People QuickFacts	Bethel	Alaska
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	6,371	731,449
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	6,080	710,231
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.8%	3.0%
 	Population, 2010    	6,080	710,231
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	10.0%	7.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	32.7%	26.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	4.5%	7.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	48.1%	48.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	23.3%	66.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	3.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	65.0%	14.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.5%	5.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	1.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	7.3%	7.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.2%	5.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	22.7%	64.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	73.7%	79.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.2%	6.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	46.3%	16.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.6%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	23.3%	27.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	434	71,861
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	8.1	18.2 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	2,364	306,967
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	52.3%	64.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	29.0%	24.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$216,100	$235,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	1,679	252,920
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.40	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,261	$31,944
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$91,302	$69,014
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	8.1%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bethel	Alaska
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	567	68,728
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.5%	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    	24.7%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	8,204,030
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	4,563,605
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	63,372	9,303,387
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,949	$13,635
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	1,851,293

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bethel	Alaska
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	43.18	570,640.95
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	140.8	1.2
 	FIPS Code    	06520	02
 	Counties    	Bethel Census Area
 	

(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