Photo: Kent Sundseth · Public domainHow is Adak run?
Adak’s city government spent $1.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, about $6,955 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Adak didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Adak is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Aleutian Region School District
Adak’s K–12 school district, shared with Atka. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $133,500 per pupil, $25,000 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $6,955 per resident a year, or $19.05 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 45%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Adak didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Adak yet
Every year of Adak’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, down from 6 in 2022.
Who’s in charge in Adak
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Adak’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on adak-ak.us ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 59 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (177).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Adak.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: adak-ak.us ↗
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Adak’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Adak’s government
How much does Adak spend per resident?
About $6,955 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Adak didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.6 million.
Who runs Adak’s government?
See adak-ak.us for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Adak yet.
How many people work for Adak?
3 full-time and 11 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $27,000 (about $324,000 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Adak in the state legislature?
State Senate District S (Lyman Hoffman) and State House District 37 (Bryce Edgmon). The House district also covers 28 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Adak’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Adak, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →