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Bethel Census Area, AK

18,487 Population
40,638.6 square miles 0.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$24,976 ±$2,705 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$70,616 ±$4,453 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

24% ±2.9% (4,351  ±521) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

7.4 minutes ±0.5 (44,315  ±4,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,661 ±97 Number of households
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3.8 ±0.1 (17,479  ±71) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.8% ±3% (361  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,009 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$120,600 ±$20,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.8% ±2.2% (1,953  ±392.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

81.9% ±6.3% (8,341  ±644.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
10.4% ±2.8% (1,058  ±284.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% (373  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6% ±1.5% (725  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
725 Total veterans ±182 680 Male ±183 45 Female ±33

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