Editing Pilot Station, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Pilot Station
|native_name              = Tuutalgaq
         
| native_name_lang        = esu
|settlement_type          = [[City (Alaska)|City]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska|Kusilvak]]
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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Nicky Myers
|leader_title1            = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
|leader_name1             = [[Donny Olson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
|leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
|leader_name2             = [[Neal Foster]] (D)
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = October 6, 1969<ref>{{cite journal |title=Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974 |journal=Alaska Local Government |volume=XIII |issue=2 |page=66 |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           = 4.87
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 615
|population_density_km2   = 147.86
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|timezone                 = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
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|elevation_ft             = 33
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 99650
|area_code                = [[Area code 907|907]]
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|blank_info               = 02-60750
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'''Pilot Station''' ({{langx|esu|Tuutalgaq}}) is a city in [[Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska]], United States. The population was 615 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], up from 568 in 2010, and up from 550 in 2000.

==Geography==
Pilot Station is located at {{coord|61|56|10|N|162|53|0|W|type:city}} (61.936050, -162.883403),<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> on the northern bank of the lower [[Yukon River]], approximately eighty miles ('as the crow flies') from the Bering Sea.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}} (25.55%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 103
|1920= 145
|1930= 87
|1940= 39
|1950= 52
|1960= 219
|1970= 290
|1980= 325
|1990= 463
|2000= 550
|2010= 568
|2020= 615
|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>
}}
Pilot Station first appeared on the [[1890 U.S. Census]] as the unincorporated Eskimo (Yup'ik) village of "Ankahchagmiut."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=Ankahchagmiut&pg=PA49 |title=Geological Survey Professional Paper |year=1949}}</ref> It did not report again until 1920, then as Pilot Station. It formally incorporated in 1969.

At the 2020 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> there were 615 people, 152 households and 73 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|326.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 152 housing units at an average density of {{convert|74.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup was 97.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American (Yup'ik)]], 1.3% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 2.1% from two or more races.

There were 152 households, of which 61.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.2% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no partner present, 5.3% had a male with no partner present. 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

41.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 58.5% from 18 and over, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 24.4 years. There were 299 females, and 316 males.

''{The [[median household income]] was $31,071 and the median family income was $27,411. Males had a median income of $27,917 and females $16,667. The [[per capita income]] was $7,311. About 25.3% of families and 28.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.0% of those under age 18 and 28.1% of those age 65 or over.}'' [2000 data]

==Education==
K-12 students attend Pilot Station School, operated by the [[Lower Yukon School District]].

==References==
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{{Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska}}
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[[Category:Cities in Alaska]]
[[Category:Cities in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Yukon River]]