Editing Kwethluk, Alaska

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|official_name            = Kwethluk
|native_name              = Kuiggluk
     
| native_name_lang        = esu
|settlement_type          = [[City (Alaska)|City]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Bethel Census Area, Alaska|Bethel]]
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1975<ref>{{cite book|title=1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=[[Juneau]]|publisher=Alaska Municipal League/[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]]|date=January 1996|page=90}}</ref>
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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Samuel Nicori, 2017
|leader_title1            = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
|leader_name1             = [[Lyman Hoffman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
|leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name2             = [[Conrad McCormick]] (D)
|unit_pref                = Imperial

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|elevation_m              = 3
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|population_total         = 812
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|postal_code              = 99621
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
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'''Kwethluk''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|iː|θ|l|ʊ|k}} {{Respell|KWEETH|luuk}}; {{langx|esu|Kuiggluk}}){{r|YEKPA}} is a city in [[Bethel Census Area, Alaska|Bethel Census Area]] in the U.S. state of [[Alaska]]. At the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] the population was 721, up from 713 in 2000. It is the birthplace of [[Olga Michael|Saint Olga of Alaska]].

==Geography==
[[File:Kwethluk.jpg|thumb|left|Kwethluk from the river]]
Kwethluk is located at {{coord|60|48|8|N|161|25|7|W|type:city}} (60.802332, -161.418556).<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> It lies at the confluence of the [[Kuskokwim River|Kuskokwim]] and [[Kwethluk River|Kwethluk]] rivers in the [[Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alaska Commerce |url=https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=www.commerce.alaska.gov}}</ref> The constantly changing channel gives the village its name: ''Kwethluk'' is derived from the [[Yupik language|Yupik]] '''kuik''', meaning "river", plus '''-rrluk''', meaning "bad, unnatural".<ref>Jacobson, Steven A. 2012. Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary, 2nd edition. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|10.0|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}} of it (14.76%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 75
|1940= 186
|1950= 242
|1960= 325
|1970= 408
|1980= 454
|1990= 558
|2000= 713
|2010= 721
|2020= 812
|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>
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Kwethluk first appeared on the 1880 U.S. census as the unincorporated Eskimo village of Kuigglurmiut.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=kwethluk&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref> It did not appear again until 1940 as the village of "Quithlook." The spelling was changed in 1950 to Kwethluk and the village formally incorporated as a city in 1975.

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, 153 households, and 132 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|71.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 199 housing units at an average density of {{convert|19.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 4.77% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 92.85% Native American, 0.28% Asian, and 1.96% from two or more races.

There were 153 households, out of which 62.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 20.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.1% were non-families. 10.5% 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 4.66 and the average family size was 5.08.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 47.7% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 12.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 20 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,417, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $24,063 versus $14,375 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $6,503. About 29.2% of families and 29.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 31.4% of those under age 18 and 35.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
It is served by the K-12 Ket'acik & Aapalluk Memorial School, operated by the [[Lower Kuskokwim School District]]. {{As of|2018}} it has about 250 students and 15 teachers.<ref>"[http://kwethluk.lksd.org/about/ket_acik___aapalluk_memorial_school/ Ket'acik & Aapalluk Memorial School]." Ket'acik & Aapalluk Memorial School. Retrieved on July 13, 2018.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=YEKPA>{{cite map
 | author =Albert Bangayan
 | year =1987
 | title =Nunamta Ellamta-llu Ayuqucia
 | url =http://eloka-arctic.org/communities/yupik/atlas/index.html#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiIzNjQ5YWUxNmMwNDRiMmFlNjVmZDkxY2VhNWMxNWEwYyIsInMiOjE1MTk3NjY4MTYxMjd9
 | publisher = Calista Elders Councilor
 | access-date = February 27, 2018}}</ref>
}}

{{Coord|display=title|60.802332|-161.418556}}
{{Bethel Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Cities in Bethel Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]