Chignik is a city in Lake And Penins County, Alaska, home to about 27 people across 11 square miles. Its ZIP code is 99564.
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| Nearest major airport | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)452 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Port Heiden Airport (PTH)46 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Anchorage, AK469 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Chignik; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Chignik had 97 residents in the 2020 census, up 23% since 2000.
It’s the 288th largest of 321 towns in Alaska by population.
Lake And Penins County grew from 1,668 residents in 1990 to 1,476 in 2020.
Lake And Penins County, 1990–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
252 jobs at 57 businesses in Lake And Penins County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Chignik.
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
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