Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Lake and Peninsula Borough
Left to right, from top: Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache in Port Alsworth, Alagnak River rapids, shore at Nondalton, the Aleutian Express in Chignik Bay, view of Mount Peulik in Becharof National Wildlife Refuge, view of the Twin Lakes
Official seal of Lake and Peninsula Borough
Official logo of Lake and Peninsula Borough
Map of Alaska highlighting Lake and Peninsula Borough
Location within the U.S. state of Alaska
Map of the United States highlighting Alaska
Alaska's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 58°24′N 156°11′W / 58.4°N 156.18°W / 58.4; -156.18
Country United States
State Alaska
IncorporatedApril 24, 1989[1][2]
Named forIliamna Lake, Becharof Lake and Alaska Peninsula
SeatKing Salmon
Largest CDPPort Alsworth
Government
 • MayorGlen R. Alsworth, Sr.
Area
 • Total32,922 sq mi (85,270 km2)
 • Land23,652 sq mi (61,260 km2)
 • Water9,270 sq mi (24,000 km2)  28.2%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,381
 • Density0.042/sq mi (0.016/km2)
Time zoneUTC−9 (Alaska)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−8 (ADT)
Congressional districtAt-large
Websitewww.lakeandpen.com

Lake and Peninsula Borough (Russian: Лейк-энд-Пенинсула, Leyk-end-Peninsula) is a borough in the state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,476,[3] down from 1,631 in 2010.[4] The borough seat of King Salmon[5] is located in neighboring Bristol Bay Borough, although is not the seat of that borough. The most populous community in the borough is the census-designated place of Port Alsworth. With an average of 0.017 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.044 inhabitants/sq mi), the Lake and Peninsula Borough is the least densely populated organized county-equivalent in the United States; only the unorganized Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area has a lower density.

  1. ^ "Substantial Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present". United States Census Bureau, Geography Division. May 24, 2002. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  2. ^ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 11.
  3. ^ "2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places" (Web). State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.