Kaktovik, Alaska
North Slope Borough
02-36990
Kaktovik is a city in North Slope Borough in the state of Alaska in the United States.
Geography
Kaktovik is located on the north shore of Barter Iceland between the Okpilak and Jago Rivern on the coast of the Beaufort Sea. The area is 78,053 km ² in the comprehensive nature reserve Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. There is an arctic climate with little rainfall.
History
Kaktovik was settled by the tribe of the Inupiat Eskimo. Until the late 19th century, the area was a major trading center for the Inupiat. Of particular importance was the fishing. In the 1950s, settlers moved from northern Alaska to the area to assist an airstrip and a radar station of the Distant Early Warning Line in construction. 1971 Kaktovik was incorporated as a city.
Economy and infrastructure
The infrastructure, the North Slope Borough available. There are in Kaktovik a school and a hospital, the Kaktovik Clinic. Residents feed primarily on caribou meat. Local employment opportunities the school, the hospital and the administration of the city and the boroughs. In the vicinity of Kaktovik is a well-known airport, the Barter Iceland LRRS Airport, which ensures the only year-round availability of the isolated by land area.
Demography
At the time of the census in 2000 ( U.S. Census 2000) Kaktovik had 293 inhabitants on a land area of 2.0 km ². The median age was 32.1 years ( national U.S. average: 35.3 years ). The per capita income ( per capita income engl. ) amounted to U.S. $ 22,031 ( U.S. National Average: U.S. $ 21,587 ). 6.6 % of residents were with their income below the poverty line ( national U.S. average: 12.4 %). About 84 % of the residents of Point Hope are an indigenous group living in the nationally recognized Indian Reservation The Kaktovik Village (also known as The Barter Iceland Village ). Due in part to the remoteness of the area to preserve the Inupiat Eskimos their old traditions. Thus, the possession of and trade is banned alcohol on the reservation.