Editing Grayling, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Grayling
| native_name                     = {{lang|hoi|Sixno' Xidakagg}}
| settlement_type                 = [[City (Alaska)|City]]
| nickname                        = 
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| pushpin_map                     = USA Alaska
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Alaska

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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Alaska]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Census Area]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska|Yukon-Koyukuk]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = 
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Ivan Demientieff<ref>{{Cite book|title=2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2015|page=68}}</ref>
| leader_title1                   = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
| leader_name1                    = [[Click Bishop]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| leader_title2                   = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
| leader_name2                    = [[Mike Cronk]] (R)
| established_title               = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date                = June 9, 1969<ref>{{cite journal|title=Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974|journal=Alaska Local Government|volume=XIII|issue=2|page=37|location=Juneau|publisher=[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]]|date=January 1974}}</ref>

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| area_total_km2                  = 29.10
| area_land_km2                   = 29.08
| area_water_km2                  = 0.02
| area_total_sq_mi                = 11.23
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 11.23
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.01

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 210
| timezone                        = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -9
| timezone_DST                    = AKDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -8
| elevation_footnotes             = 
| elevation_m                     = 21
| elevation_ft                    = 69
| coordinates                     = {{coord|62|54|38|N|160|4|2|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 99590
| area_code                       = [[Area code 907|907]]
| area_code_type                  = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 02-30060
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| blank1_info                     = {{GNIS 4|1402921}}
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| population_density_sq_mi        = 18.70
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| population_density_km2          = 7.22
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'''Grayling''' ({{lang|hoi|Sixno' Xidakagg}} in [[Holikachuk language]]) is a city in [[Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]], United States. At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the population was 194, unchanged from 2000. Since 1977, the [[Athabaskan]] village has seen a surge of interest on odd-numbered years, when it is the site of a checkpoint during the [[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]]. It is situated after the checkpoint at [[Anvik, Alaska|Anvik]] and before [[Eagle Island, Alaska|Eagle Island]].

==Geography==
Grayling is located at {{coord|62|54|38|N|160|4|2|W|type:city}} (62.910472, -160.067250).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|10.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|10.9|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and 0.09% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 139
|1980= 209
|1990= 208
|2000= 194
|2010= 194
|2020= 210
|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>
}}
Grayling first appeared on the 1970 U.S. Census as a city. It incorporated in 1969.

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 194 people, 51 households, and 37 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|17.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 63 housing units at an average density of {{convert|5.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 7.22% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 88.14% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.12% from two or more races. 1.03% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

Of the 51 households, 47.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 19.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.80 and the average family size was 4.39.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 46.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 20 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $21,875, and the median income for a family was $18,750. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $7,049. About 62.1% of families and 64.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 82.9% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grayling, AK {{!}} Data USA |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/grayling-ak |website=datausa.io |access-date=November 14, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Education==
The [[Iditarod Area School District]] operates the David Louis Memorial School in Grayling.<ref>"[http://www.iditarodsd.org/new-page-44/ David Louis Memorial School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328110223/http://www.iditarodsd.org/new-page-44/ |date=2017-03-28 }}." [[Iditarod Area School District]]. Retrieved on March 28, 2017.</ref>

==References==
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{{Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]
[[Category:Cities in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Yukon River]]