Petersburg Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. It is part of the unorganized borough

Unorganized Borough

The Unorganized Borough is the part of the U.S. state of Alaska not contained in any of its 18 organized boroughs. It encompasses more than half of Alaska's area, , an area larger than any other US state...

 and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community is Petersburg

Petersburg, Alaska

Petersburg is a city in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. According to 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 2,824 full time residents.- History :...

. The population was 6,684 at the 2000 census, at which time it was named the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area. The name was changed on June 1, 2008, when Wrangell

Wrangell, Alaska

Wrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine...

, formerly a part of the census area, was incorporated as a city-and-borough. With the departure of Wrangell, the only other large population center is the city of Kake

Kake, Alaska

Kake is a town in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 710 at the 2000 census. The name comes from the Tlingit word or , which is derived from “dawn, daylight” and “mouth”, i.e. “mouth of dawn” or “opening of daylight”.-Geography:Kake is located at...

. A map of the new boundaries can be seen here:

Geography

The census area has a total area of 9021 square miles (23,364.3 km²), of which, 5835 square miles (15,112.6 km²) of it is land and 3186 square miles (8,251.7 km²) of it (35.32%) is water.

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

• Sitka City and Borough, Alaska
  Sitka City and Borough, Alaska
  The City and Borough of Sitka, originally called New Archangel under Russian Rule, is a unified city-borough located on Baranof Island and the southern half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean , in the U.S...
  
   - west, northwest
• Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska - northwest, north
• City and Borough of Wrangell
  Wrangell, Alaska
  Wrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine...
  
   - southeast
• Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska - south

Also shares eastern border with British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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.

• Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia - northeast, east

National protected areas

• Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
  Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
  The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of , of which is wilderness)...
  
   (part of the Gulf of Alaska unit)
  • Hazy Islands Wilderness
    Hazy Islands Wilderness
    Hazy Islands Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was first established as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1912, and officially designated as Wilderness in 1970 by the United States Congress. The islands are part of the Gulf of Alaska unit of the Alaska Maritime National...
    
    
• Tongass National Forest
  Tongass National Forest
  The Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska is the largest national forest in the United States at 17 million acres . Most of its area is part of the temperate rain forest WWF ecoregion, itself part of the larger Pacific temperate rain forest WWF ecoregion, and is remote enough to be home...
  
   (part)
  • Coronation Island Wilderness
    Coronation Island Wilderness
    Coronation Island Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was designated by the United States Congress in 1980. The wilderness area encompasses the entirety of Coronation Island plus the Spanish Islands. It is part of Tongass National Forest, which is managed by the United...
    
    
  • Kuiu Wilderness
  • Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness
  • Stikine-LeConte Wilderness
    Stikine-LeConte Wilderness
    The Stikine-LeConte Wilderness is on the mainland of southeast Alaska, southeast of Petersburg and north of Wrangell, Alaska. The boundary extends from Frederick Sound on the west to the Alaska-Canada boundary on the east. The wilderness is in size...
    
     (part)
  • Tebenkof Bay Wilderness

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 6,684 people, 2,587 households, and 1,764 families residing in the census area. The population density

Population density

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 was 1 people per square mile (0/km²). There were 3,284 housing units at an average density of 1/sq mi (0/km²). The racial makeup of the census area was 73.04% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.22% Black

Race (United States Census)

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 or African American

Race (United States Census)

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, 16.07% Native American

Race (United States Census)

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, 1.62% Asian

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.13% Pacific Islander

Race (United States Census)

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, 1.11% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 7.81% from two or more races. 1.97% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

 or Latino

Race (United States Census)

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 of any race. 1.46% reported speaking Spanish

Spanish language

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 at home, while 1.12% speak Tlingit

Tlingit language

The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English...

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There were 2,587 households out of which 36.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.30% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the census area the population was spread out with 29.70% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 9.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 108.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.80 males.

Cities and towns

• Kake
  Kake, Alaska
  Kake is a town in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 710 at the 2000 census. The name comes from the Tlingit word or , which is derived from “dawn, daylight” and “mouth”, i.e. “mouth of dawn” or “opening of daylight”.-Geography:Kake is located at...
  
  
• Kupreanof
  Kupreanof, Alaska
  Kupreanof is a city at the eastern shore of Kupreanof Island in the Petersburg Census Area, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 23 at the 2000 census, making it the smallest incorporated city in the state.-Geography:...
  
  
• Petersburg
  Petersburg, Alaska
  Petersburg is a city in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. According to 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 2,824 full time residents.- History :...
  
  
• Port Alexander
  Port Alexander, Alaska
  Port Alexander is a city at the southeastern corner of Baranof Island in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 81.-Geography:Port Alexander is located at ....