The majority of the year-round employment in Akiak is with the city, schools or other public services. Emergency services have river and air access and are provided by a health aide. Akiak is classified as an isolated village it is found in EMS Region 7A in the Yukon/Kuskokwim Region. Edith Kawagley Memorial Clinic is a Primary Health Care facility. Local hospitals or health clinics include Edith Kawagley Memorial Clinic (90). The city is currently home to the world's third largest museum of taxidermy. There is one school located in the community, attended by 99 students.
Electricity is provided by the city of Akiak. The city provides septic pumping services. Most residents are dependent upon the washeteria for laundry and bathing. A piped water and gravity sewer system is under construction, with household plumbing. Sewage disposal is currently by septic tanks, honey buckets or privies, but major improvements are underway. Individual wells, septic systems and plumbing were installed in 14 HUD homes during 1997. The school and clinic are connected directly to the water plant. ( September 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī new well-water treatment plant and storage tank were recently completed. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. About 25.0% of families and 33.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 40.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 6.7% of those 65 or over. The per capita income for the city was $8,326. Males had a median income of $21,875 versus $11,667 for females. The median income for a household in the city was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $36,875. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females, there were 122.3 males. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 43.4% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 14.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.48 and the average family size was 5.24. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Of Akiak's 69 households, 53.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 20.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 0.65% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the city was 4.85% White, 92.88% Native American, and 2.27% from two or more races. There were 76 housing units at an average density of 38.7 per square mile (14.9/km 2). The population density was 157.2 inhabitants per square mile (60.7/km 2). It formally incorporated in 1970.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 309 people, 69 households, and 54 families residing in the city. It has returned in every successive census. It did not appear on the census again until 1920, then as Akiak. In 1890, it returned as "Akiagamiut" with 97 residents (all Alaska Native). Census as the unincorporated Alaska Native (Inuit) village of "Akkiagamute." All 175 residents were Inuit. The Akiak Native Community is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribe located in Akiak.ĭemographics Historical population CensusĪkiak first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Akiak is a Yup'ik village with a reliance on subsistence and fishing activities. Public Health Service built a hospital in the 1920s. The community established a post office in 1916. The current name Akiak means "the other side," since this place was a crossing to the Yukon River basin during the winter for area Yupiit. In 1880, the village, then known as Akkiagamute, had a population of 175. Precipitation averages 16 inches (410 mm) in this area, with snowfall of 50 inches (1,300 mm). Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km 2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2), or 32.58%, is water. Akiak is located in the Bethel Recording District.Īccording to the U.S. 32, T010N, R067W, Seward Meridian), on the west bank of the Kuskokwim River, 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Bethel, on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. The population was 462 at the 2020 census, up from 346 in 2010. Akiak (ACK-ee-ack) ( Central Yupik: Akiaq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States.
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