Levelock ( esu, Liivlek) is a

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(CDP) along the

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, United States. It was known by the indigenous name of Kivichakh, a variant of '' Kvichak''. At the 2020 census the population was 69, same amount as in 2010.

Geography

Levelock is located at (59.110141, -156.858684). It sits on the west bank of the Kvichak River, north of its mouth at

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and by river southwest (downstream) from Igiugig at the outlet of

Iliamna Lake Iliamna Lake or Lake Iliamna (Yup'ik: ''Nanvarpak''; Dena'ina Athabascan: ''Nila Vena'') is a lake in southwest Alaska, at the north end of the Alaska Peninsula, between Kvichak Bay and Cook Inlet, about west of Seldovia, Alaska. It shares a na ...

. According to the

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, the Levelock CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

Levelock first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the native village of "Kivichakh." It did not appear again until 1950, as Levelock. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) in 1980. As of the census of 2000, there were 122 people, 45 households, and 25 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 50 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 4.92%

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, 89.34% Native American, and 5.74% from two or more races. 2.46% of the population were

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of any race. There were 45 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.4% were non-families. 42.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.96. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 40.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 144.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 128.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,750, and the median income for a family was $31,667. Males had a median income of $30,417 versus $30,417 for females. The

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for the CDP was $12,199. There were 16.7% of families and 24.5% of the population living below the

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, including 29.7% of under eighteens and 50.0% of those over 64. The Tribal Village of Levelock has three key economic drivers: tourism (sport fishing and lodges), a commercial seafood plant scheduled to open 2018-19 and tender services along the major river systems of southwest Alaska. In 2017, the village provided increased transparency of these and other projects.

Notable residents

Adelheid Herrmann Adelheid Herrmann (born April 15, 1953) is a Denaʼina, Dena'ina Alaskan Athabaskans, Athabaskan researcher and politician. She is a shareholder in the Bristol Bay Native Corporation, one of the 13 Alaska Native corporations. Early life and educa ...

, Alaskan state legislator (1983–89), researcher

References

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