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Bethel Census Area, AK

18,394 Population
40,660.6 square miles 0.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,543 ±$1,262 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,996 ±$3,210 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±2.5% (4,626  ±443) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

7.4 minutes ±0.6 (44,205  ±4,247) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,828 ±98 Number of households
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.6 ±0.1 (17,547  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±1.6% (328  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,011 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,100 ±$13,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±2.1% (2,058  ±372.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.2% ±3.6% (8,329  ±366.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±2% (1,296  ±206.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.8% (322  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.7% (817  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
817 Total veterans ±197 768 Male ±198 49 Female ±33

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