Chickaloon, Alaska
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Chickaloon 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
-National protected areas:* Chugach National Forest * Denali National Park and Preserve ** Denali Wilderness * Lake Clark National Park and Preserve ** Lake Clark Wilderness -Demographics:...

, Alaska
Alaska
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, United States
United States
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. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Anchorage metropolitan area
The Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of the Municipality of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough in south central Alaska....

. The population was 213 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

.

Geography

Chickaloon is located at 61°47′38"N 148°28′58"W (61.793994, -148.482733).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 80.2 square miles (207.7 km²), of which, 79.4 square miles (205.6 km²) of it is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) of it (1.05%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there are 213 people, 87 households, and 58 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 is 2.7 people per square mile (1.0/km²). There are 208 housing units at an average density of 2.6/sq mi (1.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP is 77.93% White, 1.41% Black or African American, 15.49% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.88% from other races, and 2.35% from two or more races. 1.41% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 87 households out of which 31.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% are married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 3.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% are non-families. 25.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.45 and the average family size is 3.00.

In the CDP the population is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 41.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 129.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 120.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP is $49,792, and the median income for a family is $49,792. Males have a median income of $41,827 versus $36,607 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the CDP is $14,755. None of the families and 2.8% of the population were living below the poverty line.
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