Official Name: | Pilot Station |
Native Name: | Tuutalgaq |
Native Name Lang: | esu |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alaska |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Census Area |
Subdivision Name2: | Kusilvak |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Nicky Myers |
Leader Title1: | State senator |
Leader Name1: | Donny Olson (D) |
Leader Title2: | State rep. |
Leader Name2: | Neal Foster (D) |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | October 6, 1969[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.87 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.16 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.71 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.88 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.61 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.28 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 615 |
Population Density Km2: | 147.86 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 382.94 |
Timezone: | Alaska (AKST) |
Utc Offset: | -9 |
Timezone Dst: | AKDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -8 |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Elevation Ft: | 33 |
Coordinates: | 61.9361°N -162.8833°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 99650 |
Area Code: | 907 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 02-60750 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Pilot Station (Tuutalgaq) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 615 at the 2010 census, up from 568 in 2010, and up from 550 in 2000.
Pilot Station is located at 61.9361°N -162.8833°W (61.936050, -162.883403),[3] on the northern bank of the lower Yukon River, approximately eighty miles ('as the crow flies') from the Bering Sea.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.3sqmi, of which 1.7sqmi is land and 0.6sqmi (25.55%) is water.
Pilot Station first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Eskimo (Yup'ik) village of "Ankahchagmiut."[4] It did not report again until 1920, then as Pilot Station. It formally incorporated in 1969.
At the 2020 census,[5] there were 615 people, 152 households and 73 families residing in the city. The population density was 326.2sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 152 housing units at an average density of 74.7sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup was 97.7% Native American (Yup'ik), 1.3% White and 2.1% from two or more races.
There were 152 households, of which 61.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.2% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no partner present, 5.3% had a male with no partner present. 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
41.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 58.5% from 18 and over, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24.4 years. There were 299 females, and 316 males.
[2000 data]
K-12 students attend Pilot Station School, operated by the Lower Yukon School District.