Official Name: | Kenny Lake, Alaska |
Settlement Type: | CDP |
Pushpin Map: | Alaska |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alaska |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Census Area |
Subdivision Name2: | Copper River |
Leader Title: | State senator |
Leader Name: | Click Bishop (R) |
Leader Title1: | State rep. |
Leader Name1: | Mike Cronk (R) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 503.96 |
Area Land Km2: | 503.76 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.20 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 194.58 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 194.50 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 234 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.46 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1.20 |
Timezone: | Alaska (AKST) |
Utc Offset: | -9 |
Timezone Dst: | AKDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -8 |
Elevation M: | 369 |
Elevation Ft: | 1211 |
Coordinates: | 61.7033°N -144.8967°W |
Area Code: | 907 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 02-38910 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1866955 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Kenny Lake is a farming community - one of the last to be homesteaded in America. Kenny Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 234, down from 355 in 2010.[2]
Kenny Lake is located at 61.7033°N -144.8967°W (61.703384, -144.896546).[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 194.58sqmi, of which, 194.5sqmi of it is land and 0.08sqmi of it (0.04%) is water.
Kenny Lake first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 410 people, 143 households, and 96 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 190 housing units at an average density of 1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.68% White, 10.24% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 2.68% from other races, and 3.90% from two or more races. 5.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 143 households, 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were married couples living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.52.
In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 32.4% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.4 males. There are also large numbers of wild geese.
Males had a median income of $40,938 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $13,121. About 22.7% of families and 25.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.