Aleknagik spent less per resident in 2022 than 100% of similar cities
Aleknagik’s city government spent $539,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $2,495 per resident.
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$2,495 per resident in 2022: less than 100% of them
Aleknagik’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($2,495 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 16 Alaska cities that run their own schools: the median was $9,666, and the middle half spent $7,449–$13,455. Aleknagik spent less than 100% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($23,000), 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 that run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Aleknagik itself left out).
About $2,495 per resident a year, or $6.84 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 39%.
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Aleknagik runs its own schools, so school spending is part of this budget. Comparisons are with Alaska cities that run their own schools.
No trend yet
Aleknagik reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
full-time in March 2025, the same as 4 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Who’s in charge in Aleknagik
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 54 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (216).
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.
Southwest Region School District
Aleknagik’s K–12 school district, shared with Clark's Point, Ekwok, Manokotak, New Stuyahok, Togiak. The schools are run by Aleknagik, so this money is part of the budget above.
Of the $41,603 per pupil, $14,072 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
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- 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 Aleknagik’s government
How much does Aleknagik spend per resident?
About $2,495 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $2,495 was less than 100% of 16 Alaska cities that run their own schools.
Who runs Aleknagik’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Aleknagik yet.
How many people work for Aleknagik?
4 full-time and 21 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $45,997 (about $551,964 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Aleknagik 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 →