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Jury Pool Profile

Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska

Borough seat
Fort Yukon
Judicial district
4th Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
5,028
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,195.

At a glance

Yukon-Koyukuk Borough is a 5,028-person venue. The borough population is 22% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,856, $43,480 below the AK state median of $96,336; 16.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Tagalog and Arabic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 41.1% of covered employment, average pay $63,281/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 10.41%, above the 4.64% state average.

Population
5,195
Median household income
$55,741
Unemployment
10.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 22%; Black: 2%.

Yukon-Koyukuk Borough has a population of 5,195, with a median age of 37.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 22.0%; Black residents 1.9%. Independently, 2.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $52,856; 16.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 1,122 21.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 115 2.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 100 1.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 72 1.4%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 368 7.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,404 65.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

  • Under 18 1,368 26.3%
  • 18–24 357 6.9%
  • 25–44 1,400 26.9%
  • 45–64 1,171 22.5%
  • 65 and over 899 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$52,856
90% interval $47,304–$58,408
−$43,480 vs AK · 29th of 30
Below poverty line
19.9%
90% interval 14.9%–24.9%
+9.6 pp vs AK · 8th of 30

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This borough: 41.1%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 41.1% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 35.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 10.41%, above the Alaska state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
10.4%
+5.77 pp vs. state
County GDP
$383.7M
0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay
$55,982
Establishments
244

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 948 41.1%
  • Public administration 827 35.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 224 9.7%
  • Other services 95 4.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 63 2.7%
  • Professional & business services 50 2.2%
  • Construction 28 1.2%
  • Information 14 0.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 6 0.3%
  • Financial activities 5 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
69.9%
+3.1 pp vs AK · 8th of 30
Median gross rent
$1,084
−$335 vs AK · 22nd of 30
Owner-occupied
1,605
Renter-occupied
691

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 87% of the borough workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $120,834/yr) pays 6.5× the lowest (Information, $18,458/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 9.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Borough-level election results not available.

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 54% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

14.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Tagalog, Arabic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.5% of the adult civilian population (287 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

85.5% speak only English at home

  • Tagalog 61 1.3%
  • Arabic 52 1.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 49 1.0%
  • Spanish 28 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
2,296
Family households
1,240
54.0% of households
Married couples w/ children
264
21.3% of families
Single-mother families
287
23.1% of families
Veterans
287
7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

69.6% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 1,998 37.4%
  • Catholic 850 15.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 455 8.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 212 4.0%
  • Orthodox 102 1.9%
  • Black Protestant 100 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
75.5%
±4.7 pp
Uninsured
24.5%
±4.7 pp
4th of 30
With a disability
18.4%
±4.3 pp
8th of 30
Bachelor's or higher
16.0%
±4.4 pp
−15.7 pp vs AK · 23rd of 30
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.9%
90% interval 13.2%–16.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
4th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges
8 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate; vintage 2026 courts.alaska.gov)
Court seats
Bethel, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Healy, Hooper Bay

This judicial district spans multiple boroughs.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Yukon-Koyukuk totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
26.13 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the borough, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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