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Shishmaref, AK

Nome County, Alaska

Latitude: 66.255586     Longitude: -166.072305
Population 565 (2005)



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0269770, place: Shishmaref city, Alaska)

Total Population: 562
Male: 313 (55.69%)
Female: 249 (44.31%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 42 (7.47%)
5 to 9 years: 77 (13.7%)
10 to 14 years: 68 (12.1%)
15 to 19 years: 61 (10.85%)
20 to 24 years: 46 (8.19%)
25 to 34 years: 83 (14.77%)
35 to 44 years: 82 (14.59%)
45 to 54 years: 48 (8.54%)
55 to 59 years: 13 (2.31%)
60 to 64 years: 10 (1.78%)
65 to 74 years: 21 (3.74%)
75 to 84 years: 10 (1.78%)
85 years and over: 1 (0.18%)

Median age: 24.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 332 (59.07%)
21 years and over: 306 (54.45%)
62 years and over: 38 (6.76%)
65 years and over: 32 (5.69%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 332 (59.07%)
--Male: 182 (32.38%)
--Female: 150 (26.69%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 32 (5.69%)
--Male: 14 (2.49%)
--Female: 18 (3.2%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 554 (98.58%)
--White: 30 (5.34%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3 (0.53%)
--Black or African American: 0 (0%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 524 (93.24%)
--Asian: 0 (0%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 0 (0%)
Two or more Races: 8 (1.42%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3 (0.53%)
--Mexican: 2 (0.36%)
--Puerto Rican: 0 (0%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 1 (0.18%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 559 (99.47%)
--White Alone: 30 (5.34%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 562 (100%)
--Householder: 142 (25.27%)
--Spouse: 52 (9.25%)
--Child: 272 (48.4%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 188 (33.45%)
--Other relatives: 71 (12.63%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 41 (7.3%)
--Nonrelatives: 25 (4.45%)
----Unmarried partner: 17 (3.02%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 142
Family households (families): 110 (77.46%)
----With own children under 18 years: 75 (52.82%)
--Married-couple families: 52 (36.62%)
----With own children under 18 years: 41 (28.87%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 28 (19.72%)
----With own children under 18 years: 17 (11.97%)
Nonfamily households: 32 (22.54%)
--Householder living alone: 30 (21.13%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 6 (4.23%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 96 (67.61%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 28 (19.72%)
Average household size: 3.96 people
Average family size: 4.59 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 148
Occupied housing units: 142 (95.95%)
Vacant housing units: 6 (4.05%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 4 (2.7%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 0%
Occupied housing units: 142 (95.95%)
Owner occupied housing units: 100 (67.57%)
Renter occupied housing units: 42 (28.38%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 4.48 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.71 people

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