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Population (year 2000): 406. Estimated
population in July 2005: 430 (+5.9% change)
Males: 218 (53.7%), Females: 188 (46.3%)
Zip code:
99727
Median resident age: 17.8 years
Median household income: $38,333 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,300 (year 2000)
Races in Buckland:
- American Indian (96.8%)
- White Non-Hispanic (3.2%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
Ancestries: Irish (2.2%), German (1.7%),
Scottish (1.5%), English (1.2%), Norwegian (1.2%).
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Buckland
- High school or higher: 71.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.1%
- Unemployed: 33.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 3.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Buckland city
- Never married: 39.5%
- Now married: 51.7%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 2.5%
- Divorced: 4.6%
0.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +86 (+26.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Buckland:
- MANILAQ HEALTH CENTER (about 119 miles; KOTZEBUE,
AK)
- NORTON SOUND REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 293 miles;
NOME, AK)
- YUKON KUSKOKWIM DELTA REG HOSPITAL (about 363 miles;
BETHEL, AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Buckland:
- RALPH WIEN MEMORIAL (about 118 miles; KOTZEBUE, AK;
ID: OTZ)
- RED DOG (about 186 miles; RED DOG, AK; ID: AED)
- NOME (about 315 miles; NOME, AK; ID: OME)
Other public-use airports nearest to Buckland:
- BUCKLAND (about 2 miles; BUCKLAND, AK; ID: BVK)
- HAYCOCK (about 54 miles; HAYCOCK, AK; ID: HAY)
- ROBERT/BOB/CURTIS MEML (about 58 miles; NOORVIK, AK;
ID: D76)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Buckland:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 849 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 924 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK; FT enrollment: 5,034)
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2884 miles; PORT ANGELES,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2924 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2927 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 2942 miles; MT VERNON,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
- EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 2942 miles; OLYMPIA,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
Public primary/middle school in Buckland:
- BUCKLAND SCHOOL (Students: 172; Location:
9900 UNIVERSITY DR.; Grades: PK - 12)
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