Deltana, Alaska
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Deltana is a
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(CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area,
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,
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. At the 2020 census the population was 2,359, up from 2,251 in 2010. Native inhabitants are
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.


History

In 1904, the
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built the McCarty Telegraph station on a site near a roadhouse established the previous year at the confluence of the Tanana and Delta rivers. The Chisana gold strike of 1913 brought many hopeful prospectors to the area. In the 1920s, many
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were brought to the area, and in 1927 the name was changed to Buffalo Center. In 1942, five miles south of Deltana,
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was constructed. Beef cattle were shipped during the 1950s, and during the 1970s the local economy was given another boost with the completion of the
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. In 1980, of land were set aside as the Delta Bison Range to confine the bison and separate the expanding herd from local farmland.


Geography

Deltana is located at (63.963825, -145.408931). According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.52%) is water.


Demographics

Deltana first appeared on the 2000 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). As of the
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of 2000, there were 1,570 people, 539 households, and 417 families residing in the CDP. The
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was 2.8 people per square mile (1.1/km2). There were 669 housing units at an average density of 1.2/sq mi (0.5/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.6%
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, 1.2%
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or
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, 0.9% Native American, 1.1%
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, 0.4% from
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, and 4.8% from two or more races. 1.2% of the population were
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or
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of any race. Deltana has the second highest percentage of residents having been born in
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in the United States at 8.4%, with an even higher total percentage of residents being
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or having
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. There were 539 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.30. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 31.4% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.9 males.


Income

The median income for a household in the CDP was $50,066, and the median income for a family was $53,021. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $31,042 for females. The
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for the CDP was $18,446. About 12.1% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the
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, including 19.9% of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.


References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska Census-designated places in Alaska Tanana Athabaskans Ukrainian communities in the United States Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska