Napakiak ( esu, Naparyarraq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 354, up one resident from 353 since 2000.

Geography

Napakiak is located at (60.693282, -161.973491), 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 l ...

, approximately downriver (southwest) of Bethel. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 12.26%, is water.

Demographics

Napakiak first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Inuit village of "Napahaiagamute." All 98 residents were of the Inuit tribe. It next returned in 1900 as the village of "Naparegarak." In 1910, it returned as Napakiak (with the alternative 1880 name of Napahaiagamute). In 1920, it returned as "Napakiakamute." It did not appear on the 1930 census. It next appeared again in 1940 and in every successive census to date as Napakiak. It formally incorporated in 1970. As of the census of 2000, there were 353 people, 90 households, and 71 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 101 housing units at an average density of 21.5 per square mile (8.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 1.42%

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, 1.70%

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, 96.03% Native American, and 0.85% from two or more races. 0.28% of the population were

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of any race. Most of the residents are

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. The sale, importation or possession of alcohol is forbidden in the village. There were 90 households, out of which 48.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.92 and the average family size was 4.52. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 38.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 130.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $29,167. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $43,750 for females. The

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for the city was $7,319. About 16.2% of families and 20.2% of the population were below the

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, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Lower Kuskokwim School District Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD), or Bethel Public Schools, is a school district headquartered in Bethel, Alaska. it is the largest rural school district in the state, with 4,300 students. Employment and teacher demographics In 2017 it had ...

operates the William N. Miller School, PreK-12. it has 96 students.

Miscellaneous

Napakiak is the terminus of a unique prototype single-wire earth return electrical intertie from

Bethel, Alaska Bethel ( esu, Mamterilleq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is the largest community on the Kuskokwim River, located approximately upriver from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. It ...

, constructed in 1981.

References

External links

BeringSea.com: Napakiak
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