Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska with a population of 49,700 as of the 2000 census. The borough seat is Soldotna, its third-largest incorporated community. Its two largest cities are Kenai and Homer. The borough includes the Kenai Peninsula and adjacent areas of the mainland of Alaska.
The borough has a total area of 24,800 square miles (64,100 km²), of which, 16,000 square miles (41,500 km²) of it is land and 8,70...
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Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska with a population of 49,700 as of the 2000 census. The borough seat is Soldotna, its third-largest incorporated community. Its two largest cities are Kenai and Homer. The borough includes the Kenai Peninsula and adjacent areas of the mainland of Alaska.
The borough has a total area of 24,800 square miles (64,100 km²), of which, 16,000 square miles (41,500 km²) of it is land and 8,700 square miles (22,600 km²) of it is water. The total area is 35% water.
Bear Lake, near Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, has been the site of salmon enhancement activities since 1962.
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,700 people, 18,400 households, and 12,700 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 24,900 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 86% white, 7% Native American, 2% Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4% from two or...
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