Lake Minchumina, Alaska

Geography

Lake Minchumina is located at . It is the nearest settlement to the geographic center of Alaska.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 244.1 sqmi, of which, 216.4 sqmi of it is land and 27.7 sqmi of it (11.34%) is water.

Climate

Minchumina has a continental subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc).

|Jan record high F = 47 |Feb record high F = 40 |Mar record high F = 51 |Apr record high F = 67 |May record high F = 84 |Jun record high F = 90 |Jul record high F = 92 |Aug record high F = 85 |Sep record high F = 74 |Oct record high F = 61 |Nov record high F = 44 |Dec record high F = 42

|Jan avg record high F = 24.1 |Feb avg record high F = 30.1 |Mar avg record high F = 37.0 |Apr avg record high F = 54.5 |May avg record high F = 74.0 |Jun avg record high F = 79.7 |Jul avg record high F = 82.7 |Aug avg record high F = 75.0 |Sep avg record high F = 65.7 |Oct avg record high F = 50.3 |Nov avg record high F = 30.7 |Dec avg record high F = 27.8 |year avg record high F = 83.9

|Jan avg record low F = -37.5 |Feb avg record low F = -27.4 |Mar avg record low F = -21.9 |Apr avg record low F = 0.9 |May avg record low F = 24.1 |Jun avg record low F = 38.6 |Jul avg record low F = 42.6 |Aug avg record low F = 36.6 |Sep avg record low F = 26.1 |Oct avg record low F = 6.3 |Nov avg record low F = -17.8 |Dec avg record low F = -29.2 |year avg record low F = -40.8

|Jan record low F = -66 |Feb record low F = -62 |Mar record low F = -44 |Apr record low F = -38 |May record low F = -8 |Jun record low F = 31 |Jul record low F = 34 |Aug record low F = 25 |Sep record low F = 9 |Oct record low F = -21 |Nov record low F = -48 |Dec record low F = -62

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Demographics

|align-fn=center Lake Minchumina first appeared as an unincorporated village on the 1950 U.S. Census. It appeared again in 1960, but did not report in 1970 or 1980. It returned again in 1990 as a census-designated place (CDP).

As of the census of 2000, there were 32 people, 16 households, and 9 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 0.1 PD/sqmi. There were 41 housing units at an average density of 0.2 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.38% White, 3.12% Native American, and 12.50% from two or more races. 6.25% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 16 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.67.

In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 18.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 40.6% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 3.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,781. None of the population and none of the families were below the poverty line.

Education

It was previously served by the Minchumina School of the Iditarod Area School District.

References

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
2. (February 12, 2011). "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". [[United States Census Bureau]].
3. "The Geography of Alaska". Alaska Humanities Forum.
4. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov.
5. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
6. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20011016004147/http://www.iditarodsd.org/Pages/Schools.html Schools]." [[Iditarod Area School District]]. October 16, 2001. Retrieved on March 28, 2017.