Hughes ( in

Koyukon The Koyukon, Dinaa, or Denaa ( Denaakk'e: ''Tl’eeyegge Hut’aane'') are an Alaska Native Athabascan people of the Athabascan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. Their traditional territory is along the Koyukuk and Yukon rivers where they sub ...

) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 85 at the 2020 census, up from 77 in 2010.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

Hughes first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It did not appear on the 1930 census, but returned in 1940. It formally incorporated in 1973. The majority of the town's population are ethnic

Alaskan Athabaskans The Alaskan Athabascans, Alaskan AthapascansWilliam Simeone, ''A History of Alaskan Athapaskans'', 1982, Alaska Historical Commission or Dena () are Alaska Native peoples of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. They are the original in ...

. Some of the town's population, as of the 1970s, spoke the Central Dialect of the

Koyukon language Koyukon (also called ''Denaakk'e'') is the geographically most widespread Athabascan language spoken in Alaska. The Athabaskan language is spoken along the Koyukuk and the middle Yukon Rivers in western interior Alaska. In 2007, the language h ...

. As of the census of 2020, there were 85 people, 36 households, and 11 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 47 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 5.88%

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, 89.41% Native American, and 4.7% from two or more races. 1.18% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 36 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 16.7% were non-families. 44.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.26. In the city, the age distribution of the population was 12.5% under the age of 18, 70.8% from 18 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.3 years. The median income for a household in the city was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $37,917. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...

for the city was $12,126. There was 30.6% of the population living below the

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, including 22.2% of under eighteens and 41.7% of those over 64.

Education

The

Yukon–Koyukuk School District Yukon–Koyukuk School District (YKSD) is a school district headquartered in College, Alaska, College, a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. It serves the Yukon–Koyukuk area. Schools * Allakaket School (Allakaket, ...

operates the Johnny Oldman School in Hughes.Johnny Oldman School, Hughes
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. Retrieved on June 16, 2016.

References

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