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Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

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Yakutat City and Borough is a borough and a city located in Alaska. As of 2000, the population is 808. The borough seat is Yakutat.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 267.1 km² (103.1 mi²). 257.5 km² (99.4 mi²) of it is land and 9.5 km² (3.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.56% water.

Adjacent boroughs and census areas

Also shares eastern border with British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.

Demographics

As of the census2 of 2000, there are 680 people, 261 households, and 157 families residing in the town. The population density is 2.6/km² (6.8/mi²). There are 385 housing units at an average density of 1.5/km² (3.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 41.47% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 47.06% Native American, 1.47% Asian, 0.88% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 8.97% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 261 households out of which 33.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.7% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% are non-families. 31.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.61 and the average family size is 3.30.

In the town the population is spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 117.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 123.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town is $47,054, and the median income for a family is $51,875. Males have a median income of $42,404 versus $26,875 for females. The per capita income for the town is $21,330. 15.7% of the population and 11.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 22.5% of those under the age of 18 and 10.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.


Regions of Alaska
Alaskan Bush | Interior | North Slope | Panhandle | South Central | Tanana Valley
Largest Cities
Anchorage | Barrow | Bethel | Fairbanks | Homer | Juneau | Kenai | Ketchikan | Kodiak | Kotzebue | Nome | Palmer | Petersburg | Seward | Sitka | Unalaska | Valdez | Wasilla
Boroughs and Census Areas
Aleutians East | Aleutians West | Anchorage | Bethel | Bristol Bay | Denali | Dillingham | Fairbanks North Star | Haines | Juneau | Kenai Peninsula | Ketchikan Gateway | Kodiak Island | Lake and Peninsula | Matanuska-Susitna | Nome | North Slope | Northwest Arctic | Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan | Sitka | Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon | Southeast Fairbanks | Valdez-Cordova | Wade Hampton | Wrangell-Petersburg | Yakutat | Yukon-Koyukuk



Last updated: 02-18-2005 23:35:31
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55