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Population (year 2000): 546. Estimated
population in July 2005: 507 (-7.1% change)
Males: 291 (53.3%), Females: 255 (46.7%)
Zip code:
99782
Median resident age: 24.5 years
Median household income: $54,722 (year 2000)
Median house value: $81,700 (year 2000)
Races in Wainwright:
- American Indian (93.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (6.8%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
Ancestries: Irish (2.2%), French (1.8%), German
(1.6%), Norwegian (1.1%), Swedish (1.1%).
Land area: 17.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wainwright
- High school or higher: 69.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 21.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 5.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wainwright city
- Never married: 48.6%
- Now married: 42.5%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 2.8%
- Divorced: 4.3%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +49 (+9.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wainwright:
- SAMUEL SIMMONDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 231 miles;
BARROW, AK)
- MANILAQ HEALTH CENTER (about 313 miles; KOTZEBUE,
AK)
- NORTON SOUND REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 549 miles;
NOME, AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wainwright:
- WILEY POST-WILL ROGERS MEM (about 231 miles; BARROW,
AK; ID: BRW)
- RED DOG (about 270 miles; RED DOG, AK; ID: AED)
- RALPH WIEN MEMORIAL (about 314 miles; KOTZEBUE, AK;
ID: OTZ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wainwright:
- WAINWRIGHT (about 3 miles; WAINWRIGHT, AK; ID: AWI)
- ATQASUK EDWARD BURNELL SR MEMORIAL (about 180 miles;
ATQASUK, AK; ID: ATK)
- POINT LAY LRRS (about 217 miles; POINT LAY, AK; ID:
PIZ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wainwright:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 933 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK; Full-time enrollment: 5,034)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 959 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; FT enrollment: 9,453)
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2969 miles; PORT ANGELES,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 3001 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 3003 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 3020 miles; MT VERNON,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
- EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 3032 miles; OLYMPIA,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
Public primary/middle school in Wainwright:
- ALAK SCHOOL (Students: 160; Location: 567
MAIN ST.; Grades: PK - 12)
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