Oscarville ( esu, Kuiggayagaq) is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 70 at the 2010 census, up from 61 in 2000.

Geography

Oscarville is located at (60.721274, -161.768440). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (8.54%) is water.

Demographics

Oscarville first reported on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated native village. In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP). As of the census of 2000, there were 61 people, 15 households, and 12 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 20 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.00%

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, 98.36% Native American, and 1.64% from two or more races. There were 15 households, out of which 53.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.07 and the average family size was 4.58. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 42.6% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 14.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 133.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $8,125, and the median income for a family was $16,250. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $0 for females. The

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for the CDP was $5,824. There were 50.0% of families and 40.0% of the population living below the

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, including 18.8% of under eighteens and 100.0% of those over 64.

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 Qugcuun Memorial School, K-12. the school had 13 students. It is a bilingual English-

Yup'ik The Yup'ik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Central Yup'ik, Alaskan Yup'ik ( own name ''Yup'ik'' sg ''Yupiik'' dual ''Yupiit'' pl; russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are an I ...

school.Qugcuun Memorial School
" Anna Tobeluk Memorial School. Retrieved on July 13, 2018.

References

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