People QuickFacts	Bethel Census Area	Alaska
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	17,746	731,449
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	17,013	710,231
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.3%	3.0%
 	Population, 2010    	17,013	710,231
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	10.8%	7.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	36.2%	26.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	6.3%	8.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.0%	48.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	12.0%	67.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	3.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	81.7%	14.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.0%	5.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	1.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	4.5%	7.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.4%	5.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	11.5%	63.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.8%	79.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.9%	6.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	68.0%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.2%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.5%	27.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	788	71,861
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	7.1	18.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	5,962	311,201
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.4%	64.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	12.7%	24.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$171,100	$235,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,295	252,920
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.87	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,392	$31,944
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$52,063	$69,014
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.8%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bethel Census Area	Alaska
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	207	19,985
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,398	254,734
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-2.2	24.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,166	53,284 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,238	68,728
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	54.7%	10.0%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.8%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	8,204,030
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,454	4,563,605
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	96,755	9,303,387
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$5,658	$13,635
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,091	1,851,293
 	Building permits, 2011     	7	877

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bethel Census Area	Alaska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	40,570.00	570,640.95
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	0.4	1.2
 	FIPS Code    	050	02
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts