Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1927 and has 17 residents today.
Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Crooked Creek. 22% of the land in Crooked Creek is conserved, above both Alaska’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Crooked Creek has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Census counts: 48 in 1940, a peak of 137 in 2000, 90 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and a map from 1954 on.
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For Crooked Creek, the density of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. 6.1 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The public schools here belong to the Kuspuk School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie John Sr. SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 22 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Crooked Creek: two in five adults have obesity. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Crooked Creek. Against the Alaska average, Crooked Creek comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 23.
| Crooked Creek | Typical Alaska town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 18% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Crooked Creek | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.8% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 40.4% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The FEMA risk score here in Crooked Creek is 45 of 100. Expected losses in Crooked Creek break down as 33% from cold waves and 31% from wildfires. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crooked Creek is unincorporated, so Bethel Census Area and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
None within 15 miles of Crooked Creek; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Crooked Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Alaska.
Census-designated place in Alaska, United States
Crooked Creek (Central Yupik: Qipcarpak) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crooked Creek had a population of 90.
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Crooked Creek has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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