Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

144 N Binkley St
Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone: (907) 262-4441
Fax: (907) 262-8615
www.borough.kenai.ak.us

In south-central AK, bounded on west by Cook Inlet, on east by the Gulf of Alaska, inlets of the Pacific. Established by combining the former divisions of Kenai-Cook Inlet and Seward. Name Origin: For a local Indian tribe; meaning of name unknown

Area (sq mi):: 24754.60 (land 16013.26; water 8741.34) Population per square mile: 3.20
Population 2005: 51,960 State rank: 4 Population change: 2000-20005 4.60%; 1990-2000 21.80% Population 2000: 49,691 (White 85.10%; Black or African American 0.50%; Hispanic or Latino 2.20%; Asian 1.00%; Other 12.40%). Foreign born: 2.70%. Median age: 36.30
Income 2000: per capita $20,949; median household $46,397; Population below poverty level: 10.00% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $28,156-$29,362
Unemployment (2004): 9.60% Unemployment change (from 2000): 0.00% Median travel time to work: 25.60 minutes Working outside county of residence: 7.30%

Cities with population over 10,000: None

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References in periodicals archive

(93) And Kenai Peninsula Borough has a population of about 58,600 people and a land area of about 16,075 square miles (roughly 3.5 people per square mile).

HUNT V. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH: THE SEARCH FOR CLARITY IN LEGISLATIVE PRAYER SPEAKER SELECTION

“The Kenai Peninsula Borough was looking for a system using a modern technology platform, designed to allow our users to easily pull out more meaningful information and to provide better productivity.

Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK Becomes MS Govern's Newest Customer on the Business Tax Suite

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, where Mirandah and her tutor were working together, spreads out over 25,600 square miles and includes 40 schools, four of which can be reached only by plane or boat.

Guiding Children to Be Strategic Readers

"A lot of communication has taken place," says Mike Navarre, Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor.

Bugged

Anchorage Home Prices Are Highest Average price of single-family house in 2016 Anchorage, Municipality $383,830 Juneau, City and Borough $373,046 Statewide $323,909 Ketchikan Gateway Borough $322,754 Kodiak Island Borough $303,396 Matanuska-Susitna Borough $283,204 Kenai Peninsula Borough $269,436 Fairbanks North Star Borough $257,654 Bethel $239,333 Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Quarterly Survey of Mortgage Lending Activity Note: Table made from bar graph.

Alaska's cost of living

They are: Nancy McKay, chief financial officer, Jenks (Okla.) Public Schools: Margaret Boice, deputy superintendent, Norwich City (N.Y.) SD; Cheryl Crates, chief financial officer, Community Unit SD #300, Carpentersville, Ill.; and Melody Douglas, chief financial officer, Kenai Peninsula Borough SD, Soldotna, Alaska.

ASBO awards honor business officers

News and other information will continue without interruption from a new home, courtesy of the Kenai Peninsula Borough government.

Federal Coordinator's Office closes; Persily takes job with Alaska Borough

You may not know that its president this year is Melody Douglas, who, along With her ASBO duties (and being the author of this quote), also juggles being the chief financial officer for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Soldotna, Alaska.

Dual leadership roles

Persily works for the Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor's office.

Kenai Peninsula could house $45 billion gold mine, natural gas line