Population
Alaska Health Area: Bethel-Wade-Hampton
Borough/Census Areas: Bethel, Wade-Hampton
Sources: US Census, AK Department of Labor
Population	Bethel	Wade-Hampton	Bethel	Alaska
			Wade-Hampton
Population 2000	16,006	7,028	23,034	626,932
Population change 1990-2000 (percent)	17%	21%	18%	14%
Age	Bethel	Wade-Hampton	Bethel	Alaska
			Wade-Hampton
Persons under 5 years	1,605	744	2,349	47,591
Percent under 5 years	10%	11%	10%	8%
Persons 65 and over	831	352	1,183	35,699
Percent 65 and over	5%	5%	5%	6%
Median age	25.3	20		32.4
Race: Numbers*	Bethel	Wade-Hampton	Bethel	Alaska
			Wade-Hampton
White	2,526	492	3,018	463,999
Black/African-American	111	11	122	27,147
Alaska Native/ American Indian	13,680	6,637	20,317	119,241
Asian	217	16	233	32,686
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	23	6	29	5,515
Other	77	10	87	15,151
Hispanic (any race)	140	23	163	25,852
Race: Percent*	Bethel	Wade-Hampton	Bethel	Alaska
			Wade-Hampton
White	14%	6%	13%	70%
Black/African-American	1%	0%	1%	4%
Alaska Native/ American Indian	84%	94%	88%	18%
Asian	1%	0%	1%	5%
Native Hawaian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%	1%
Other	0%	0%	0%	2%
Hispanic (any race)	1%	0%	1%	4%
* Racial data for Alaska uses Modified Estimates (MARS) of Race and Ethnicity to distribute "more than one race" respondents among the racial categories.
Alaska Health Profiles Online Prepared by Data and Evaluation Unit, Division of Public Health, Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Updated 8/7/02