Editing Levelock, Alaska

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|official_name            = Levelock, Alaska
|native_name              = Liivlek
     
| native_name_lang        = esu
|other_name               = Kivichakh
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula]]
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|leader_name              = Glen Alsworth, Sr.<ref>{{Cite book|title=2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2015|page=12}}</ref>
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|leader_name1             = [[Lyman Hoffman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
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|leader_name2             = [[Bryce Edgmon]] ([[Independent politician|I]])
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'''Levelock''' ({{langx|esu|Liivlek}}) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) along the [[Kvichak River]] in [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula Borough]], [[Alaska]], United States. It was known by the indigenous name of '''Kivichakh''',<ref>{{cite book|last=Hodge|first=Frederick Webb|title=Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1wYAAAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Scholarly Press|page=1075|quote= Kivichakh = Kvichak}}</ref> a variant of ''[[Kvichak (disambiguation)|Kvichak]]''. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 69,<ref name="2020 Census Data">{{cite web | url = https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/2020-census-data.html | title = 2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places | format = Web | publisher = State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development | access-date = December 5, 2021}}</ref> same amount as in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0243810| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Levelock CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=August 15, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213084757/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0243810| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Levelock is located at {{coord|59|6|37|N|156|51|31|W|type:city}} (59.110141, -156.858684).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It sits on the west bank of the Kvichak River, {{convert|18|mi}} north of its mouth at [[Kvichak Bay]] and {{convert|47|mi}} by river southwest (downstream) from [[Igiugig, Alaska|Igiugig]] at the outlet of [[Iliamna Lake]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Levelock CDP has a total area of {{convert|31.3|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 37
|1950= 76
|1960= 88
|1970= 74
|1980= 79
|1990= 105
|2000= 122
|2010= 69
|2020= 69
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
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Levelock first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the native village of "Kivichakh."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=levelock&pg=PA49|title=Geological Survey Professional Paper|date=October 31, 2018|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}}</ref> It did not appear again until 1950, as Levelock. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) in 1980.

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 122 people, 45 households, and 25 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|8.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 50 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 4.92% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 89.34% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 5.74% from two or more races. 2.46% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 45 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.4% were non-families. 42.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.96.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 40.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 144.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 128.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,750, and the median income for a family was $31,667. Males had a median income of $30,417 versus $30,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $12,199. There were 16.7% of families and 24.5% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 29.7% of under eighteens and 50.0% of those over 64.

The Tribal Village of Levelock has three key economic drivers: tourism (sport fishing and lodges), a commercial seafood plant scheduled to open 2018-19 and tender services along the major river systems of southwest Alaska. In 2017, the village provided increased transparency of these and other projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.levelock.org/|title=How to Win Netent Slots|website=www.levelock.org}}</ref>

== Notable residents ==
* [[Adelheid Herrmann]], Alaskan state legislator (1983–89), researcher

==References==
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{{Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]