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Lower Kuskokwim census subarea, Bethel Census Area, AK

17,104 Population
21,585.7 square miles 0.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bethel Census Area: 29 ±0.4
  • 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

$26,306 ±$1,351 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Bethel Census Area: $26,543 ±$1,262
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,715 ±$4,025 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Bethel Census Area: $73,996 ±$3,210
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.7% ±2.6% (4,319  ±443) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Bethel Census Area: 25.6% 4,626 (±2.5% / ±443)
  • 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)

7.5 minutes ±0.7 (41,975  ±4,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bethel Census Area: 7.4 44,205 (±0.6 / ±4,247)
  • 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

4,450 ±99 Number of households
  • Bethel Census Area: 4,828 ±98
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.7 ±0.1 (16,378  ±119) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bethel Census Area: 3.6 17,547 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±1.7% (315  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Bethel Census Area: 8% † 328 (±1.6% / ±66)
  • 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

5,273 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Bethel Census Area: 6,011 ±43
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,800 ±$13,163 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bethel Census Area: $168,100 ±$13,614
  • about half the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±2% (1,819  ±332.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Bethel Census Area: 11.4% † 2,058 (±2.1% / ±372.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

81.9% ±3.7% (7,676  ±361.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bethel Census Area: 82.2% 8,329 (±3.6% / ±366.5)
  • 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)
13% ±2.2% (1,221  ±204.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bethel Census Area: 12.8% † 1,296 (±2% / ±206.8)
  • 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% ±0.7% (312  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Bethel Census Area: 1.8% 322
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.7% (765  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bethel Census Area: 6.8% † 817 (±1.7% / ±197)
  • 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)
765 Total veterans ±190 716 Male ±191 49 Female ±33

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