Editing Shaktoolik, Alaska (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 60
|1890= 38
|1920= 73
|1930= 104
|1940= 128
|1950= 127
|1960= 187
|1970= 151
|1980= 164
|1990= 178
|2000= 230
|2010= 251
|2020= 212
|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>
}}
Shaktoolik first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Inuit village of "Shaktolik."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=shaktolik&pg=PA49 | title=Geological Survey Professional Paper| year=1949}}</ref> All 60 of its residents were Inuit.<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> It returned in 1890 as "Shaktolit." All 38 of its residents were native.<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 next appeared on the 1920 census as "Shakolik." In 1930 and 1940, it returned as "Shaktolik." In 1950, it again returned as "Shaktolik" with the alternative spelling of Shaktoolik, the first time the present spelling appeared. In 1960, it reverted to "Shaktolik" and incorporated under the name in 1969. In 1980, it appeared under the present spelling again, Shaktoolik, and has continued to in every successive census.

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 230 people, 60 households, and 48 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|216.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 66 housing units at an average density of {{convert|62.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 5.22% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 94.35% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 0.43% from two or more races.

Of the 60 households, 53.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.83 and the average family size was 4.42.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 39.1% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.2 males.

The Shaktoolik economy is based on subsistence, with some part-time wage earnings. Cash jobs include commercial fishing and jobs with the City and the school. Reindeer herding also provides income and meat. Fish, crab, moose, beluga whale, caribou, seal, rabbit, geese, cranes, ducks, [[Lagopus|ptarmigan]] (including their eggs), berries, greens, and roots are also primary subsistence food sources.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,875, and the median income for a family was $35,000. Males had a median income of $30,313 versus $37,917 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $10,491.  None of the families and 6.1% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 18.8% of those over 64.