Salcha, Alaska

According to the United States Census Bureau, Salcha’s statistically isolated area has a total area of ​​192.18 square kilometers, of which 186.48 square kilometers. kilometers is land and 5.7 square meters. kilometers - water. The area of ​​water resources is 2.97% of its total area.

Statistically isolated area Salcha is located at an altitude of 204 meters above sea ​​level ^[1] .

According to the 2000 census ^[2] , 854 people, 224 families, there were 317 households and 388 houses. The average population density was about 4.6 people per square kilometer. The racial composition of Salch according to the census was as follows: 87.82% of whites , 1.64% of black or African Americans , 3.86% of Native Americans , 0.94% of Asians , 0.23% of people from Pacific islands 4.22% - representatives of mixed races, 1.29% - other ethnic groups. Hispanic speakers accounted for 2.81% of all residents in statistically isolated areas.

Of the 317 households in 36% - raised children under the age of 18, 59.3% were married couples living together, 8.2% of families were women without husbands, 29.3% were non-families. At the time of the census, 21.5% of the total number of families lived on their own, while 3.5% were single elderly people aged 65 and over. The average household size was 2.69 people, and the average family size was 3.16 people.

According to the 2000 census, the population of the statistically isolated area was distributed as follows: 29.6% - residents under 18 years old, 5.9% - between 18 and 24 years old, 29.6% - from 25 to 44 years old, 28, 6% - from 45 to 64 years old and 6.3% - aged 65 years and older. The average age of residents was 38 years. For every 100 women in Salcha, there were 111.4 men, while for every hundred women 18 years and older, there were 115.4 men also over 18 years old.

The average household income in statistically isolated areas was $ 54,063, and the average household income was $ 61,563. At the same time, men had an average income of 42,863 US dollars per year versus 26,071 dollars of average annual income for women. The per capita income in a statistically isolated area was $ 22,616 per year. All Salch families had incomes above the poverty level, 3.9% of the total population was below the poverty line at the time of the census, while all residents under 18 and over 65 years of age had a cumulative income that exceeded the subsistence minimum.