St. Alexander Nevsky Chapel · Photo: Etaohc · CC BY-SA 3.0Akutan spent more per resident in 2022 than 70% of similar cities
Akutan’s city government spent $2.1 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, about $1,587 per resident. That is its newest year reported to the Census Bureau. Water and other utilities ($357,000) and the airport ($486,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Akutan is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
$2,567 per resident in 2022: more than 70% of them
Akutan’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($2,567 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $1,751, and the middle half spent $992–$2,776. Akutan spent more than 70% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($147,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Akutan itself left out).
About $1,587 per resident a year, or $4.35 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 72%.
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Day-to-day spending is down 24% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Akutan reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $2,567 · 2023: $1,587. Per resident it went from $2,567 to $1,587 (down 38%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 1,052 to 1,299.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
Who’s in charge in Akutan
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 68 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (1,299).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Aleutians East Borough School District
Akutan’s K–12 school district, shared with Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove, Sand Point. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $54,410 per pupil, $23,785 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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Akutan.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
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Questions about Akutan’s government
How much does Akutan spend per resident?
About $1,587 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $2,567 was more than 70% of 67 Alaska cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Akutan’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Akutan yet.
How many people work for Akutan?
19 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $82,120 (about $985,440 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Akutan 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.
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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; 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 →