202.10 males.

Cities and towns



Adak

Atka

Attu Station

Eareckson Air Station

Nikolski

St. George

St. Paul

Unalaska

See also



Aleutian Islands

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