Kotzebue, Alaska demographics

Kotzebue, AK demographics: median age 31.0; 18.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Kotzebue city, Alaska · Incorporated city · GEOID 0241830. The survey estimates a population of 2,984 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Kotzebue is 31.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.2 years. There are 796 households (±61). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	31.0 ±1.2	35.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,984
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Under 18	972 ±90	32.6% ±3.0 pp	24.1%	22.0%
18–34	719 ±151	24.1% ±5.1 pp	24.7%	22.8%
35–64	1,062 ±146	35.6% ±4.9 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	231 ±41	7.7% ±1.4 pp	13.8%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,984
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Male	1,429 ±73	47.9% ±2.4 pp	52.5%	49.5%
Female	1,555 ±73	52.1% ±2.4 pp	47.5%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,984
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
White alone	616 ±57	20.6% ±1.9 pp	59.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	37 ±69 · low precision	1.2% ±2.3 pp · low precision	3.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,871 ±134	62.7% ±4.5 pp	13.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	24 ±81 · low precision	0.8% ±2.7 pp · low precision	6.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	10 ±14 · low precision	0.3% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.6%	0.2%
Some other race alone	29 ±35 · low precision	1.0% ±1.2 pp · low precision	2.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	397 ±82	13.3% ±2.7 pp	13.6%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,984
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,814 ±25	94.3% ±0.4 pp	92.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	170 ±6	5.7% ±0.2 pp	7.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Married-couple family	322 ±50	40.5% ±5.5 pp	48.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	84 ±30	10.6% ±3.7 pp	5.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	139 ±36	17.5% ±4.3 pp	10.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	183 ±54	23.0% ±6.6 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	68 ±29	8.5% ±3.6 pp	7.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Households with people under 18	351 ±45	44.1% ±4.5 pp	31.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	445 ±66	55.9% ±7.1 pp	68.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	183 ±54	23.0% ±6.6 pp	28.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	185 ±47	23.2% ±5.7 pp	33.9%	33.8%
Three-person households	126 ±37	15.8% ±4.5 pp	14.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	105 ±31	13.2% ±3.7 pp	12.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	82 ±31	10.3% ±3.8 pp	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	36 ±25 · low precision	4.5% ±3.1 pp · low precision	2.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	79 ±25	9.9% ±3.1 pp	2.3%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 2,984
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Native	2,917 ±103	97.8% ±3.4 pp	92.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	67 ±93 · low precision	2.2% ±3.1 pp · low precision	7.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 2,675
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
English only	2,157 ±132	80.6% ±4.6 pp	84.9%	77.7%
Spanish	89 ±36	3.3% ±1.3 pp	3.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	4 ±6 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.5%	2.0%
Korean	2 ±22 · low precision	0.1% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	1.1%
Vietnamese	4 ±22 · low precision	0.1% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	15 ±54 · low precision	0.6% ±2.0 pp · low precision	2.5%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	18 ±27 · low precision	0.7% ±1.0 pp · low precision	2.2%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	386 ±84	14.4% ±3.1 pp	3.8%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 1,771
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	161 ±49	9.1% ±2.8 pp	6.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	667 ±154	37.7% ±8.6 pp	28.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	485 ±123	27.4% ±6.9 pp	24.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	127 ±79 · low precision	7.2% ±4.5 pp · low precision	9.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	184 ±66	10.4% ±3.7 pp	19.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	147 ±87 · low precision	8.3% ±4.9 pp · low precision	11.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 2,918
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Alaska	U.S.
Same house	2,462 ±148	84.4% ±4.9 pp	85.5%	87.7%
Moved within same county	325 ±107	11.1% ±3.7 pp	7.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	66 ±29	2.3% ±1.0 pp	2.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	43 ±31 · low precision	1.5% ±1.1 pp · low precision	3.9%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	22 ±71 · low precision	0.8% ±2.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

17.5% of Kotzebue residents (±4.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 11.0% in Alaska and 8.4% nationally. 96.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Kotzebue	Alaska	U.S.	Compared with Alaska
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	17.5% ±4.1 pp	11.0%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	96.0% ±2.6 pp	91.9%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.0% ±3.2 pp	10.7%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Kotzebue . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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