Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska: Difference between revisions

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Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,343,<ref name="2020 Census Data">

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</ref> down from 5,588 in 2010.<ref name="QF">Template:Cite web</ref> With an area of Template:Convert, it is the largest of any 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">Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the unorganized borough of Alaska and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest communities are the cities of Galena, in the west, and Fort Yukon, in the northeast.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the census area has Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (1.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</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 Template:Convert, is the lowest in the United States.

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

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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

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National protected areas

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Demographics

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At the 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}}km²) 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 Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the census area was 24.27% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 70.89% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 3.91% from two or more races. 1.19%<ref name="GR8">Template:Cite web</ref> were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 12.95% reported speaking an Athabaskan language at home; of these 35.26% spoke Gwich'in and 10.94% Koyukon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Failed verification Template:Clarify

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

Races (alone or in combination with other) in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area (2020 United States census) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Race	Percentage of Population
White	25.98%
Black or African American	0.77%
American Indian or Alaska Native	77.22%
Asian	0.94%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.43%
Some other race	1.68%

Top Ten Most Self-Reported Ancestries in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area (American Community Survey 2020 five year estimates) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</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

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Census-designated places

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Education

School districts include:<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>

Politics

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

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