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Chignik, Alaska Facts

Area	11.4 mi²
Population	91
Male Population	51 (55.8%)
Female Population	40 (44.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+5.8%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-11.7%
Median Age	44.5 years (Male: 45.6, Female: 42)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$43,632 (2022)
Area Codes	907
Local Time
Timezone	Alaska Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	56.29442, -158.40380
Zip Codes	99564

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Chignik, Alaska Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	86	101	103	86	91	101	113
Population Density	7.6 / mi²	8.9 / mi²	9 / mi²	7.6 / mi²	8 / mi²	8.9 / mi²	9.9 / mi²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Chignik, Alaska Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 11.7% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Chignik, Alaska	+5.8%	-9.9%	-11.7%
Alaska	—	—	—
United States	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Chignik, Alaska Median Age

Median Age: 44.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Chignik, Alaska	44.5 yrs	42 yrs	45.6 yrs
Alaska	34 yrs	34.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
United States	37.4 yrs	38.7 yrs	36.1 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Chignik, Alaska Population Density

Population Density: 8 / mi²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Chignik, Alaska	91	11.39 sq mi	8 / mi²
Alaska	600,952	665,383.6 sq mi	0.9 / mi²
United States	321.6 million	3,796,740.8 sq mi	84.7 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Chignik, Alaska Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 600 to 2030

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Chignik, Alaska Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$42,467	$47,011	$51,534	$48,505	$50,506	$47,460	$46,866	$43,632
Total GDP	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.2M	$1.2M	$1.2M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Chignik, Alaska CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Chignik, Alaska	1,138 tn	12.51 tn	100 tons/mi²
Alaska	9,533,511 tn	15.86 tn	14.3 tons/mi²
United States	5,664,619,810 tn	17.62 tn	1,492 tons/mi²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Chignik, Alaska CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	1,138 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	12.51 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/mi²/year)	100 tons/mi²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (5.7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
6/30/19	2:09 AM	3	60.5 km	30,000 m	60km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
3/12/19	3:00 PM	3.2	66.1 km	125,300 m	78km NNE of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
7/11/18	7:58 PM	3	31.4 km	6,400 m	39km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
6/11/18	1:19 AM	3.2	29.3 km	9,000 m	37km NNE of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
4/1/18	10:51 PM	3.7	63.7 km	46,700 m	58km S of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
3/4/18	1:34 PM	3.9	54.9 km	45,200 m	63km SE of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
1/17/18	5:39 AM	3.3	17.8 km	90,800 m	28km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
7/4/17	12:48 PM	3.1	18.3 km	92,900 m	38km E of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
3/18/17	9:01 AM	4.1	50.8 km	87,400 m	67km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov
12/7/16	10:41 AM	3.4	37.7 km	56,900 m	60km E of Chignik Lake, Alaska	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Chignik, Alaska

Chignik (Alutiiq: Cirniq) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak. At the 2010 census the population was 91.

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