Crooked Creek ( esu, Qipcarpak) is a

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(CDP) in

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. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 105, down from 137 in 2000.

Geography

The Crooked Creek CDP is located at (61.859821, -158.128884) on the north bank of the

Kuskokwim River The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River (Yup'ik: ''Kusquqvak''; Deg Xinag: ''Digenegh''; Upper Kuskokwim: ''Dichinanek' ''; russian: Кускоквим (''Kuskokvim'')) is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth la ...

, at the mouth of Crooked Creek in the

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. It is approximately northeast (upriver) of

Bethel Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...

. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.05%, is water.

Demographics

Crooked Creek first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) in 1980. As of the

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of 2000, there were 137 people, 38 households, and 31 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 46 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 6.57%

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, 90.51% Native American, and 2.92% from two or more races. There were 38 households, out of which 57.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were

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living together, 31.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.61 and the average family size was 4.00. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 41.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 13.1% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $17,500, and the median income for a family was $23,125. Males had a median income of $13,750 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the CDP was $6,495. There were 25.0% of families and 28.1% of the population living below the

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, including 23.0% of under eighteens and 20.0% of those over 64.

Services and utilities

As of July 2009, running water and plumbing in Crooked Creek are available at the school, teacher housing, "washeteria", lodge, and store. The honey bucket system is used in most of the community. Water is generally brought to homes from either the Kuskokwim River or purchased at the Washeteria. At the Washeteria, laundry services (washer and dryer) and showers are available for purchase. The community has a store, a "lodge" (similar to a

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with shared bathrooms), a school, and a Washeteria. Cell phone services have been operating in the area since January 2017, and land line service is available. Internet is available at the school and now available for private homes. The school, Johnnie John Sr. School, is kindergarten through 12th grade and has approximately 22 students (December, 2017).

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Bethel Census Area, Alaska Census-designated places in Alaska Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska