Editing Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

{{Short description|Census area in Alaska, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
 | state                = Alaska
 | type                 = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Census area]]
 | ex image             = White Mountains NRA (16102401664).jpg
 | ex image size        = 300px
 | ex image cap         = [[White Mountains National Recreation Area]]
 | seal                 = 
 | map_county           = Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
 | founded year         = 1980<ref>In 1980, the [[United States Census Bureau]] divided the [[Unorganized Borough]] into 12 census areas.</ref>
 | founded date         = 
 | founded title        = Established
 | seat wl              = 
 | largest city wl      = Galena
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 147842
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 145505
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 2300
 | area percentage      = 1.6%
 | pop                  = 5,179
 | density_sq_mi        = 0.038
 | web                  = 
 | district             = At-large
 | time zone            = Alaska
 | named for            = [[Yukon River]] and [[Koyukuk River]]
 | census yr            = 2020
}}

'''Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area''' ({{IPAc-en|'|j|u:|k|ɒ|n|_|ˈ|k|ai|j|ə|k|ə|k}} {{respell|YOO|kon|_|KY|yə|kək}}) is a [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|census area]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 5,343,<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 = October 31, 2021
 }}
</ref> down from 5,588 in 2010.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02/02290.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519021122/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02/02290.html|archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> With an area of {{convert|147842.51|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}, it is the largest of any [[county-equivalent|county or county-equivalent]] in the United States. While slightly larger than the entire state of [[Montana]], the census area only consists of 22.2% of Alaska's total area.<ref name="US Census Land Area">{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/LND110210 | title = Land area in square miles, 2010 | format = Web | publisher = U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts | access-date = November 20, 2021}}</ref> It is part of the [[unorganized borough]] of Alaska and therefore has no [[borough seat]]. Its largest communities are the cities of [[Galena, Alaska|Galena]], in the west, and [[Fort Yukon, Alaska|Fort Yukon]], in the northeast.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the census area has {{convert|147805|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|145505|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2300|sqmi}} (1.6%) is water.<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> The area is slightly larger than the entire U.S. state of [[Montana]], itself the fourth largest state, or the country of [[Japan]], and makes up slightly more than 1/5 of the state of Alaska. The area is bigger than 47 of the other 49 states, with only [[California]] and [[Texas]] being bigger. Its population density, at {{convert|{{#expr: (6551/145900) round 4}}|PD/sqmi|/sqkm}}, is the lowest in the United States.

===Adjacent boroughs and census areas===
{{div col}}
* [[North Slope Borough, Alaska]] – north
* [[Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska]] – southeast
* [[Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska]] – southeast
* [[Denali Borough, Alaska]] – southeast
* [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska]] – south
* [[Bethel Census Area, Alaska]] – south
* [[Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska]] – west
* [[Nome Census Area, Alaska]] – west
* [[Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska]] – northwest
* [[Yukon Territory]], Canada – east
{{div col end}}

===National protected areas===
{{div col}}
* [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
** [[Mollie Beattie Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve]] (part)
** [[Gates of the Arctic Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Innoko National Wildlife Refuge]]
** [[Innoko Wilderness]]
* [[Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
** [[Koyukuk Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Noatak National Preserve]]
* [[Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Selawik National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
** [[Selawik Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Steese National Conservation Area]]
* [[White Mountains National Recreation Area]]
* [[Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve]] (part)
* [[Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge]]
{{div col end}}


==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 4097
|1970= 4752
|1980= 7873
|1990= 8478
|2000= 6551
|2010= 5588
|2020= 5343
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5129
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census
|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|archive-date=August 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ak190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201114211/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ak190090.txt|archive-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014|url-status= live}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="2020 Census Data" /><ref name="QF"/>
}}

At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 6,551 people, 2,309 households, and 1,480 families residing in the census area. The population density was {{#expr: (145900/6551) round 1}} square miles ({{#expr: ((2.59)*(145900/6551)) round 1}}km<sup>2</sup>) per person. It is the least densely populated [[county-equivalent]] of all 3,141 county-equivalents of the United States. There were 3,917 housing units at an average density of {{convert|{{#expr: (3917/145900) round 3}}|/sqmi|/sqkm}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the census area was 24.27% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.09% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 70.89% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.37% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.43% from other races, and 3.91% from two or more races. 1.19%<ref name="GR8">{{cite web
| url         = https://www.census.gov
| publisher   = [[United States Census Bureau]]
| access-date  = May 14, 2011
| title       = U.S. Census website
}}</ref> were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 12.95% reported speaking an [[Athabaskan language]] at home; of these 35.26% spoke [[Gwich'in language|Gwich'in]] and 10.94% [[Koyukon language|Koyukon]].<ref>{{Cite web
| url          = http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=2&county_id=290&mode=geographic&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r
| title        = Yukon–Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska: Language Use
| access-date   = October 14, 2011
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722054901/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D2%26county_id%3D290%26mode%3Dgeographic%26zip%3D%26place_id%3D%26cty_id%3D%26ll%3D%26a%3D%26ea%3D%26order%3Dr
| archive-date = July 22, 2011
| url-status     = live
}}</ref>{{Failed verification | date=October 2011}}{{Clarify| reason=these data do not match the data in the reference. why?| date=October 2011}}

Of the 2,309 households 38.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.90% were married couples living together, 16.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.90% were non-families. 30.50% of households were one person and 6.20% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.53.

The age distribution was 35.00% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 7.30% 65 or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.60 males.

===2020 Census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Races (alone or in combination with other) in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area (2020 United States census)
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=2566121a73de463995ed2b2fd7ff6eb7|title=2020 Census Demographic Data Map Viewer}}</ref>

|-
! Race !! Percentage of Population
|-
| [[White Americans|White]] || 25.98%
|-
| [[Black people|Black]] or [[African American]] || 0.77%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian or Alaska Native]] || 77.22%
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 0.94%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and Other [[Pacific Islander]] || 0.43%
|-
| Some other race || 1.68%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Top Ten Most Self-Reported Ancestries in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area (American Community Survey 2020 five year estimates)

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=DP05%3A%20ACS%20DEMOGRAPHIC%20AND%20HOUSING%20ESTIMATES&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&g=0500000US02013&tid=ACSDP5Y2020.DP05|title=DP05: ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B04006%3A%20PEOPLE%20REPORTING%20ANCESTRY&g=0500000US02013&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B04006|title=B04006: PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B02018%3A%20ASIAN%20ALONE%20OR%20IN%20ANY%20COMBINATION%20BY%20SELECTED%20GROUPS&g=0500000US02013|title=B02018: ASIAN ALONE OR IN ANY COMBINATION BY SELECTED GROUPS}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B02017%3A%20AMERICAN%20INDIAN%20AND%20ALASKA%20NATIVE%20%28AIAN%29%20ALONE%20OR%20IN%20ANY%20COMBINATION%20BY%20SELECTED%20TRIBAL%20GROUPINGS&g=0500000US02013|title=AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE (AIAN) ALONE OR IN ANY COMBINATION BY SELECTED TRIBAL GROUPINGS}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B02019%3A%20NATIVE%20HAWAIIAN%20AND%20OTHER%20PACIFIC%20ISLANDER%20ALONE%20OR%20IN%20ANY%20COMBINATION%20BY%20SELECTED%20GROUPS&g=0500000US02013&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B02019|title=B02019: NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER ALONE OR IN ANY COMBINATION BY SELECTED GROUPS}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B03001%3A%20HISPANIC%20OR%20LATINO%20ORIGIN%20BY%20SPECIFIC%20ORIGIN&g=0500000US02013&tid=ACSDT5Y2020.B03001|title=B03001: HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN}}</ref> 
|-
! Ancestry !! Percentage of Population
|-
| Alaskan Athabaskan || 65.52%
|-
| German || 9.27%
|-
| Irish || 3.39%
|-
| Iñupiat || 3.00%
|-
| Alaska Native tribes, not specified || 2.58%
|-
| English || 2.56%
|-
| Scottish || 2.05%
|-
| Norwegian || 1.85%
|-
| Yup'ik || 1.75%
|-
| Mexican || 1.68%
|-
| Russian || 1.66%
|}

==Communities==
===Cities===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Allakaket, Alaska|Allakaket]]
* [[Anvik, Alaska|Anvik]]
* [[Bettles, Alaska|Bettles]]
* [[Fort Yukon, Alaska|Fort Yukon]]
* [[Galena, Alaska|Galena]]
* [[Grayling, Alaska|Grayling]]
* [[Holy Cross, Alaska|Holy Cross]]
* [[Hughes, Alaska|Hughes]]
* [[Huslia, Alaska|Huslia]]
* [[Kaltag, Alaska|Kaltag]]
* [[Koyukuk, Alaska|Koyukuk]]
* [[McGrath, Alaska|McGrath]]
* [[Nenana, Alaska|Nenana]]
* [[Nikolai, Alaska|Nikolai]]
* [[Nulato, Alaska|Nulato]]
* [[Ruby, Alaska|Ruby]]
* [[Shageluk, Alaska|Shageluk]]
* [[Tanana, Alaska|Tanana]]
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated places===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Alatna, Alaska|Alatna]]
* [[Arctic Village, Alaska|Arctic Village]]
* [[Beaver, Alaska|Beaver]]
* [[Birch Creek, Alaska|Birch Creek]]
* [[Central, Alaska|Central]]
* [[Chalkyitsik, Alaska|Chalkyitsik]]
* [[Circle, Alaska|Circle]]
* [[Coldfoot, Alaska|Coldfoot]]
* [[Evansville, Alaska|Evansville]]
* [[Flat, Alaska|Flat]]
* [[Four Mile Road, Alaska|Four Mile Road]]
* [[Holy Cross, Alaska|Holy Cross]]
* [[Lake Minchumina, Alaska|Lake Minchumina]]
* [[Livengood, Alaska|Livengood]]
* [[Manley Hot Springs, Alaska|Manley Hot Springs]]
* [[Minto, Alaska|Minto]]
* [[New Allakaket, Alaska|New Allakaket]]
* [[Rampart, Alaska|Rampart]]
* [[Stevens Village, Alaska|Stevens Village]]
* [[Takotna, Alaska|Takotna]]
* [[Venetie, Alaska|Venetie]]
* [[Wiseman, Alaska|Wiseman]]
{{div col end}}

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02290_yukon-koyukuk/DC20SD_C02290.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02290_yukon-koyukuk/DC20SD_C02290.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-07-31}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02290_yukon-koyukuk/DC20SD_C02290_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Alaska Gateway School District]]
* [[Galena City School District]]
* [[Iditarod Area School District]]
* [[Nenana City School District]]
* [[Tanana City School District]]
* [[Yukon Flats School District]]
* [[Yukon–Koyukuk School District]]

==Politics==
Like other areas of the sparse [[The Bush (Alaska)|Alaskan Bush]] with large [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]] majorities, the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area often favors the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] relative to the state as a whole. Though it voted [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in all presidential elections in the 2000s, it has supported the Democrats more recently by nearly 30-point margins.

{{PresHead|place=Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska|source=<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska results |url=https://davesredistricting.org/join/0b258a68-504e-42b2-a3f8-d91931f1cc56 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rrhelections.com/index.php/2018/02/02/alaska-results-by-county-equivalent-1960-2016/|title=RRH Elections|first=RRH|last=Elections|website=rrhelections.com|date=February 2, 2018 |access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>}}
<!--{{PresRow|Year|Winner|GOP #|Dem #|3rd #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|851|1,386|140|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|925|1,480|145|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|789|1,405|407|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|812|1,472|105|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,528|1,292|96|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,987|1,215|144|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,357|1,138|344|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|887|1,357|381|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,039|1,080|793|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,421|959|136|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,932|951|90|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|943|1,070|430|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,043|860|131|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|835|797|97|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,439|1,173|307|Alaska}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|736|1,750|0|Alaska}}
{{PresFoot|1960|Democratic|1,067|1,085|0|Alaska}}

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area]]
* [[Crow Lake (Alaska)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska}}
* {{GNIS|1419987|Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area}}
* {{Cite web
| url    = http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/images/maps/3_29_0map.pdf
| title  = Census Area map: Alaska Department of Labor
}}

{{Geographic location
| Center    = Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
| North     = [[North Slope Borough, Alaska|North Slope Borough]]
| Northeast = 
| East      = [[Unorganized Yukon]], [[Yukon]], [[Canada]]
| Southeast = [[Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska|Southeast Fairbanks Census Area]], [[Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska|Fairbanks North Star Borough]], and [[Denali Borough, Alaska|Denali Borough]]
| South     = [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska|Matanuska-Susitna Borough]] and [[Bethel Census Area, Alaska|Bethel Census Area]]
| Southwest = 
| West      = [[Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska|Kusilvak Census Area]], [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]], and [[Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska|Northwest Arctic Borough]]
| Northwest = 
}}

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