Kusilvak Census Area

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Kusilvak Census Area is a remote, predominantly Alaska Native region in western Alaska known for its subsistence lifestyle and scattered villages across the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta.

All labels observed (2)

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Kusilvak Census Area canonical 8
Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census area
county-equivalent
borderedBy Bering Sea
Bethel Census Area
Nome Census Area
climate subarctic climate
country United States of America
countySeat none (no borough seat; part of Unorganized Borough)
daylightSavingTimeZone Alaska Daylight Time
demographicCharacteristic very high proportion of Alaska Native residents
economicCharacteristic high poverty rate
subsistence lifestyle
economy commercial fishing
public sector employment
subsistence hunting and fishing
educationAdministration Lower Kuskokwim School District
Lower Yukon School District
feature Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
surface form: Kuskokwim River delta

Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
surface form: Yukon River delta

coastal tundra
federalStatus county-equivalent for census purposes
formerName Wade Hampton Census Area
governingBody Alaska
surface form: State of Alaska
hasCoastlineOn Bering Sea
housingCharacteristic village-based settlements
landUse subsistence land use patterns
largestCommunity Chevak
Hooper Bay
Scammon Bay
locatedIn Alaska
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
western Alaska
namedAfter Kusilvak Mountains
partOf Unorganized Borough, Alaska
populationCharacteristic predominantly rural
sparsely populated
predominantEthnicGroup Alaska Natives
Yup’ik people
surface form: Yupʼik people
primaryLanguages Central Alaskan Yup’ik
surface form: Central Alaskan Yupʼik

English
primaryTransportationModes boats
small aircraft
snowmachines
settlementPattern scattered villages
state Alaska
subdivisionType census area
timeZone Alaska Time Zone
transportationCharacteristic no road connections to Alaska highway system

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Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta administrativeRegion Kusilvak Census Area
Nome Census Area borders Kusilvak Census Area
Bethel Census Area borderedBy Kusilvak Census Area
Hooper Bay, Alaska borough Kusilvak Census Area
Unorganized Borough, Alaska contains Kusilvak Census Area
Chevak, Alaska locatedIn Kusilvak Census Area
Chevak Yup’ik spokenIn Kusilvak Census Area
this entity surface form: Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Pilot Station, Alaska locatedIn Kusilvak Census Area
Pilot Station, Alaska censusArea Kusilvak Census Area