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==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |1880= 420 |1890= 381 |1920= 114 |1930= 319 |1940= 342 |1950= 429 |1960= 395 |1970= 400 |1980= 465 |1990= 638 |2000= 572 |2010= 459 |2020= 357 |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> }} Angoon first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the native village of "Augoon" with 420 residents, all members of the [[Tlingit]] tribe.<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> The area returned as "Hoochinoo" (AKA Kootznahoo) in 1890.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRcwAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Annovokhamiut%22&pg=RA2-PA164 |title = Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census, 1890|year = 1893|last1 = Census Office|first1 = United States}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanus |first1=G.C. |title=Anchorages and Passages in the waters on the S.W. Coast of Alaska |url=http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu/lizardtech/iserv/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States\Alaska\\Alaska1881b.sid&wid=1000&hei=900&props=item(Name,Description),cat(Name,Description)&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl |website=University of Alabama - Department of Geography |date=1880}}</ref> Angoon did not appear again on the census until 1920.<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 has appeared on every successive census to date as of 2010,<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> and incorporated as a city in 1963. 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 572 people, 184 households, and 138 families residing in the city. The population density was 25.4 people per square mile (9.8/km{{sup|2}}). There were 221 housing units at an average density of 9.8 per square mile (3.8/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the city was 81.99% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 11.36% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 5.42% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race, 0.52% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 1.40% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.55% from two or more races. Of the 184 households, 42.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.64. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 34.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,861, and the median income for a family was $31,429. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $30,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $11,357. About 27.0% of families and 27.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 39.1% of those under age 18 and 20.0% of those age 65 or over.
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