Hooper Bay

Also known as Hooper Bay, Alaska, Hooper Bay, AK

city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alaska
Census area: Kusilvak
Incorporated: February 7, 1966
Mayor: Benjamin Nukusuk
State senator: Donald Olson ( D )
State rep: Neal Foster (D)
Total: 7.53 sq mi (19.50 km )
Land: 7.50 sq mi (19.42 km )
Water: 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
Elevation: 26 ft (8 m)
Density: 183.4/sq mi (70.81/km )
Time zone: UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
Summer dst: UTC-8 (AKDT)
Fips code: 02-33470

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Hooper Bay
Population: 1375
Area: 0.843347
Elevation: 8
Image: Hooper Bay.JPG
Households: 0
Dialing code: 907

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postal code: 99604
native label: Naparyaarmiut
inception: 1966-02-07
water as percent of area: 3.8101
P8168: Svetlana Krivelyova
Commons category: Hooper Bay, Alaska
water area: 0.843347
per capita income: 9743
mean age: 49.2

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Hooper Bay (Central Yupik: Naparyarmiut) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 1,375, up from 1,093 in 2010.

On August 3, 2006, a major fire destroyed approximately fifteen acres of the city including thirty-five structures, twelve homes, the elementary school, middle school, high school, teacher housing complex, stores, offices and storage shelters, leaving 70 people homeless.