Editing Nunapitchuk, Alaska (section)

==Demographics==
{{update section|date=May 2023|reason=Newer information is available in the 2010 and 2020 census reports}}

{{US Census population
|align=left
|1940= 121
|1950= 125
|1960= 327
|1990= 378
|2000= 466
|2010= 496
|2010n={{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|2020= 594
|2020n={{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|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>{{failed verification|date=May 2023|reason=No mention of Nunapitchuk at the given link}}
}}

Nunapitchuk first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as the unincorporated native village of "Nunatpichuk" (apparently erroneously spelled).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33973538v1ch11.pdf |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It was returned as Nunapitchuk in 1950<ref>{{Cite web |title=Number of Inhabitants Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41601749v2p51-54ch2.pdf |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> and 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Number of Inhabitants Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721577v1p3ch2.pdf |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> In 1969, Nunapitchuk and the neighboring village of [[Kasigluk, Alaska|Kasigluk]] were merged to form the city of Akolmiut. (See City of Akolmiut below) In 1982, both communities decided to dissolve Akolmiut and become separate cities again.<ref name="census.gov">{{Cite web |title=1990 Census of Population and Housing Alaska |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401004602/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-3.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2004 |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Nunapitchuk returned again beginning on the 1990 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Census of Population and Housing Alaska |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph5/cph-5-3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040721184009/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph5/cph-5-3.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2004 |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> and in every successive census to date (2010).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-3.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318011024/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blank |first=Rebecca M. |title=Alaska 2010: Summary Population and Housing Characteristics |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019110552/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-3.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

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>{{failed verification|date=May 2023|reason=No mention of Nunapitchuk at the given link}} of 2000, there were 466 people, 105 households, and 91 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|59.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 120 housing units at an average density of {{convert|15.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 3.43% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 95.49% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.43% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.21% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.43% from two or more races.

There were 105 households, out of which 67.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.4% were non-families. 10.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.44 and the average family size was 4.88.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 41.8% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 15.7% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,286, and the median income for a family was $30,313. Males had a median income of $16,250 versus $36,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $8,364. About 14.6% of families and 20.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.9% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.