Tag: Point Hope
Point Hope (Inupiaq Tikiġaq) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 674.
Point Hope town is located in the Point Hope landhead, at the NW end of the Lisburne Peninsula, on the Chukchi Sea coast, 40 mi. SW of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope at 68°20′49″N 166°45′47″W / 68.34694°N 166.76306°W / 68.34694; -166.76306 (68.347052, -166.762917).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.4 square miles (17 km), of which, 6.3 square miles (16 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) of it (1.09%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 757 people, 186 households, and 151 families residing in the city. The population density was 119.4 people per square mile (46.1/km²). There were 215 housing units at an average density of 33.9 per square mile (13.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 8.72% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 87.05% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.13% from other races,…
