Alpine Northwest, Wyoming
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Alpine Northwest is a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Lincoln County, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 152 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Alpine Northwest is located on U.S. Route 26
U.S. Route 26
U.S. Route 26 is an east–west United States highway. It started in Ogallala, Nebraska, and gradually grew to reach the West Coast in Oregon. When the U.S. highway system was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming; by the 1950s, it continued into Idaho and Oregon. The...

 just north of Alpine, Wyoming
Alpine, Wyoming
Alpine is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 550 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alpine is located at the southern end of the Snake River Canyon where the Snake River enters Palisades Reservoir. The town is also known as Alpine Junction since it marks the point...

, on the east shore of Palisades Reservoir.

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km²), of which, 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²) of it is land and 0.69% is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 152 people, 77 households, and 45 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 106.0 people per square mile (41.0/km²). There were 118 housing units at an average density of 82.3/sq mi (31.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.37% White, 0.66% Native American, 0.66% Pacific Islander, and 1.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.63% of the population.

There were 77 households out of which 13.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.97 and the average family size was 2.43.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 11.2% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 35.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 105.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,250, and the median income for a family was $65,167. Males had a median income of $50,208 versus $37,917 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $22,948. None of the families and 3.3% of the population were living below the poverty line.

Education

Public education in the community of Alpine Northwest is provided by Lincoln County School District #2
Lincoln County School District Number 2
Lincoln County School District #2 is a public school district based in Afton, Wyoming, United States.-Geography:Lincoln County School District #2 serves the western portion of Lincoln County, including the following communities:*Incorporated places...

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