During a planning session, participants identified critical issues or goals that need to be addressed. They are:

Number one goal:
To achieve, improve, safeguard our subsistence cultural way of life and maintain a quality way of living in our community.

In respect to development I echo my forefathers when I say, "We would like to see the quality of our life improve, but not our way of life." TJ Aklin.

The current population of Chignik Bay is ninety-two. This is due to the scarcity of jobs. People are moving elsewhere to find jobs as the commercial fishing industry has reached a low point in recent years.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Chignik Bay had 79 inhabitants. A significant 60.8% of its inhabitants were, completely or in part, Native Alaskan or American Indians, 32.9% white and 2.5% Asian. A small 1.3% of the population was of Hispanic origin. All the permanent residents of the village lived in 29 households. Fifty-one housing units were vacant in the community and of those forty-two were vacant due to seasonal use.

The 20 year population projection for Chignik, at a growth rate of 1.01%, is as follows:

Year Projected Population
2005 92
2006 93
2007 94
2008 95
2009 96
2010 97
2011 98
2012 99
2013 100
2014 101
2015 102
2016 103
2017 104
2018 105
2019 106
2020 107
2021 108
2022 109
2023 110
2024 111
2025 112

In the year 2000, this was a very middle-age community with a median age of 36.3 years (US median 35.3). A high percent of 25.3% of the population was under 19 years old. In the year 2000 Chignik Bay had approximately the same number of females (46.8%) as males (53.2%). Chignik Bay does not show up in the Censuses until the 1880s. The historical analysis of the censuses depicts a community that experienced quick growth spurt and declines of population. Of the population age 25 years and older a total of 25.9% did not complete high school, 25.9% graduated from high school, 31.5% had some college education but no degree, 3.7% with Associates Degrees, and 13% received a bachelor's degree or higher.

CHIGNIK BAY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (As of October 2004)

According to the official school enrollment count for 2004-2005, Chignik Bay School has an enrollment of fourteen (14) students and the grades are as follows:

* Kindergarten - 2
* First Grade - 1
* Second Grade - 1
* Third Grade -0
* Fourth Grade -2
* Fifth Grade- 2
* Sixth Grade - 0
* Seventh Grade - 2
* Eighth Grade - 1
* Ninth Grade - 1
* Tenth Grade - 1
* Eleventh Grade - 0
* Twelfth Grade - 1