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Kodiak is big-city of Alaska, home to more than
a quarter-million people nearly 1/2 the state's population. The
city has shopping malls, national discount stores, movie
theaters, restaurants, high-rise hotels and a busy international
airport. The snowy Chugach Mountains rise just behind the city,
and some of the state's premier natural attractions are nearby:
Denali National Park, the Kenai Peninsula, Katmai National Park
and Portage Glacier.
All but two thousand of the island's 12,000 inhabitants live in
and around its only major town, the likeable and busy fishing
port of KODIAK on the northeastern tip. Before Russian explorers
established a community here in 1792, Aleut and Alutiiq had
fished the area for millennia.
Population (year 2000): 6,334. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,273 (-1.0% change)
Males: 3,379 (53.3%), Females: 2,955 (46.7%)
Zip codes:
99615,
99697.
Median resident age: 33.5 years
Median household income: $55,142 (year 2000)
Median house value: $146,100 (year 2000)
Races in Kodiak:
- White Non-Hispanic (43.7%)
- Filipino (29.2%)
- American Indian (13.1%)
- Hispanic (8.5%)
- Two or more races (5.4%)
- Other race (4.4%)
- Other Asian (1.0%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.9%)
- Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (10.1%), English (5.2%),
Irish (4.8%), United States (4.3%), Swedish (2.7%), Scottish
(2.3%).
Land area: 3.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kodiak
- High school or higher: 78.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
- Unemployed: 5.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 9.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kodiak city
- Never married: 27.8%
- Now married: 55.1%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 3.1%
- Divorced: 12.1%
30.1% Foreign born (24.7% Asia, 3.9% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: -98 (-1.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Kodiak:
- PROVIDENCE KODIAK ISLAND MEDICAL CENTE (1915
EAST REZANOF DR)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Kodiak:
- SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL (about 145 miles; HOMER,
AK)
- CENTRAL PENINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 209 miles;
SOLDOTNA, AK)
- PROVIDENCE SEWARD MEDICAL CENTER (about 263 miles;
SEWARD, AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kodiak:
- KODIAK (about 8 miles; KODIAK, AK; ID: ADQ)
- HOMER (about 142 miles; HOMER, AK; ID: HOM)
- KENAI MUNI (about 207 miles; KENAI, AK; ID: ENA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kodiak:
- KODIAK MUNI (about 2 miles; KODIAK, AK; ID: KDK)
- KODIAK /LILY LAKE/ (about 2 miles; KODIAK, AK; ID:
9Z3)
- TRIDENT BASIN (about 2 miles; KODIAK, AK; ID: T44)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kodiak:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 295 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 580 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK; FT enrollment: 5,034)
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2113 miles; PORT ANGELES,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2160 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2163 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 2164 miles; OLYMPIA,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
- SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2165
miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,908)
Public high school in Kodiak:
- KODIAK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 785; Location:
917 REZANOF EAST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kodiak:
- EAST ELEMENTARY (Students: 449; Location: 200
BENNY BENSON DRIVE; Grades: KG - 06)
- KODIAK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 416;
Location: 1017 REZANOF EAST; Grades: 07 - 08)
- MAIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 277; Location: 128
POWELL AVENUE; Grades: PK - 06)
- NORTH STAR ELEMENTARY (Students: 262;
Location: 961 MALLARD; Grades: KG - 06)
- PETERSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 252; Location:
AVENUE G, BLDG. 550; Grades: PK - 06)
- KODIAK ISLAND CORRESP. (Students: 56;
Location: 722 MILL BAY ROAD; Grades: KG - 12)
- DANGER BAY SCHOOL (Students: 10; Location:
MAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 10)
- KARLUK SCHOOL (Location: MAIN STREET; Grades:
KG - 12)
Private primary/middle schools in Kodiak:
- ST MARY'S SCHOOL (Students: 178; Location:
2932 MILL BAY RD; Grades: PK - 8)
- KODIAK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 99;
Location: P O BOX 49 2320 MILL BAY RD; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Kodiak:
- A. HOLMES JOHNSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating
income: $608,976; Location: 319 LOWER MILL BAY ROAD;
66,585 books; 5,003 audio materials; 2,175 video
materials; 275 serial subscriptions)
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