Editing South Naknek, Alaska

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|official_name            = South Naknek
|native_name              = Qinuyang 
     
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|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alaska]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska|Bristol Bay]]
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|leader_name              = Karl Anderson<ref>{{Cite book|title=2015 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory|location=Juneau|publisher=Alaska Municipal League|year=2015|page=4}}</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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|postal_code              = 99670
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'''South Naknek''' ({{langx|esu|Qinuyang}}) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 67, down from 79 in 2010.<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>

==Geography==
South Naknek is located at {{coord|58|42|42|N|157|1|3|W|type:city}} (58.711630, -157.017460).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|89.88|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|87.45|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|2.43|sqmi|km2}} of it (2.70%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020" />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 192
|1940= 134
|1960= 142
|1970= 154
|1980= 145
|1990= 136
|2000= 137
|2010= 79
|2020= 67
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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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South Naknek first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as one of two unincorporated Inuit villages called "Paugwik."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&dq=south+naknek&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}</ref> This apparently also included the future village of [[Naknek, Alaska|Naknek]] on the north side of the Naknek River. There is confusion as to whether the villages listed on the 1890 census, Pakwik (population 93) and Kinuyak (AKA Kinghiak) (population 51) were on either the south or north side of the river. Not until the 1940 census would South Naknek return again, and (for the first time) under that name. It did not appear in 1950, but returned again in 1960 and in every successive census. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) as of the 1980 census. Within the present boundaries is also the former village of Savonoski, which appeared once on the 1940 census with a population of 20, located east of the village of South Naknek (now a ghost).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&dq=savonoski&pg=PA49 | title=Geological Survey Professional Paper| year=1949}}</ref> This is not to be confused with a village of the same name, which was evacuated following the Katmai eruptions of 1912.

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 137 people, 46 households, and 33 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 137 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 13.14% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.46% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 83.94% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.73% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]] and 0.73% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]]. 2.19% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 46 households, out of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.32.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 128.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 128.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $22,344, and the median income for a family was $44,375. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $23,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $13,019. There were 16.1% of families and 27.1% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 41.7% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Education==
Young residents of South Naknek attend high school at Bristol Bay High School, in Naknek, Alaska. Naknek is located on the opposite side of the river. There is no bridge connecting the two towns, so school-children must be flow across the river and the beginning and the end of the school day. The Bristol Bay School District has provided this service as recently as 2008<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008|title=Safe Routes to Schools Plan For the Bristol Bay Borough and Bristol Bay Borough School District|url=https://dot.alaska.gov/stwdplng/saferoutes/assets/NaknekSRTSPlan.doc|access-date=October 5, 2021|website=Alaska Department of Transportation}}</ref> for school-children whose "school bus" from South Naknek to Naknek is an airplane.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Colton|first=Hannah|title=Air taxi brings South Naknek students to school, slowing village's decline|url=https://www.kdlg.org/post/air-taxi-brings-south-naknek-students-school-slowing-villages-decline|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=www.kdlg.org|language=en}}</ref>

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{{Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean]]
[[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Alaska]]