Kusilvak, Alaska

Kusilvak population, land area and income

Kusilvak had 7,946 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 17,078.0 square miles of land. It ranks 12th of 30 in Alaska by population and 11th by land area. That works out to 0.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents; Kusilvak is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $42,029 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Kusilvak's population changed since 2020

Kusilvak lost 423 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.1%. That ranks 26th of 30 in Alaska for growth. The median Alaska county changed by -1.3%, and the state as a whole by +1.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Kusilvak recorded 924 births and 301 deaths, a natural change of +623. Net international migration added +4 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,059. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,059 people.

Where Kusilvak is

The Census internal point of Kusilvak is at 62.283600, -163.190200. It sits in UTM zone 3N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Kusilvak outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kusilvak

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Kusilvak, 1,299 people together, or 16% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Kusilvak; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hooper Bay with 1,299.

Counties bordering Kusilvak

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Kusilvak. The most populous is Bethel, AK, with 18,237 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Bethel

  18,237 people

  137 mi SE

• Nome

  9,836 people

  175 mi N

• Yukon-Koyukuk

  5,099 people

  412 mi NE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 1,013.3 miles E of Kusilvak's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 460.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Wasilla, AK (population 10,318), 448.1 miles away.

Kusilvak FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kusilvak is 02158: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 158. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $42,029.