Lake and Peninsula Borough | |
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Coordinates: 58°24′N 156°11′W / 58.4°N 156.18°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Incorporated | April 24, 1989[1][2] |
Named for | Iliamna Lake, Becharof Lake and Alaska Peninsula |
Seat | King Salmon |
Largest CDP | Port Alsworth |
Government | |
• Mayor | Glen R. Alsworth, Sr. |
Area | |
• Total | 32,922 sq mi (85,270 km2) |
• Land | 23,652 sq mi (61,260 km2) |
• Water | 9,270 sq mi (24,000 km2) 28.2% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,381 |
• Density | 0.042/sq mi (0.016/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−9 (Alaska) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (ADT) |
Congressional district | At-large |
Website | www |
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.