Editing Akutan, Alaska (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 65
|1890= 80
|1920= 66
|1930= 71
|1940= 80
|1950= 86
|1960= 107
|1970= 101
|1980= 169
|1990= 589
|2000= 713
|2010= 1027
|2020= 1589
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

Akutan first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated Aleut village. It reported 65 residents, of whom 63 were Aleut and 2 were White.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics of the Population of Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-17.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1880}}</ref> In 1890, it reported 80 residents, of whom 71 were Native, 6 were Creole (Mixed Russian & Native) and 3 were White.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890 |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v8-01.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=Government Printing Office}}</ref> It did not appear again until the 1920 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population of Outlying Possessions by Civil Divisions: 1920 and earlier years |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084484v1ch5.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1920 |pages=680 & 681}}</ref> It formally incorporated in 1979. Beginning in 1990, it reported an Asian plurality of residents.<ref>{{cite web |title=1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Alaska |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-3.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is one of only three communities in Alaska as of 2010 to have either an Asian plurality (Kodiak) or majority (Adak).<ref>{{cite web |author1=U.S. Census Bureau |title=2010 Census of Population and Housing - Alaska |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-3.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224134536/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-3.pdf |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |date=June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</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> of 2000, there were 713 people, 34 households, and 17 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|50.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 38 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 23.56% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.10% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 15.71% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 38.57% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.28% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 18.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.54% from two or more races. 20.76% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 34 households, out of which 20.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.4% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.1% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 3.1% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 48.2% from 25 to 44, 36.2% from 45 to 64, and 1.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 334.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 342.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $43,125. Males had a median income of $13,988 versus $23,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $12,258. None of the families and 45.5% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 40.0% of those over 64.

During the 2000 U.S. Census, total housing units numbered 38, and vacant housing units numbered 4. It showed 97 residents as employed. The unemployment rate at that time was 83.89 percent, although 84.84 percent of all adults were not in the work force.