Marshall is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska

Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska

Wade Hampton Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population was 7,028. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...

, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 349.

Geography

Marshall is located at 61.878073°N 162.084812°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.2 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 349 people, 91 households, and 73 families residing in the city. The population density was 73.9 people per square mile (28.5/km²). There were 104 housing units at an average density of 22.0 per square mile (8.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 2.01% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 95.99% Native American

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, and 2.01% from two or more races. 0.29% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

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 or Latino

Race (United States Census)

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 of any race.

There were 91 households out of which 59.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.7% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.84 and the average family size was 4.23.

In the city the age distribution of the population shows 45.3% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $37,750. Males had a median income of $25,469 versus $37,917 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the city was $9,597. About 20.8% of families and 28.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.7% of those under age 18 and 20.0% of those age 65 or over.

History of Marshall

Marshall's previous name, changed in 1984, from Fortuna Ledge, was a mining village in the 1800s and early 1900s, with mining operations in Wilson Creek, just down river from the Ledge. With that, many Alaska natives were moved from other villages, as far away as Unakleet, Ohogamuit and Takchak. With that, there are two main native groups, the Yupik

Central Alaskan Yup'ik people

The Yup'ik people , are an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska ranging from southern Norton Sound southwards along the coast of the Bering Sea on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and along the northern coast of Bristol Bay as far east as Nushagak Bay and the northern Alaska...

 descendants, hailing from both Takchak and Ohogamuit, and the Inupiaq descendants, hailing from Unakleet. Along with the Native descent, Marshall does boast a heafty Russian descendants mixed in with the Inupiaqs, and have since mingled with the Yupik ancestry, and has become a Yupik/Inupiaq/Russian community.

External links

• YukonAlaska.com - Marshall, Fortuna Ledge and the Mining of Willow Creek

• http://www.yukonking.com/aboutus.html