Editing Hooper Bay, Alaska (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Edward S. Curtis Collection People 011.jpg|thumb|left|Hooper Bay youth, 1930]]
{{US Census population
|1880= 175
|1890= 138
|1930= 209
|1940= 299
|1950= 307
|1960= 460
|1970= 490
|1980= 627
|1990= 845
|2000= 1014
|2010= 1093
|2020= 1375
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
Hooper Bay first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an [[Yup'ik]] settlement of Askinuk.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=hooper+bay&pg=PA49 | title=Geological Survey Professional Paper| year=1949}}</ref> On the 1890 census, it returned as Askinaghamiut. It did not appear again until 1930, when it was first returned as Hooper Bay. It formally incorporated in 1966.

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,014 people, 227 households, and 187 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|116.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 239 housing units at an average density of {{convert|27.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 4.24% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 93.69% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 2.07% from two or more races.  0.10% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 227 households, out of which 61.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% were married couples living together, 30.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 4.47 and the average family size was 4.97.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 49.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 11.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 18 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,667, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $32,083 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $7,841.  About 28.4% of families and 27.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.1% of those under age 18 and 31.6% of those age 65 or over.