Port Clarence, Alaska

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Port Clarence, Alaska
settlement_type = CDP
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image_caption = Bering Strait. Port Clarence bay is the large bight in the southeast.
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map_caption = Location of PortClarence, Alaska


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Alaska
subdivision_type2 = Census Area
subdivision_name2 = Nome
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area_total_km2 = 94.4
area_land_km2 = 91.8
area_water_km2 = 2.6
area_total_sq_mi = 36.5
area_land_sq_mi = 35.5
area_water_sq_mi = 1.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 21
population_density_km2 = 0.2
population_density_sq_mi = 0.6

timezone = Alaska (AKST)
utc_offset = -9
timezone_DST = AKDT
utc_offset_DST = -8
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elevation_m = 5
elevation_ft = 16
latd = 65 |latm = 15 |lats = 58 |latNS = N
longd = 166 |longm = 51 |longs = 10 |longEW = W

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area_code = 907
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blank_info = 02-63170
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blank1_info = 1408213
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Port Clarence is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 21 at the 2000 census.

It is located on the spit separating the bay of Port Clarence from the Bering Strait.

Geography

Port Clarence is located at coor dms|65|15|58|N|166|51|10|W|city (65.265974, -166.852765)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 36.5 square miles (94.4 km²), of which, 35.5 square miles (91.8 km²) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²) of it (2.74%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000,GR|2 there were 21 people, 4 households, and 3 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 0.6 people per square mile (0.2/km²). There were 0 housing units at an average density of 0.0/sq mi (0.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.48% White, 4.76% Black or African American, 4.76% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.76% of the population.

There were 4 households out of which none had children under the age of 18 living with them, none were married couples living together, and 0.0% were non-families. No households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 0.00 and the average family size was 0.00.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 33.3% from 18 to 24, 66.7% from 25 to 44, . The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 2,000.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 2,000.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $0, and the median income for a family was $0. Males had a median income of $29,688 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $35,286. There were no families and none of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Constructions

At Port Clarence, there is the LORAN-C transmitter Port Clarence with a 411.48 metre high guyed mast.fact|date=January 2008

Trivia

* Part of the action in the novel "César Cascabel" by Jules Verne takes place in Port Clarence in September 1867.fact|date=January 2008

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